Tag: AOC

Get Woke, Mike Pence

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

In the book, “How Democracies Die,” they propose a solution to prevent a democracy from dying outright — the other, non-autocratic parties have to bond together for the sake of the nation.

Now, this solution is extremely problematic for America. The country is too big, unfocused and divided for any sort of “unite for the sake of the nation” plan to work.

And, yet, there is one person who could make such a plan a lot closer to being real — Mike Pence.

All he has to do is one fucking thing and he is SOOOO CLOSE to be the Democratic Union (or whatever) Party nominee in 2024: become a MAGA apostate (a John Dean-type character). He doesn’t have to change any other policy view other than turning on Trump and MAGA.

Pence would never do this, of course, because he’s a fucking coward, but if he did, he would suddenly be throw into the rarified ranks of Great American Men because, he could, single handedly give American democracy some breathing room if he teamed up with, say, AOC.

But he’s never going to do it. He somehow thinks he can play it safe and may a charge at MAGA King Trump and somehow succeed (fun fact: no.) So, Pence really faces sinking into political oblivion with both sides hating him equally for different reasons.

Or, he could get woke get pretty damn close to becoming the next POTUS. Of course, if he did run with AOC, there would have to be some sort of power sharing agreement. The whole thing would make America’s government seem rather schizophrenic, but at least it would probably avoid a civil war and probably keep the country a functioning democracy for one or more additional election cycles.

2024: The Year The Olds Step Aside?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Even I, as an Old, am growing frustrated with how other Olds are clinging on to political and cultural dominance. It seems as though we’re way, way, way overdue for a major “vibe shift,” the likes of which we’ve not seen since about 1960.

AOC 2024

And here’s how it might happen — Joe Biden, citing his advanced age — bows out of the 2024 election. And who suddenly becomes the front runner? The newly married (and potentially great with child) AOC. She would be compared to JFK right off the bat. She would BARELY be 35 — her birthday is late in the year, as I understand. (It’s actually in October and she’s 32 now, so, yes, she could pull it off.)

And if she was pregnant while she was running for POTUS that would make the Washington press spooge their pants. There would be talk of how she’s putting her baby’s life at risk from all the campaign stress, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Anyway, the point is — the vibe shift between now and around 2025 (if we don’t endup blowing ourselves up in a civil war) could be rather dramatic and AOC running for POTUS when she’s barely, barely 35 would be the tip of the spear for such a thing to happen.

But the Western World is ripe for a Changing of The Guard. I mean, there are sooooo many Olds who just need to retire. Around 2025, Lorne Michaels of SNL fame is also said to be thinking of retiring, so there you go.

It will be interesting to see how the vibe shift shakes out. It could be we wake up one morning and realize rock and punk are back, superhero movies have been replaced with the gritty movies of the 1970s and….the Olds have all gone to The Villages to become MAGA New Right Republicans?

Is AOC Running For President?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Well, well, well, AOC is engaged. I’m quite pleased and I wish the couple well. But the pragmatic political observer in me has to smirk — I think AOC may run for POTUS in 2024 should the opportunity arise.

Now, some caveats

One is, I don’t know anything and, as a CIS white male, you should aggressively ignore me. Only an intersectional feminist woman of color can properly talk about the complexities of AOC getting engaged in the context of her political career.

So, if I was smart, I would either a) not write this post or b) stop here.

But, guess what, I’m a dumbass. So I’m going to not only keep going but also address the pink elephant in the room — if AOC wants to be POTUS, she probably needs to have a baby between now and November 2024. I say this as a long-time AOC supporter.

I’m just being realistic.

I mean, if HRC can have one (1) baby, then I don’t think it’s too much to believe that AOC will have one baby simply so the nutjobs on the far Right can’t attack her for not knowing the joys of motherhood.

Anyway. Ignore me. But I had to get that off my chest. I hope AOC runs — and wins — in 2024 (if the opportunity so arises.) And if not POTUS, maybe she can be someone’s veep.

Y’all Motherfuckers Thirsty For AOC


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Ugh. Obviously, every horny toad in America had the same idea as I did when they learned AOC was in Miami — did she walk around in a little bikini at some point and did TMZ get the sexxy snaps?

AOC, fully clothed.

