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Eugene

(61,883 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:10 AM Jan 2019

'I love this': bid to discredit Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with college dance video backfires

Source: The Guardian

'I love this': bid to discredit Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with college dance video backfires

Effort to embarrass freshly sworn-in Congresswoman fails after footage endears her to wide audience

Kate Lyons
Fri 4 Jan 2019 03.06 GMT

An attempt to humiliate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she was sworn in as the youngest ever US Congresswoman has backfired impressively, prompting a huge outpouring of support for her.

A 30-second video was posted by a Twitter user called AnonymousQ, showing Ocasio-Cortez dancing on the roof of a building while in college.

“Here is America’s favorite commie know-it-all acting like the clueless nitwit she is,” read the post, with the user, who has since deleted their account, claiming it was a “high school video of ‘Sandy’ Ocasio-Cortez”.

In fact, the short clip was part of a longer video, made while she was an undergraduate at Boston University. In it, she and several other students dance on the rooftop of a university building to the song Lisztomania by Phoenix, in a mash-up of a dance from the Breakfast Club.

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But instead of humiliating Ocasio-Cortez, who was elected to represent New York’s 14th congressional district in November, the video has bolstered her popularity, with many people on social media praising her for being joyful and having fun.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-college-dance-video-discredit-backfires


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'I love this': bid to discredit Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with college dance video backfires (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2019 OP
Um...... Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #1
Ummmm ... YEAH!!! mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #12
I suddenly REALLY am Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #15
Definitely easy on the eyes...that's for sure! Docreed2003 Jan 2019 #27
Uh underpants Jan 2019 #53
How does this dance hurt AOC? Gothmog Jan 2019 #2
Like Ted Cruz thinking that outing Beto as a member of a band would turn people against him. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #5
My first thought ... NanceGreggs Jan 2019 #9
Wing nuts all live on a planet where the rules are different MrScorpio Jan 2019 #7
They don't realize volstork Jan 2019 #18
THIS, they ... NO DOUBT ... live on another planet and should be treated as such uponit7771 Jan 2019 #55
I like living in the real world Gothmog Jan 2019 #60
People who aren't rich aren't supposed to have fun in right wing world ck4829 Jan 2019 #50
Why would anyone think this would be embarrassing? tulipsandroses Jan 2019 #3
And full of life. Rock on!! Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #4
I think it's cute. I loved Breakfast Club. spooky3 Jan 2019 #26
Which she's never even tried to hide lunatica Jan 2019 #45
It's like their derangement regarding Pelosi underpants Jan 2019 #6
just as with Pelosi, their fear is a beacon Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #24
Is AnonymousQ really VP Pence? ecstatic Jan 2019 #8
Didn't we resolve this back in the 80s in the movie, "Footloose"? n/t Yavin4 Jan 2019 #10
My first thought, too. Old white guys criticizing teenage dancers? A Republican cliche. Midnight Writer Jan 2019 #39
Note to the GOP: A lot of people quite like watching absolutely foxy women dancing and smiling ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #11
Right on!! Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #13
Even more than like looking at trashy pictures of nekkid women sprawled out all over private planes EffieBlack Jan 2019 #20
Well, for the purposes of this discussion, I'm gonna go with ... Hell Yes, Absolutely! mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #21
I like that weird barefoot thing she did Retrograde Jan 2019 #14
Boston U. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #16
I don't get it. Why would anyone think this is a problem? EffieBlack Jan 2019 #17
If anything, it makes AOC even more appealing and relatable. Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #64
I thought it was delightful! EffieBlack Jan 2019 #65
Here is the full video, a Boston University promotion. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #19
And here's a Twitter thread explaining the dance mashup scene of the time that it was part of: Denzil_DC Jan 2019 #22
Some jerkoff, a town over has a permanent 2-post plywood 4x8 sign, "Q - I'm Awake!" TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #23
So they want to highlight a video of a twenty year old.... rufus dog Jan 2019 #38
Oh the horror! A college kid being silly and having fun YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #25
Don't see that hurting her except among hardcore GOPers who'll vote for trump again and Hoyt Jan 2019 #28
Unlike Theresa May, her dance video is something to be proud of. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #29
There's nothing wrong with this. herding cats Jan 2019 #30
That they think this is embarrassing says SO MUCH about the GOP renate Jan 2019 #31
I know, I know! radical noodle Jan 2019 #32
This is very cool BeyondGeography Jan 2019 #33
I want to see a picture KT2000 Jan 2019 #34
... Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #48
Perfect! KT2000 Jan 2019 #61
They all have that look on their faces, all of the time. Dave Starsky Jan 2019 #63
Awesome! Joy! Talent!...the only humiliation is that GOP jagoffs... Guilded Lilly Jan 2019 #35
We latinas live to dance. Deal, Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #36
She looks happy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #37
AnonQ wingnuts are the creme-de-la-dum Major Nikon Jan 2019 #40
We should just keep playing the tape of Donnie singing the Green Acres theme song. Shrike47 Jan 2019 #41
ow! please, have mercy! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #44
She should use these clips in her 2020 re-election campaign ads. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2019 #42
They are so, so, so scared of her. And so strange that they think this joyous video would somehow suffragette Jan 2019 #43
So are some of the Dems FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #59
Lovely malaise Jan 2019 #46
That made me smile. What fun! Solly Mack Jan 2019 #47
This is great ck4829 Jan 2019 #49
"commie know-it-all" ?? vlyons Jan 2019 #51
It's So 1950's ProfessorGAC Jan 2019 #52
Lol... I have my criticisms of her... Adrahil Jan 2019 #54
+1, Red Don raw dogs sex workers while his wife is pregnant and they care about this uponit7771 Jan 2019 #56
Old conservatives.. disillusioned73 Jan 2019 #57
She is wearing clothes. If she was naked she could be a First Lady. Heartstrings Jan 2019 #58
Anyone over 30 who doesn't know this is a Breakfast Club homage, needs help. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2019 #62

