Voters hate phoniness. And, well, the Democrats’ new golden girl, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now embodies it, with revelations that “Sandy from the block,” “the tough girl from the Bronx,” isn’t quite what she said she was.  Actually, far from the gritty streets of the Bronx, Ocasio grew up in leafy Westchester, home of the upper-middle class, and exactly the sort of place a cosseted Democratic Socialists of America member headed to an Ivy League college is likely to come from.  Bleagh. This is a dramatic turnaround.  Ocasio’s youth, hipsterly pert campaign literature, and fresh-faced good looks had, up until a few days ago, been … Continue reading Vaunted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez