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    74-jähriger Demokrat, der gegen AOC kandidierte, bietet wütende Verteidigung


    74-jähriger Demokrat, der gegen AOC kandidierte, bietet wütende Verteidigung

    https://newrepublic.com/post/189757/74-year-old-democrat-connolly-defense-race-aoc

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    37 Comments

    1. Murky-Site7468 on

      “I’ve never had my chance to be a ranking member or a chairman of a full committee. This is it.”…. Sound familiar…?

    3. profzoff on

      Glad to know the idea of the selfless servant to the people and democracy holds strong in him
      /s, what a POS.

    4. dr_z0idberg_md on

      “I want something cool on my Wikipedia page before I meet my maker in a few years! Screw America!”

    5. RoughDragonfly4374 on

      “We need the best general we can put on the battleground”

      The right is mastering a new digital ground game. What’s your plan, general? Carrier pigeon?

    6. milkgoddaidan on

      god they all really just have no idea what they are doing

      “it’s billy’s turn to hold the rock, he hasn’t gotten to yet and he’s been veeeery patient!”

      is their rationale

    7. PastorNTraining on

      You see this mentality in corporate America too where the “it’s my turn” crowd still works on this bizarre logic.

      If there’s one thing this failed election signaled is: we’re tired of geriatric entitlement. We need dynamic, energized, intelligent young people who UNDERSTAND the modern world, technology and trends.

      We need representatives who are fired up for justice, who are loud and have energy for the battles to come. Bless up for Nancy for her decades of work, but it’s time for the old guard to hand off power to the younger members.

      We can’t afford this entitlement nonsense.

    10. rainshowers_5_peace on

      The Democrats are proving they would rather lose elections than have anyone who isn’t their buddy win the primary.

      I am sick of this.

    11. Huckleberry-V on

      Aristocrats completely uncaring that their political party every election drifts further from the cultural baseline because they’ll be dead before the power is gone.

    12. 8-BitOptimist on

      Would this man please take his cancer and go to bed? I mean, wtf…

    13. Past-Afternoon1657 on

      Who cares that he ran against AOC, the issue is those who voted for him and not her.

    14. dma1965 on

      You mean like when the DNC pushed for Hillary because it was “her turn”.

      Yeah, that worked out well
      /s

    15. 1900grs on

      He was elected to a safe blue district and his wikipedia reads like someone who was simply present. I don’t see anything remarkable that he has led on. I see no reason to expect anything noteworthy from him in his new position.

      Edit: typo

    16. whatevenaremovies on

      As someone who voted for him, I just wrote to him asking him to step down from the role.

    17. gentleman_bronco on

      Same bullshit on why Merrick Garland was given AG, same reason why Hillary was given the chance in 2016.

      These fucking idiot boomers love giving themselves participation trophies.

    18. MagosBattlebear on

      You live in the past, man. You are the reason younger people are moving away from Democrats.

    21. falcobird14 on

      The democratic party runs recently ike a monarchy. The king gets elected based on who is next in line for the throne.

      Obama was the one exception I can think of. But then you have people like Pelosi, who can’t seem to give up her power, and the Clinton’s who constantly orbit around the throne of the presidency, Gore was ,VP so he deserved his shot, etc.

    22. TrickleUp_ on

      Putting this guy in this role is beyond infuriating, it shows once again the Democrats just don’t get it. They cannot be the corporate/boomer party anymore because the Republicans are so corrupt and are now pro big business. If they don’t become the party of the working class, they are screwed

    24. triscuitsrule on

      The Democrats are tuning into what the GOP used to be.

      Leadership is simply the next corporate shill that’s been waiting their turn.

    25. Disastrous-Carrot928 on

      He doesn’t have a family? Grandkids? Hobbies?
      74 with Cancer and still thinking about “his turn”

    26. Count_Bacon on

      Make a wish rich old man ruins generations future because ‘it was his turn” should be the headline

    27. MSPCSchertzer on

      Democrats will continue to lose. They say Trump values loyalty above everything but then Democrats value loyalty over competence.

    28. OnwardTowardTheNorth on

      >”I’ve never had my chance to be a ranking member or a chairman of a full committee. This is it.”

      Yeah, and no one is entitled to being an elected government official, no less a ranking member or committee chair.

    30. DesecrateUsername on

      bro just wanted a participation trophy is what i am hearing

    32. getmybehindsatan on

      Just fucking retire! How much do you hate your family that you want to spend your last few years taking up space on committees that you don’t really care about to add a feather to your cap.

    33. imaginary_num6er on

      He represents exactly what’s wrong with the DNC. Terminally ill with cancer and fucking old

    35. themoontotheleft on

      I was a precinct captain and I heard that “paid their dues” bullshit all the time. I heard it about local candidates, heard it about Hillary, heard it about Biden, and it made me angry every time. A leadership position is not a reward for a lifetime of service, like some sort of Rolex watch from the company goddammit

    36. Lopsided_Twist5988 on

      It’s my turn, cried the old white man. Yes it is, decided the old white lady.

    37. brakeled on

      So he has a solid career of standing around doing nothing and being the least qualified person to be chair on a committee, but we have decided to go ahead and give him a participation trophy because he’s waited around doing nothing long enough? Selecting an unqualified lazy white man over a qualified young woman. Sounds familiar.

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