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Whaaat: AOC Says It’s ‘Physically Impossible’ To Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps

 
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I woke up and got out of the wrong side of the bed with a heart of stone.
I looked outside and it was raining cats and dogs so I went into by bottles and ended up three sheets to the wind.
Even being as drunk as a skunk I managed to stay busy as a Bee and got my groove on.
I had cabin fever so I decided to throw my cares to the wind and take the road less traveled but I came to a fork in the road.

The adventure continues.
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When Trump finally learns to close an umbrella, he can give me advice about how he pulled himself up by his own bootstraps

Fucker was born with a golden dildo up his ass. He wouldn't have lasted five minutes in my world, and that coupled with his arrogance is something I find personally untenable.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1892552



Yet I bet you tend to have a soft spot in your heart for a person who in reality is greedy, tricky and unethical, but at least has the veneer of a liberal/leftwinger.

Be honest. The Limousine Liberals and Champagne Socialists of America and world tend to not make you feel quite so angry and resentful.

What the hell is that all about?

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When Trump finally learns to close an umbrella, he can give me advice about how he pulled himself up by his own bootstraps

Fucker was born with a golden dildo up his ass. He wouldn't have lasted five minutes in my world, and that coupled with his arrogance is something I find personally untenable.
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And still your President.
:trumpdance:
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Is he now? I thought he's the president of transcontinental Russian federation. Well he's the junior partner to Putin's "daddy" but still. 5a
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No she is not.

And bootstraps are not not shoelaces.

You must be a dem.
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As I said you have to provide some footage of someone defying gravity. It's actually nice to get confirmation that even belief in gravity is nowadays a partisan issue. Republicans don't believe in it anymore. That's just...fucked up.
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Do you understand it’s just a saying?

Are you AOC?
 Quoting: ~kpm~


Yeah obviously I understand it's a saying. And obviously you understand it too that what AOC was saying is that the saying doesn't hold. The metaphor is a fiction. So if you take shit literal I take it too. Either you take the comment as a metaphor of American upward mobility to impossible or you take it literally. You took it literally so I answered literally.
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Who cares if it fiction, we all know you don’t literally pick yourself up by bootstraps or shoe laces

She is dissing a guy who says you can get out of poverty if you try

She’s off on some stupid rant about an old saying instead of addressing what he said was correct

She doesn’t want People to pick themselves up by their bootstraps and take care of themselves, she would like them dependent on the government


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~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~
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When Trump finally learns to close an umbrella, he can give me advice about how he pulled himself up by his own bootstraps

Fucker was born with a golden dildo up his ass. He wouldn't have lasted five minutes in my world, and that coupled with his arrogance is something I find personally untenable.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1892552


Trump did say it AOC said it in a congressional hearing, nice try though

Name one dem running who didn’t have an advantage in life

It’s all how we choose to see ourselves, victims or people who make something of themselves


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~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~
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This woman is the one instance that I can agree with late term abortion!
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It’s not, however, physically impossible to put at least parts of your foot in your mouth... and she certainly seems to love the taste of her toes.
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Perhaps we need an AOC version of this?

f00tinmouth-ahem chuckle
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This woman is the one instance that I can agree with late term abortion!
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At this stage they can just declare her brain dead and euthanize her.
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It’s not, however, physically impossible to put at least parts of your foot in your mouth... and she certainly seems to love the taste of her toes.
 Quoting: ScrumpTheTexan


hesright
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended comments she made about the "bootstrap" meritocracy by invoking Martin Luther King Jr.

"I see that the right is worked up that we pointed out the myth of bootstrapping when 60% of the wealth in this country is *inherited.*," the New York Democrat wrote.

"But hey, if you think I’m hopelessly dumb, try listening to MLK talk about 'bootstrapping' & the racial wealth gap, too."

In the clip she posted, King criticized the treatment of blacks by the government, saying the government failed to give African Americans their due. King said that many blacks had no "economic base" by which to pull themselves up.