This is so dumb because it shows how dumb FOX New Nation is. They’re projecting. They’re thinking with their ding-dong. They see AOC as some sort of libertine progressive-liberal who OBVIOUSLY with run around with no clothes on in Miami given the opportunity.

Fuck those guys. Give me a break.

Now, watch some pictures of her in a bikini leak just as I write that. I would find that hilarious, but there would be a darker significance to it — her political career would probably be ruined. (Which, of course, is why FOX News Nation shitheads have such a boner to find them.)

I have to give the horny Right Wing guys credit, though, they sure are pretty brazen in their hypocrisy.

The Amazing Absence Of Sexxy AOC Bikini Snaps


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m being silly with this one. But this came to the forefront of my mind again when the “news” broke that AOC was enjoying a visit to Miami. The thing about AOC is she’s a demonstrably gorgeous woman.

As such, being a human being, she must have at some point worn a bikini in public. Now, this should not be a big deal. Just because she’s in the public eye as a politician should not somehow make it impossible for her to wear a bikini.

AOC, Smoke show.

And, yet, here we are.

If *any* picture of her wearing *anything* other than something that made her look demure came out, Fox News would explode into a very thirsty rage and demand she resign and be put in the stockade. (All along furiously masturbating to the picture in private, natch.)

It’s all very dumb. But it’s simply amazing that AOC’s media team has manage to avoid any such snaps from coming out. I will also note that the center-Left’s insistence that we can’t talk about how fucking hot AOC is, that we can see her as anything but a Very Serious Politician is, unto itself, something of a trap too.

I say this because AOC is fast approaching 35, the age when veep and POTUS talk will begin to swirl around her. And, remember, even the Clintons popped out a baby. And even those two hippies were willing to get marrired!

So, for crass political reasons, something’s gotta give for AOC’s lovelife. The moment she turns 35, there’s a chance that the “Why isn’t AOC married with child” discourse may enter the mainstream.

But, I will admit, I’m always wrong.

Cara Delevingne Won Met Gala 2021

You go girl. / Image: Twitter

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

No one should listen to me. I’m a nobody, but I felt Cara Delevingne’s outfit to the 2021 Met Gala won the night. It’s edgy and makes a point. That’s why I think AOC blew a huge opportunity with her faux edgy “Tax the Rich” outfit.

Ugh.

If a rando weirdo like me can come up with a more pointed political statement than what AOC wore, you got a problem.

AOC’s Attendance At The Met Gala Makes Me Queasy


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

First, I would love to cover the Met Gala, to take pictures of it in some capacity. It would be a dream come true. But, on a political basis, AOC attending the Met Gala is a what the what situation. I say this and I’m a pretty strong AOC supporter in general.

She should have gone the Antifa route at the Met Gala.

The key point is thought she could square the circle by wearing an all white dress that said “Tax the Rich” on it. Uh huh. Nope. I know why she did this — it’s very ironic and non-confrontational. If you’re going to go into the lion’s den, as it were, you go all in.

Instead of a wane white dressed with “Tax the Rich” on it, you go in with a sultry red satin and black felt dress with “EAT THE RICH” draw on it, maybe dripping red like it has blood coming off of it.

Now THAT would have made a statement.

I will note some other things — she wore white and, despite her best efforts to look demure, her curves simply would not be held back. She’s a real babe. It’s too bad that we can’t make any mention of it without it being A Big Deal. I mean, people mentioned JFK was handsome, didn’t they?

Anyway, lulz. No one listens to me and they shouldn’t.

AOC’s Extraordinary Personal Brand Management


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I hate that a taboo exists about discussing the fact that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  is the type of woman that Juvenile would sing songs about. I mean, damn, girl, back that thang up. But as AOC is obviously thinking about taking her political career to the next level by challenging Chuck Schumer in next year’s Democratic primary we have to talk about her beauty.

Here’s what she wants us to think about her — she’s just another young, ambitious politician in D.C. with the best interests of her constituency at heart.

Ok, yadda, yadda, yadda, but she’s a bombshell — and an unmarried one without kids, to boot.

AOC

AOC does everything in her power to downplay her natural beauty. She usually wears black to mute her figure. And when she does wear white, it’s to send a political message — she’s living the dream of the suffragettes.

The argument could be made that it’s her beauty more than her political views that have made her the FOX News lightening rod that she is. Many, many conservatives who watch FOX News feel they know AOC’s “type” — she’s that sassy Bronx-Queens bartender they banged that one time who wouldn’t shut up about marginal tax rates the morning after.

