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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren must crash the Clinton coronation party and run for the Presidency [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)down'? How terrible! But Warren was in fact an active advocate for Reaganomics, 'trickle down' Supply Side Economics for many years. She was an actual Reagan Republican voter. When asked why and how she could be in a racist, anti gay, anti choice Party for decades, Warren very specifically says she thought Republican economic policies were better policies. Those were Reagan policies, even Nixon policies, she was a Republican for 25, 30 years.
If Warren was nominee, no matter who the Republican nominee is, both Parties nominee would be a Reaganomics proponent who voted for Reagan and for Bush. 'We both voted Poppy, now you get to vote for us!'.
Yes, advocating 'trickle down' is bad. But Warren has much more of that in her background than Clinton does. Warren was a Reagan voter who says she voted for him for Reaganomics. That's what she says.
I know. 'But, but, but....Clinton'. Warren boosters say 'if Hillary does it, that's bad, if Liz does it twice that's great!'
Hillary is the devil because her folks were Republicans and she was a 'Goldwater Girl' when she was too young to vote. Liz is a goddess because she was an active Republican voter for 30 years.
Double standards streaming from social conservatives make me very nervous. A double standard is the basic building material for bigotry and discrimination.