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King spoke 50 years ago. A lot has changed since then. Blacks get affirmative action on everything. White men have NO power.
I don't have the time or the crayons to explain this to you.



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On Thursday, far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), speaking literally about a common expression on hard work, said it was “physically impossible” for people to pull themselves up by their own “bootstraps” or “shoelaces.”

“This idea of a bootstrap,” started AOC.

“You know this idea, this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke.”

“Because, it’s a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap, by your shoelaces,” she continued.

“It’s physically impossible!”



BFRI
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Her mind is sharp as a tack. Can't fool her.
I don't have the time or the crayons to explain this to you.



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AOC always demonstrates a dazzling display of intellect


AOCBUFFALO
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The fact they picked her to be the new golden girl, shows you just how stupid the left really is .
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On Thursday, far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), speaking literally about a common expression on hard work, said it was “physically impossible” for people to pull themselves up by their own “bootstraps” or “shoelaces.”

“This idea of a bootstrap,” started AOC.

“You know this idea, this metaphor of a bootstrap started off as a joke.”

“Because, it’s a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap, by your shoelaces,” she continued.

“It’s physically impossible!”



BFRI
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Her mind is sharp as a tack. Can't fool her.
 Quoting: Pilgrim001


Can’t pull the wool over her eyes, no sir
~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~
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THATS BECAUSE HER PARTY DESIGNED AND BUILT IT THAT WAY!!

AND NOW THEY WILL PAY!
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THATS BECAUSE HER PARTY DESIGNED AND BUILT IT THAT WAY!!

AND NOW THEY WILL PAY!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78449173


ANOTHER SOROS FUNDED GENOCUDE BY THE WAY. MANY WHITE HOMELESS TAKEN INTO BONDAGE, CHECKS STOLEN, ADDICTED, POLICE KNOW.
HOMELESS MISSING/DISAPPEARED.
ADDICTS GIVEN STATUS...BOTTOM FEEDING ORGS AND "FREE" HEALTHCARE PUSHED.
BOGUS STUDENT LOANS PUSHED.

SHADY BOTTOM FEEDEING "CHARITIES" WHO HOUSE ILLEGALS AND TREAT CITIZENS LIKE DUNG.

RUIN IS COMING.
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AOC always demonstrates a dazzling display of intellect


:AOCBUFFALO:
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What really drives meme's like that home is the fact that she really does say stuff like that.
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AOC always demonstrates a dazzling display of intellect


AOCBUFFALO
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What really drives meme's like that home is the fact that she really does say stuff like that.
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:CommieAOC:
~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~
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Re: Whaaat: AOC Says It’s ‘Physically Impossible’ To Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps
She thinks that shoe laces are the same thing as boot straps.

She thinks that boot straps are a thing that secures footwear to your foot.

No, she isn't trying to be clever.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78397952


I wonder how many here have ever worn boots with bootstraps.

The image is of mounting a horse by yourself, without a step stool or stable hand. You CAN use your bootstraps to lift your booted foot into the stirrup and climb into the saddle without help or assistance.

The expression never meant that you could pick your body off the floor suspended in air holding onto to your boot laces.
 Quoting: Polkahonkus


Thank you! I knew that the analogy meant to rely on yourself to solve your own problems, but I never thought about what a boot strap was. Wow— so there is such a disconnect of milenials to this concept that their minds can’t even comprehend the analogy. Rich people also had servants to help them up on their horses so the analogy probably has more to it. There were probably rich people who would feel humiliated to have to bootstrap themselves up on their horses; whereas cowboys and regular people take pride in being able to do things themselves. Two kinds of people! It IS hard to advance relying only on yourself and may have been harder in the past for black people to bootstrap themselves. But I’m convinced that hard work is the only way to gain moral character. It seems to me that people who rely on rich relatives or the government have no moral character. It is more than obvious that anyone who worked hard has moral character and those that didn’t work hard in their life don’t have any moral character. I’m convinced that money that falls in your lap has a corrupting power and is not good for human beings. The whole point of money is that it is meant to be an exchange for goods and services. When the two concepts are disassociated there are always moral issues. There are those who are in service to self and those who are in service to others. BIG difference! The ones who had the experience of hard work are also the “silent majority”. The silent majority is silent because they generally do not have extra time on their hands to talk talk talk. We are too busy working and raising families.
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She gets dumber and more naive every day
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AOC always demonstrates a dazzling display of intellect


