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In reply to the discussion: Warren on NPR: "I am not running for president. You want me to put an exclamation point at the end?" [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)158. I believe it was a pluperfect subjunctive participle...
or was it the future perfect?
Or maybe she wasn't very tense at all when she said it.
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Warren on NPR: "I am not running for president. You want me to put an exclamation point at the end?" [View all]
FSogol
Dec 2014
OP
no she didn't leave it open she isn't running, she isn't running she isn't fucking running
snooper2
Dec 2014
#47
In other words, "why didn't she respond in exactly the way DU wants it framed?"
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#84
Hey, your cut was better than the "she'd be a quitter just like Sarah" bullshit.
Scuba
Dec 2014
#165
well a good chunk of americans are religious so people do like their fantasies
snooper2
Dec 2014
#60
Almost every liberal I know "wants Liz just where she is" through 2016. I'm a little suspicious
maddiemom
Dec 2014
#62
And neither is Hillary currently. Plus she has said many times she will not run in 2016
krawhitham
Dec 2014
#191
Someone said last year that if there were an EWG group in 2017, like there is a BOG group now . . .
Major Hogwash
Dec 2014
#189
Must be worried trying to diminish Warren supporters like that. It's cute, really.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#13
Hi! She certainly is generating a lot of buzz. That other post became quite lively, the one on
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#32
Off topic, but when everyone clapped for Tinkerbell, she got better Healthcare than what the
FSogol
Dec 2014
#92
I think she doesn't want to shut the door on possibilities in the future but i don't
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#35
No, it's not a generic equivalent. It is, in fact, suggesting the exact same thing.
Algernon Moncrieff
Dec 2014
#74
Some aren't into zombie voting for the candidate you select. Some will vote by their conscience...
L0oniX
Dec 2014
#77
Our district election ...the Dem candidate bailed out because of a previous commitment.
L0oniX
Dec 2014
#207
Never is a long time. She could remove herself from the persistant badgering by saying,
FSogol
Dec 2014
#11
Yeah, forget the "exclaimation point".. and insert "2016". The interviewer gave up too soon. :)
Cha
Dec 2014
#129
No she didn't. An article said that, she didn't. Just the standard "I'm not running". Insert yet.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#141
"..Senator Warren has publicly announced she is not running for President in 2016.." from her
Cha
Dec 2014
#144
Excellent find, Cha! Hopefully NOW those "draft Warren for Prez" people on DU will accept
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2014
#182
Why get sick of her when it is those who who want her to run that keep this alive. She has made it
still_one
Dec 2014
#38
Ahhh..... some sanity. I'd vote for Warren in a heartbeat, but apparently not this time around
groundloop
Dec 2014
#46
DU high school, sounds like a Broadway play that could be turned in to a reality tv show!!
Major Hogwash
Dec 2014
#192
There is no doubt that Bernie is very serious about running. Hopefully, he will run as a Democrat,
still_one
Dec 2014
#34
So Citibank selling derivatives using funds backed by US taxpayers is sound economic policy?
think
Dec 2014
#97
Yes, according to Hillary and her banking buddies. I accept she's a Wall Street corporatist through and through. Just sad.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2014
#188
It is quite amazing how many people here really want to see something that isn't. I have tried to
still_one
Dec 2014
#31
People cannot take NO for an answer. I have read people commenting on this interview by
Mass
Dec 2014
#65
The thought of Hillary being the POTUS is very painful for a hell of a lot of Democrats.
L0oniX
Dec 2014
#85
Yes, I agree, so why support somebody who is not running why an excellent progressive has signaled
Mass
Dec 2014
#87
I'm fine with her not running. No matter who runs or what direction they try to take
Voice for Peace
Dec 2014
#68
JEEEzus. Make a Sherman statement or don't. To hell with exclamation points. n/t
yodermon
Dec 2014
#82
...because how a bunch of bloggers interpret her remarks is the most important thing to her.
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#119
Isn't it odd that every single conservadem on this site is ecstatic that Liz probably won't run?
LondonReign2
Dec 2014
#111
Exactly. Age matters, its pretty much now/never. Luckily, she's never said she isn't going to run.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#128
Then it would mean that you are making a decision that is and should remain political into
Cal33
Dec 2014
#142
I don't like her policies for exactly the same reasons. But I do think that Hillary's
Cal33
Dec 2014
#149
I don't quite follow what you mean. In 1993 Hillary was not an employee of the government. She
Cal33
Dec 2014
#211
Hillary isn't going to take away Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the Affordable Care Act,
Cal33
Dec 2014
#214
If you don't vote for HRC when she is running against a Republican for president, more people will
Cal33
Dec 2014
#217
"..Senator Warren has publicly announced she is not running for President in 2016.. " In a letter
Cha
Dec 2014
#137
Oh yeah, like Elizabeth doesn't want them to waste their hard earned MONEY! Nice person. But,
Cha
Dec 2014
#139
I don't.. she sure is expending a lot of energy to make it as to "..not confuse donors about a non-
Cha
Dec 2014
#150
MAYBE she wonders why she keeps saying she's not running, and people keep saying she is?
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#154
If she changes her hairstyle suddenly, overnight, then we'll know for sure!
Major Hogwash
Dec 2014
#195
She hasn't signed an oath in blood yet....so....some won't believe it!
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#152
What has O'Malley done that makes you think he is a "another Wall St hand me down"?
FSogol
Dec 2014
#171
Apparently, some people on DU think she's just another lying sack of shit politician
baldguy
Dec 2014
#167