Bhaskar Sunkara
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first heard Dec 2022
last heard Dec 2022
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But so there's that rhetoric.
But she's not just a regular congressperson in a deep blue district.
She's also a national and international cultural and political figure.
So she's now a spokesperson because of largely like a media event of her surprising upset election and her being, you know, young and like being really connected to this post Bernie moment.
And I think amid these constant attacks on her from the right and also this media attention and this notoriety, she hasn't really modulated or adjusted her audience, her rhetoric.
How do you win over someone who really hates a lot of your ideas but might actually believe in some of your policies?
And I think she's been ineffective, quite frankly, in the last year making that transition.
Whereas I think other politicians who are not so far left...
who don't identify as socialists, but let's say a John Fetterman, has managed to become more effective.
And I don't think it's a question of character or whatever else.
And I like AOC, so I don't want to put it so harshly.
But I think a lot of it has to do with her being a congressperson in a deep blue district and Fetterman running for statewide office in a quote-unquote purple state.
But at her best, she does it.
But it's like glimmers.
It's kind of like...
I don't know, what sport are you a biggest fan of?
I'll give you a sports analogy.
Okay, well, I can't give you a good analogy for any of those, but it's like a raw prospect.
Like, you know, someone who shows glimmers of hope, so they were drafted really high and they bounced from team to team, and you're like, I'm clinging on to my AOC stock, but I think that...
that she needs to be self-critical enough and her team needs to be self-critical enough to know that the goal is not merely to be a national cultural figure and win a re-election near Deep Blue District.
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