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RiverLover

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34. Elizabeth warren has never said she supports trickle-down. Only Third Way Dems do that.

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:05 AM

Jan 2015

“The trickle-down experiment that began in the Reagan years failed America’s middle class,” Warren said in her fiery keynote address to an AFL-CIO conference on raising wages.

“Pretty much the whole Republican Party, and if we’re going to be honest, too many Democrats, are overly cozy with the financial industry and make decisions that benefit the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans while leaving others to struggle, she said...

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/elizabeth-warren-criticism-trickle-down-economics-114032.html

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Elizabeth Warren must crash the Clinton coronation party and run for the Presidency [View all] RiverLover Jan 2015 OP

Very well written, indeed. LawDeeDah Jan 2015 #1

Why would he want a Third Way sellout like Warren? brooklynite Jan 2015 #2

Absolutely correct.... BrainDrain Jan 2015 #3

It's Third Way that criticizes Warren...and she just says "oh please" RiverLover Jan 2015 #4

You obviously also missed this~ RiverLover Jan 2015 #5

Not so much a "struggle for the Democratic Party's soul"... nxylas Jan 2015 #6

true that. RiverLover Jan 2015 #11

Yes, the Third Way would rather give more to the rich and "soak the poor/working/middle classes". nt stillwaiting Jan 2015 #7

That's their goal tooeyeten Jan 2015 #14

Not at the top of the ticket in 2016, at least. maddiemom Jan 2015 #32

Oh, and you can bet--- maddiemom Jan 2015 #35

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2015 #8

And what if she doesn't want to run? hrmjustin Jan 2015 #9

What if Clinton doesn't want to run? JackRiddler Jan 2015 #10

Then she doesn't run. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #13

Warren has said repeatedly okasha Jan 2015 #41

She does not want to run oberliner Jan 2015 #12

Make sure you avoid the issues on this. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #15

What issues? oberliner Jan 2015 #16

Read the article, & you'll see the issues. RiverLover Jan 2015 #17

Yes, unreal. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #19

Nicely stated. Very frustrating though! nt RiverLover Jan 2015 #24

I've done so oberliner Jan 2015 #22

The issues, not your personalized bull. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #18

Personalized bull? I am quoting Elizabeth Warren directly. She has said she doesn't want to run. oberliner Jan 2015 #20

Poor politicians. JackRiddler Jan 2015 #25

She's never said she doesn't want to run. Just that she isn't going to. How many pols have said RiverLover Jan 2015 #26

Good point oberliner Jan 2015 #29

Elizabeth Warren was a loyal Republican who says she supported trickle-down economics so Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #30

Elizabeth warren has never said she supports trickle-down. Only Third Way Dems do that. RiverLover Jan 2015 #34

It never fails. Double standards of Waren Boosterism. Hillary has a history of support for 'trickle Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #21

"Elizabeth Warren slams �trickle-down� tax policy in labor speech" RiverLover Jan 2015 #28

Nice recent rhetoric. The point is that she advocated Reaganomics for many years as a Republican Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #33

I'm a registered Democrat & I don't support Democrats' drone killings, as one example. RiverLover Jan 2015 #36

Yes, she has. She says she was a Republican from Nixon through Bush because she felt they had Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #39

I thought NAFTA was good when Bill Clinton was pushing for it. Now I know better. RiverLover Jan 2015 #40

It easy to see how Papa Paul Cryptoad Jan 2015 #23

Convince her treestar Jan 2015 #27

Right? Its mind-blowing. nt RiverLover Jan 2015 #37

"treat politics as a parlour game instead of an earnest moral endeavor wavesofeuphoria Jan 2015 #31

I hope she runs though I don't think she will. The debate would be good for the party and country. pampango Jan 2015 #38