The issue is — if she wants to be president, she’s going to have to start to think about getting married and having kids. I mean, even Bill and Hillary Clinton got married and had at least one (1) child. I don’t make the rules, folks, I’m just telling you what they are.

Of course, the counter argument is in the modern era a progressive woman like AOC isn’t expected to do the traditional political home-and-hearth pandering that politicians have been doing since Alexander the Great died in Babylonia. In fact, she could very well simply do exactly what she’s been doing and become president — what do I know, I’m a moron rando in a flyover state.

It just grates on my nerves that the mainstream media refuses to talk about the subject of how hot she is. It’s — quite literally — staring us in the face. To date, only that one video of her dancing on a rooftop has come out that bucks her personal brand management. And I say, good for her, if she has managed to get this far without a sexxxy bikini pic mysterioius popping up on FOX News, then she definitely has the forethought and discipline to be president one day.

And, remember, the United States is careening towards the existential choice of autocracy, civil war or military junta by January 2025– just the type of situation that would push AOC into a pretty extraordinary and historic situation.

AOC’s Political Future

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner


AOC

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of those divisive political figures whose entire world could be changed if there was a severe crisis in the United States in January 2025 as I predict. When the type of existential choice of civil war, military junta or autocracy presents itself to a nation, it’s usually people like AOC who get shoved into a situation where they can rise to the occasion.

But, let’s talk more mundane things: is she going to primary Charles Schumer?

This is a complicated question because AOC is nationally popular within the national center-Left, but is so much of a lightening rod that she turns off a lot of moderates. And the only way she’s going to defeat Schumer is if she banks Right to the point that she no longer spooks moderates. But should would have to do it in such a way that she did not alienate the progressives who love her so much.

So…I dunno.

The case could be made that given that it would be a primary that she could use her Leftist support to win it, THEN bank Right for the general.

If she does mange to pull of that hat trick, then she is going to hurtle towards a battle royal with VP Kamala Harris to succeeded Biden — who I just don’t see running for a second term, no matter what he may have us believe.

But, as I mentioned, AOC is just the type of person who history would point its finger at if we face the historic, existential choice in January 2025 of autocracy, civil war or military junta. If that happens, everything will get scrambled in a jaw dropping manner to the point that we might see AOC cozy up with the leaders of the #NeverTrump movement.

A few pink political elephants exist whenever one talks about AOC. Traditional politics would dictate that she has about four years to get married and have a kid — in that order. She needs to do it, like NOW. But she is a Leftist darling, so, lulz, what do I know. I will also note that I am in awe that not one — not one! — bikini picture has surfaced of her since she caught national attention. AOC is a bombshell and the amount of forethought necessary for her political team to eliminate any photographic evidence of a what a babe she is, is impressive.

I think it’s annoying that it would hurt her politically if such a photo did come out — I mean, come on. But that’s the world we live in.

Yet, the key thing is — AOC has a greater-than-zero chance of at some point becoming a latter day TR if we somehow enter a Second Progressive Era. But I’m always wrong, so lulz.

AOC & The End Of The Meh Era


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

If the book The Fourth Turning is to be believed, we’re currently in a holding pattern until Something Big happens around 2025. I don’t believe in reveled truth, but that jibes with my personal belief that January 2025 is going to be huge because we’re either going to peacefully drift into an autocracy or, gulp, we’re going to have a civil war.

We’re kind of in a historical holding pattern at the moment. We live in an Era of Meh. But whenever that changes, everything is going to be thrown up in the air. People who currently are just kind of drifting through history may be forced to rise to the occasion.

One person this is very true about is AOC. She’s young, smart and articulate. It’s easy to imagine a scenario where when the crisis of January 2025 happens she is forced into the spotlight in a big way. She might find herself in a Giuliani on 9/11 type situation.

Or, put another way, a side effect of the impending chaos we’re careening towards would be someone like AOC. She’s ripe to be pushed into the next level of our political life for no other reason than she may feel compelled to take a stand that puts her in serious risk.

I have no idea what any of this would entail, but if the country is falling apart because a MAGA controlled Congress refuses to certify a Biden win in January 2025, AOC seems like the type of person who might lead the effort to stop such a tyrannical move.

Anyway. What do I know. Lulz.