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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren Comes Down Hard Against Global Warming, Separates Herself From Hillary Clinton [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)It is kind of sad, how many people just slept through Civics class in junior high, or whatever! I guess the younger ones went to wee or poop during "Schoolhouse Rock" too.
I do think a lot of people here have vaguely "liberal" attitudes (notwithstanding the undercover wingnut trolls that throw out outrageous bullshit for the sole purpose of getting a reaction), but a few don't have a fucking CLUE how their government works. They have this idea that the President rules by decree. They think that someone who captures their imagination, like Barack in 08, or Liz in 2013, somehow agrees with them on all things because they agree with them on one or two things. Invariably, they're disappointed and they'll turn on their heroes with savage fury. Barack didn't have the Congress to let him do everything he wanted to do, so now he's labeled eeeeeevil and a (waaah) corporatist; I can't imagine what will happen when more of them start to learn that Liz actually LIKES the military (oooooooh, noooooooo!) and doesn't see corporations as the enemy--she can parse the difference between excess and commerce. It's not surprising--she WAS a Republican (remember, she liked Reagan's approach to markets "better"
before she became a Democrat.
And for a group that should know better, they refuse to accept that Senator Warren has said NO over two dozen times and has pledged to serve out her term. You'd think they'd "get" that NO means NO! I always thought it was GOP types who had difficulty with that concept....