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I never really saw this one coming. I still find it strange.<\/p>\n

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become known the way JFK, LBJ, RFK, MLK have become known. Yep, she’s now referred to by her initials.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I do not quite get: She is a freshman<\/em> member of the U.S. House of Representatives, coming from New York City. She knocked off a long-time member of the House, Joseph Crowley, to become the Democratic Party nominee in 2018; given the district’s strong Democratic leanings, her election was a shoo-in later that year.<\/p>\n

She has become a ubiquitous presence throughout the media. Newspapers give her plenty of space on their pages; cable and broadcast TV news outlets rush to get her to appear on their programs; I guess Fox News is the exception, given that the network doesn’t much cotton to her political leaning, nor does she to Fox’s leaning.<\/p>\n

I’ll acknowledge, too, that this blog now refers to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez occasionally as “AOC.” Why? It’s easier for my rickety old fingers to type her initials than her entire name.<\/p>\n

Man, the political calculus has changed. There once was a time when politicians needed years<\/em> worth of seasoning to attain this kind of star status. By that I refer to the use of initials to ID them.<\/p>\n

I get that there’s a certain form of musicality<\/em> to the sound of some initials as you say them. The examples I cited at the top of this blog post symbolize to what I am referring. I suppose “AOC” does as well.<\/p>\n

It’s not that necessarily believe Ocasio-Cortez is always wrong when she makes her public pronouncements. I just want her to grow a little bit more into the job she won before she becomes such a media force of nature.<\/p>\n

Call me old-school. Or fuddy-duddy. Maybe even a grumpy old man.<\/p>\n

I don’t care. I just prefer politicians to earn<\/em> their way into this form of colloquial status.<\/p>\n\n

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