Warren makes fun of Bloomberg's height

[melman]

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[dem4decades]

1. Very Trump like. I'm so proud.

[thesquanderer]

25. Yeah, I was disappointed that she took that shot. (n/t)

[brush]

33. Not smart. Makes her look petty and mean.

She racked up points during the debate with her attacks on Bloomberg. Now she should move on.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. She's beating a dead horse. For her efforts she gets the Bronze Medal.

Is there a point?

[squirecam]

3. Bloomberg isn't the front runner.

That would be Sanders. The one she won’t go after like she does the other Dems.

[melman]

4. She's taken some shots at Bernie

[squirecam]

8. Did she attack his height?

Did she bring up the Russians trying to help him?

Or was it the old “id be better”. That’s not a shot.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. See my post above yours.

How profoundly pointless.

[squirecam]

9. Agreed

Nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Bloomberg was never going to be the nominee, all the ad buys in the world notwithstanding.

Warren pantsed him in the debate. Now it's pointless and gratuitous.

[Hoyt]

6. Amazing. Exactly how she cost Clinton votes leading up to Nov 2016 critizing Obama.

Bloomberg is a key to beating trump if only for his ads and willingness to spend money to beat trump.

[jmg257]

7. Ba dum tss...

[Kaleva]

10. she's been rejected by white voters in IA & NH, Latino voters in NV and soon, black voters in SC

[Renew Deal]

12. She's turning into Rubio before our eyes

It's time for her to say goodbye.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. At least Little Marco knew who was standing between him and fulfilling his ambitions.

Bloomberg isn't a threat to Warren. As an aside when we we were kids we would play the dozens, based on my experience Marco clearly beat Trump but diminished himself in the process.

[PETRUS]

38. Warren is an extremely bright - and principled - person.

I think it's fair to assume that training her fire on Bloomberg is a considered decision.

[Democrats Ascendant]

13. Sorry, but that's a dumb, cheap shot

I love her, but making fun of someone's physical attributes makes her look small....

Go high, Liz!

[BusyBeingBest]

14. WTF? I'm under five feet

Tall, guess that’s funny too.

[question everything]

15. She is losing it. The beginning of the end

[SMC22307]

16. Not cool, Elizabeth. Stick to policy and why you're best to beat Fat Nixon. (n/t)

[Renew Deal]

22. Leave the appearance jokes to us.

[SMC22307]

28. Exactly.

[mdelaguna]

40. +1

[Alhena]

18. Think she's aiming to be Bernie's running mate at this point- if she doesn't do well after her last

stellar debate performance, then it's not in the cards for her and she knows it. So she's taking cheap shots at Bernie's foil Bloomberg.

[braddy]

34. I agree, she is running to be Biden's attack veep.

[Joinfortmill]

19. Not smart on her part.

[blue neen]

20. Oh my.

Her cheap shots are really not helping her. At all.

[ripcord]

21. Very tacky

Nt

[NurseJackie]

23. As long as the Russians aren't helping her...

[ALBliberal]

24. She's better than this.

[Luciferous]

26. Agreed.

[Beakybird]

27. Really disappointed in Warren.

[StocktonNative]

29. Putin is 5'7"

And #IMPOTUS cucks down to him? 😋

[Under The Radar]

30. I hate to see her stoop to Trumps level

[mr_lebowski]

31. Hold on ... now where are my pearls and my fainting couch ...

My stars!

Someone observed that someone else isn't tall.

What IS this world coming to ...

[ALBliberal]

32. It's rude and unbecoming to speak of others'

physical attributes. Honestly it’s not acceptable to remark either positively or negatively on physical attributes of others in a public setting. We are taught this very early in life. This is why you will not see our Democratic candidates or leaders remark on Trumps appearance whether by tweet or otherwise. My guess is Warren will regret the remark.

[mr_lebowski]

35. Okay ... but this is about as innocuous an observation about someones attributes as one could make

She didn't even call him 'short' for Dog's sake.

Just observed he's not tall.

Would you be bent out of shape if one of our candidates candidates quipped "As we can see, Trump is not a fit man", for example?

That would be worse as far as an insult goes.

Would you be bugged?

[ALBliberal]

45. When I wrote my post I was thinking about how

Nancy Pelosi has criticized Trump’s mental decline and she has done it in a way that has come
across as concern for his mental well being. I know that’s not the same as criticizing appearance... but to answer your question if one of our Dems noted his “heft” in a way that relates to his physical fitness to hold office I’m ok with that if it’s done tactfully.

