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Caretha

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Reply to BainsBane (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 09:25 PM

Mar 2015

Elizabeth, compromise all your principals, your knowledge etc. because BainsBane is nervous.

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Can Elizabeth Warren be the new Ted Kennedy? [View all] BainsBane Mar 2015 OP

Yes!!! zappaman Mar 2015 #1

I devoutly hope so. hifiguy Mar 2015 #2

"sly" "playing the media" (conservative) WAPO "exulted" Hmmm. merrily Mar 2015 #3

For most people, meaning those who want govt to function BainsBane Mar 2015 #4

No kidding. Not the point of my post or, I suspect, of Ms. Vennochio's article, either. merrily Mar 2015 #5

I think it's a flattering piece BainsBane Mar 2015 #10

The real intent wasn't to flatter and what Hatch did to Kennedy is relevant. Sorry you missed both merrily Mar 2015 #14

Wake me Caretha Mar 2015 #11

Democrats working across the aisle does not mean starting at center right. merrily Mar 2015 #15

In this era, with every Republican being totally unreasonable and unreachable, Ken Burch Mar 2015 #35

That may be true BainsBane Mar 2015 #38

Obviously, worrying about presidential politics isn't ever going to be enough. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #42

I like your truthapaloozza festival idea BainsBane Mar 2015 #44

Elizabeth Warren can and will rise higher. n/t Autumn Mar 2015 #6

Perhaps BainsBane Mar 2015 #7

B-b-but...we need a STRONG LEADER! YoungDemCA Mar 2015 #13

Actually, we need a wise, strong, skillful leader who puts the 99% above himself or herself, above merrily Mar 2015 #20

For a long time, Democrats were in the majority--and Kennedy did not start at center right. merrily Mar 2015 #16

Um, I would much rather she be the Original Liz Warren. We already have Great Compromisers. djean111 Mar 2015 #8

Without compromise there is no governance BainsBane Mar 2015 #9

IOW Caretha Mar 2015 #12

"Nervous" is not necessarily the word I would have chosen, but I do take your point. merrily Mar 2015 #17

Try reading BainsBane Mar 2015 #19

The fact you Caretha Mar 2015 #21

You don't know the first thing about my principles or my views BainsBane Mar 2015 #24

Stop Caretha Mar 2015 #26

"A real conversation" BainsBane Mar 2015 #28

Whether or not you have principles, Bain, you do have the tendency Ken Burch Mar 2015 #30

I don't believe I claimed otherwise BainsBane Mar 2015 #40

Deal Caretha Mar 2015 #34

The reason so few of us "know the first thing about (your) principles or (your) views" Ken Burch Mar 2015 #31

You can't be serious BainsBane Mar 2015 #37

I actually agree with most of what you just posted there. It was very eloquent. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #41

I have suggested just that countless times BainsBane Mar 2015 #43

That's a lot of straw men (and personal) insults, given what Caretha's post actually said. merrily Mar 2015 #22

What did her post say? BainsBane Mar 2015 #23

No one lectured you. And Caretha's post said very little. You, however, merrily Mar 2015 #25

This is becoming increasingly tiresome BainsBane Mar 2015 #27

We don't always to settle for half-, third-, or quarter-measures to "make things happen" though. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #33

Let us sincerly hope not! whistler162 Mar 2015 #18

Hopefully not the next Ted Kennedy-as-presidential candidate, though. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #29

No, but she doesn't have a Chappaquiddick in her background BainsBane Mar 2015 #32

The vicious tactics of the Carter people did him in, too. Ken Burch Mar 2015 #36

Well, his run against a sitting President was unorthodox BainsBane Mar 2015 #39

Elizabeth Warren just needs to keep on being Elizabeth Warren. KMOD Mar 2015 #45

Nah. MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #46

So now you don't even like Warren? BainsBane Mar 2015 #47

I love Warren MannyGoldstein Mar 2015 #48