AOCBUFFALO
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What really drives meme's like that home is the fact that she really does say stuff like that.
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:CommieAOC:
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Lol!. That sounds like a gay personal add for someone "versatile" for top or bottom.

My all time favorite AOC video is the "Terrifying Garbage Disposal".

[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]


Priceless!!

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This thread brought to you by a Trump tard who loves a guy born with a silver spoon and went nearly bankrupt borrowing money who was bailed out by Wilber Ross our now commerce Secretary who works for Rothchild inc.

Tell us op of your start from being homeless to your penthouse pedestal?

This I must hear.
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This thread brought to you by a Trump tard who loves a guy born with a silver spoon and went nearly bankrupt borrowing money who was bailed out by Wilber Ross our now commerce Secretary who works for Rothchild inc.

Tell us op of your start from being homeless to your penthouse pedestal?

This I must hear.
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Most democrats I know realize AOC is a complete moron. So which libtard cyber army are posting for? Soros, DNC? or do you have an advanced case of TDS?
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Sounds like she has a lot of experience in the prone position. Bartender to Congress all on her own? Stop the music.
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This thread brought to you by a Trump tard who loves a guy born with a silver spoon and went nearly bankrupt borrowing money who was bailed out by Wilber Ross our now commerce Secretary who works for Rothchild inc.

Tell us op of your start from being homeless to your penthouse pedestal?

This I must hear.
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So no conservatives are telling us the homeless to greatness story of success just hating on an obvious observation.
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This thread brought to you by a Trump tard who loves a guy born with a silver spoon and went nearly bankrupt borrowing money who was bailed out by Wilber Ross our now commerce Secretary who works for Rothchild inc.

Tell us op of your start from being homeless to your penthouse pedestal?

This I must hear.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77908680


So no conservatives are telling us the homeless to greatness story of success just hating on an obvious observation.
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You do realize there are very wealthy liberals don’t you?


My parents divorced when I was 8

Mom only made about 20 grand a year by the time I was 17 and had to raise two daughters on far less than that

Had to be the “mother” to my younger sister because my mom worked

Started babysitting at 12 for 25 cents an hour

Worked and paid my way through college, I did receive Dean’s list scholarships every year of about 2500

My dad and grandfather are very wealthy, both self made, but their second families enjoyed that not us

Never borrowed a cent from relatives

Bought, fixed up and and sold houses so that I could finally build the house I wanted to

Sold my company about 10 years ago and don’t have to work if I don’t want to


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~With forethought and malice Whitless enacted an EO giving nursing homes immunity from wrongful death prosecutions, forced them to take in infected patients and is responsible for over 6500+ nursing home deaths~
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You can lead a horse to water...

but you can't make him drink.

You can lead a man to knowledge...

but you can't make him think !


hf
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Speaking of horses. . .

AOC-MrEd
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Nice cross-reference with Mr. Ed the talking horse. I've always noticed a strong resemblance between the two. Except Mr. Ed is way smarter.
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she is right technically. it is physically impossible to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, literally. In that regard, she is 100 percent correct. I think she was using a double entendre to draw attention to an issue, a literary device. She is one shrewd young lady.
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hell1

I never thought I would actually see the day when I would encounter someone who thought that AOC was smart.
Come on and take a free ride.
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You can lead a horse to water...

but you can't make him drink.

You can lead a man to knowledge...

but you can't make him think !


hf
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Speaking of horses. . .

AOC-MrEd
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Hmm, whore kinda rhymes with horse.
Come on and take a free ride.





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