But height is something none of us can change. Sort of like our skin color. So I feel it was a bit of a cheap shot. And I’ll bet it was said almost as an afterthought (not a planned comment).

Yes I probably am being picky. I still like her she’s brilliant.

[redqueen]

36. Uggggghh noooooo

Why, Liz? Why?

[squirecam]

39. Little Marco redux?

Nt

[redqueen]

46. I don't recognize that reference.

[squirecam]

47. 2016

When Rubio attacked trump for having tiny hands. Trumps nickname for him was little Marco.

[redqueen]

48. Sigh.

Idiocracy here we come.

[DrToast]

37. She's so obnoxious

How disgusting.

[counting]

41. next thing you know..

people will say she is a bernie bro, and will ask sanders to denounce her...



seriously though its not a big deal for me...

[Bucky]

42. That's not cool.

I'm 5 foot 7. I still like her, but the spirit of competition can make us a regrettable things. For example, read every single thread in this forum.

Let's save the personal invective for the big orange menace, Liz.

[Azathoth]

43. She's trying to show she can attack Trump. It's not working

Bloomberg is an easy target: a late entry, quasi-Republican billionaire who's attempting to buy a primary that is dominated by progressives. He can't hit back without torpedoing himself; all he can do is dodge a little bit and then suck it up and absorb her abuse.

Trump and his minions, on the other hand, have no such limitation. They're gonna tear her apart.

[aikoaiko]

44. She recognizes that Bloomberg is the biggest internal threat to the party.

It's over for her, the other candidates, and the party if Bloomberg wins.

[4now]

49. That was just pathetic

Attacking someone over their height is mean and over the top.
She should apologize

[Lexblues]

50. And if Bloomberg called her a waif, she'd be outraged

Warren is extremely thin and waifish in appearance. No one talks about it, as they should not. She shouldn't be talking about other's appearances. It comes across bad.

[pink]

51. She got accolades for her performance in the latest debate.

I wasn't as impressed as many others. She insulted everyone on the stage, except for Bernie, and I'm sure many of her statements about her opponent's policies were laced with lies. I know she was fighting her way back in to be relevant, but she could have done it in a nicer way. It was not a good look and Trump would have been proud.

[badhair77]

52. Just plain unnecessary. It takes away from

policy discussion. Maybe she’s thinking she needs to stay in attack mode from this week’s debate since it brought her so much attention.

[Vivienne235729]

53. She needs to stop. How petty and trump like. She needs to be waaaay above this.

[questionseverything]

54. liz you are generally above this sort of thing

[madaboutharry]

55. Those are the words of a bully.

I’m surprised she would say something like that.

Shorter people live in a world that is designed in a way that makes life a little harder. It is very subtle, but it is a reality that is always there. It sometimes can be a frustrating fact of life.

Who can relate to this:
Standing in the aisle of a supermarket waiting for someone to come along to get something off the top shelf.
Walking into a clothing store and having maybe 10% of things in your size.
Often having to pay extra for alterations or for shipping because you have to order online.
Cars are not made for short people and being short influences the car you drive.
Having to keep step stools around in order to get to things in your own house.
These are only a few examples of how not “being tall” makes life inconvenient.
Short people, especially in childhood, have sometimes been the victims of cruel bullying.
And here is Sen. Warren reminding us that cultural standards of physical attractiveness exclude short stature and that people project personal qualities onto a person’s height.

And that isn’t even taking into consideration of the challenges people with dwarfism face in a world where even building codes are against them.

Jokes about a person’s height are never funny.

This is the callous comment on many levels and it is so unlike her. It is disappointing that she thought for even a moment it is funny.

[cwydro]

56. Very disappointing to see this.

She and Klobuchar are two of my top choices, but that gives me pause.

So unnecessary.

[radius777]

57. for all her brains Warren is socially clueless

she's like the person at the party who keeps going on with a joke that's no longer funny

she seems to have no real plan to actually beat Bernie and win the nom... wonder if she's trying for VP.

because for all her takedown of Bloomberg (who is a decent man overall despite his flaws, he is no Trump, such a unfair comparison) she only got what 8% in NV? Seems like her 'strategy' didn't work.

and in case she hasn't realized, we need wealthy and powerful people like Bloomberg and Steyer to donate to Dem causes - otherwise all of the big money goes to the GOP.