Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The progressive Sarah Palin

How numerous the parallels! Both arrived suddenly and unexpectedly on the national scene. Both caught the attention in part because of youth and attractiveness. Each became extremely famous overnight and started driving her political opponents nuts. Each comes from an area of the country that is seen as something of a punchline to political opponents. And each proved embarrassingly gaffe-prone in interviews, causing opponents to question her basic competence and knowledge while on her side of the aisle supporters continued vigorously to defend her.

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We have Stephen Daisley of The Spectator USA to thank for this brilliant comparison. He notes that the Left seems a bit slow to realize just how slow their new dream girl is.

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