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
9. My first thought ...
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:25 AM
Jan 2019

... when I saw the video.

Instead of being turned off by Beto's musical career, a lot of people said, "OMG! I had no idea he was this cool!"

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
7. Wing nuts all live on a planet where the rules are different
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:17 AM
Jan 2019

It’s not supposed to make sense to anyone who lives outside of their bubble.

volstork

(5,400 posts)
18. They don't realize
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:44 AM
Jan 2019

THEY were the ones being mocked in Footloose while everyone else was dancing and having fun.

ck4829

(35,071 posts)
50. People who aren't rich aren't supposed to have fun in right wing world
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 08:33 AM
Jan 2019

Work, consume, reproduce, and obey (Republican politicians).

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
3. Why would anyone think this would be embarrassing?
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:15 AM
Jan 2019

The dumbass that released the video needs a life. The video shows that she's human like the rest of us.

spooky3

(34,447 posts)
26. I think it's cute. I loved Breakfast Club.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:22 AM
Jan 2019

The Repubs find strong women scary and especially in the case of attractive women, they want badly to put them “in their place.” I’m glad that she isn’t having one bit of it.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
45. Which she's never even tried to hide
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:23 AM
Jan 2019

They’re just plain nuts. Too stupid to bother with.

They’re fine with Melania’s Nude photos but get bent over AOC dancing while fully clothed in college? That’s just nuts.

underpants

(182,796 posts)
6. It's like their derangement regarding Pelosi
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:16 AM
Jan 2019

They were just sure making Nancy a focal point was a WINNER. Seeing her take the gavel today was sweet sweet karma.

They are scared of AOC. That’s clear.

Ally Sheedy

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
11. Note to the GOP: A lot of people quite like watching absolutely foxy women dancing and smiling ...
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:29 AM
Jan 2019

And enjoying themselves ... myself ... very much included

Attractive men dancing too, actually ...

It's quite a popular form of entertainment, you see ... this whole dance performance thing ...

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
20. Even more than like looking at trashy pictures of nekkid women sprawled out all over private planes
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:45 AM
Jan 2019
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
21. Well, for the purposes of this discussion, I'm gonna go with ... Hell Yes, Absolutely!
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:50 AM
Jan 2019

It's 100% certainly vastly more popular with a contingent of ... 51% of the population ...

Retrograde

(10,136 posts)
14. I like that weird barefoot thing she did
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:31 AM
Jan 2019

I wish my joints were still that supple!

OK, she looks a little bit silly, but who can say they didn't do something like this at that age (yeah, sit down, Mike Pence)

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
64. If anything, it makes AOC even more appealing and relatable.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:34 PM
Jan 2019

She was a college student having, literally, good clean fun. College antics don't come more wholesome than this.

TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)
19. Here is the full video, a Boston University promotion.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:44 AM
Jan 2019

.

In the credits, she's listed as Sandy Ocasio-Cortez.



.

