Strike while the iron is hot!
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That’s the American way.
I guess I would just hope that any newbie to Congress, of any gender, color, or creed, would focus on the important tasks at hand, rather than diverting time to writing a book. But that’s just me…
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The book I get - it would sell. The talent agency side of things makes no sense. I find that troubling. Unless its common for politicians to retain talent agents. It may be and I just don’t know.
I agree, but there’s no denying her celebrity at this moment in time. Who knows where she’ll be in a few years. Maybe plugging away on boring ol’ policy, voted out of office, or in the Reeducation Camps with the rest of us after Trump declares himself Jesus 2.
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I read the her water melon margaritas really aren’t very good…she is really stingy with the tahini…
And we should be outraged about this because? It seems to be just about par for the course and writing a book is much more honest than taking money under the table the way a lot of politicians seem to do.
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same here… a talent agency? what talent is she promoting? dancing maybe? I will say to her…’ fake it ‘til you make it’
I know AOC’s district pretty well. I lived in the East Bronx and near the parts of her district in Queens. AOC did not open a district office until this month. Her connections to the Bronx are exaggerated. She lived in Parkchester until she was 5. Parkchester is a nice, solidly middle class neighborhood a long way from the Grand Concourse.
She grew up in toney Yorktown Heights, which is in Westchester, on a different planet from the Bronx culturally and economically. Yorktown Heights is 90.5% white and 5% Hispanic.
She recently claimed to have a Texas drawl because she comes from the Bronx and that’s how people talk in the Bronx. One, only Texans who live in the Bronx speak that way. Second, having grown up in Westchester, she sounds like she’s from there. She leans very heavily on the Bronx to define herself, which is just disingenuous, not to mention weird.
Nothing wrong with a suburbanite adopting the Bronx and running for Congress to represent the Bronx, but don’t claim to be a native.
She is certainly the first Member of Congress from Pelham Bay and Elmhurst to hire a talent agent. Why does a Congresswoman of 4 months experience need a talent agent? How does she find time to write a book when she has constituent services to provide?
Time will tell, but I question whether she gets a second term as a Member of Congress. Comments that this article turns TPM into a tabloid are bullshit.
This comment reminds me of Republicans criticizing AOC for riding in a car, shopping for furniture or wearing clothes because these were signs that she was a “hypocrite”.
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How?
Write a successful book, set yourself up for life financially. I’m twice her age and I’d love to make 1/10 what I anticipate her book might make. As far as the talent agency part, you should usually let the professionals handle the appropriate part of any job.
A bit of a non-story as I can’t fault anyone for making a living as long as they try not to be hypocritical and as long as they don’t make a living in a way that hurts others, and I fail to see how this does that.
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Every party has (and needs) Workhorses and Show Ponies and each member of Congress tends to be somewhere on that spectrum - the best members have the ability to be both and the sense to know when it is time to work and when it is time to show. AOC struck me out of the gates as 100% Show Pony, but her questioning of Cohen showed me that she has some Workhorse in her. She needs to decide how best to serve her country, district and ambition. If she listens to her constituents and to what I would characterize as a bit of “tough love” from Speaker Pelosi (D-Been there, done that), she will be fine, and potentially, a star. If she doesn’t, she could flame out. The right-wing R’s have an extensive safety net for their flameouts, the progressive D’s haven’t built out a safety net yet to the best of my knowledge.
She has chosen to be a high profile freshman and that is a high-risk strategy. I hope she succeeds because she brings a combative spirit and is willing to call the wingnuts out on their BS. I worry because she can be a loose cannon. If she writes a book, I hope it is a good one. If it is transparently a money making venture, she risks a tough primary challenge.
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And how is this news under any circumstance?
Yep. Another reason not to go prime
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Envious much
I agree, but this article was pure tabloid nonsense.
Ill buy her book.
I don’t know if it is or not. I am an AOC constituent, not one of her Instagram followers.
Rep. Omar may have plenty of reason to write a book at this early stage of her time in Congress, since she is a refugee, and her life story prior to being elected to Congress is something that all of us might benefit from reading. Why would I want to read a book about AOC after a couple of months in Congress? To relive the Epic Tale of how she beat the low hanging fruit of Joe Crowley in a low turnout primary? And why would a serious politician, with long term intentions of being a serious politician retain a Talent Agency?
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Fair points.
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If you want to comment on the substance of what I wrote, you are welcome to. But the kind of nasty ad hominem in your comment isn’t a big favorite of the readers of TPM.