Denzil_DC

(7,234 posts)
22. And here's a Twitter thread explaining the dance mashup scene of the time that it was part of:
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:52 AM
Jan 2019



Parker Higgins
@xor

The delightful dancing video of AOC that is being circulated right now* is actually part of a pretty storied, if now mostly forgotten, remix culture phenomenon. If you'll allow me...

--
* apparently by numbskulls incapable of joy


(You'll need to click through to read it all as no one's called for a Threadreader unroll yet.)

The twit who first posted today's vid has now closed his account in embarrassment: https://twitter.com/AnonymousQ1776

TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)
23. Some jerkoff, a town over has a permanent 2-post plywood 4x8 sign, "Q - I'm Awake!"
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:07 AM
Jan 2019

.

It's a white sign with a big red Q in the center. Underneath, it says "I'm Awake!" painted on both sides, feet from street.

I don't know how the township permits that, unless he applied for a permit.

.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
38. So they want to highlight a video of a twenty year old....
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 02:28 AM
Jan 2019

who had the charisma to steal the spotlight?

My BiL was talking about how she made up her past. (yes he spends most of his time on Drudge)

I truly haven't followed her, told him as much, but said I will likely find his comment to be B.S.

Did the Google thing and found out what his ignorant ass was talking about. And that was that she actually lived in a house growing up. THE HORROR! Now it was an extremely modest house, but for the ignorant RWers, living in a house seems to disqualify her from serving.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
25. Oh the horror! A college kid being silly and having fun
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:17 AM
Jan 2019

That was just a video of a young person having fun.

Sorry the right wingers are so incapable of joy.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
28. Don't see that hurting her except among hardcore GOPers who'll vote for trump again and
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:24 AM
Jan 2019

are fine with Melania’s past. This is not a proactive “dance” as GOPers want folks to believe, kind of cool IMO.

And I’m not a big AOC’s fan, although I’m very glad she’s in the House and think she adds to the Democratic Party.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
29. Unlike Theresa May, her dance video is something to be proud of.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:27 AM
Jan 2019

This really does remind me of the Cruz videos on Beto. OMG, he's in a band! OMG, he thinks the police shouldn't shoot people! OMG, she dances!

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
30. There's nothing wrong with this.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:29 AM
Jan 2019

Personally, I enjoy seeing people being free and unbridled like this. I know I've done similar and I hope you do/did, too.

renate

(13,776 posts)
31. That they think this is embarrassing says SO MUCH about the GOP
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:36 AM
Jan 2019

They are so out of touch they might as well be in another galaxy.

KT2000

(20,577 posts)
34. I want to see a picture
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:56 AM
Jan 2019

Last edited Fri Jan 4, 2019, 03:06 PM - Edit history (1)

of the person who posted this thinking it would embarrass her. I have a pretty good idea.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
63. They all have that look on their faces, all of the time.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:20 PM
Jan 2019

If anything, this video makes AOC even more appealing and relatable. Whoever thought that this would be a smear against her is crazy and completely out of touch with the reality of humanity.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
35. Awesome! Joy! Talent!...the only humiliation is that GOP jagoffs...
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:56 AM
Jan 2019

Continue to be board-up -their-butts killjoys.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
40. AnonQ wingnuts are the creme-de-la-dum
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 02:46 AM
Jan 2019

If you've ever met one in person you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
43. They are so, so, so scared of her. And so strange that they think this joyous video would somehow
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 04:30 AM
Jan 2019

embarrass her.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
59. So are some of the Dems
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:04 PM
Jan 2019

Tammy Duckworth made a public statement saying AOC's politics were wrong for most of the country -- right after the primaries.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
51. "commie know-it-all" ??
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 08:44 AM
Jan 2019

Called her a "commie." Well that's typical of the RW, isn't it? Their stupid leader and party colludes with Russia, sells out to Putin, takes Russian money, but slimes AOC as a commie. Those idiots don't know diddley squat about socialism, much less in what ways communism and socialism differ. The RW is filled with envy and hatred.

ProfessorGAC

(65,013 posts)
52. It's So 1950's
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 08:59 AM
Jan 2019

Who is frightened by communism anymore?
Even Luntz changed the scary word to socialism

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
54. Lol... I have my criticisms of her...
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 09:41 AM
Jan 2019

But how in the world did they think it was going to hurt her.

What a bunch of douche bags.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
62. Anyone over 30 who doesn't know this is a Breakfast Club homage, needs help.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 03:11 PM
Jan 2019

I mean, sure, you don't need to know the Lisztomania mashup history of it all, but that is all CLEARLY the Breakfast Club dance.

Haters gonna hate has never been more true.

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