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BainsBane

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Mon Mar 2, 2015, 09:39 PM

Mar 2015

She does compromise now. If she didn't she wouldn't be a decent senator. As much as you think the function of elected officials is to express your anger, they are actually there to govern. Some of us actually want to see reform and care about making things happen, not just reaffirming our egos with soundbites on cable entertainment. Your attitude is one of someone who doesn't want government to function so that nothing is accomplished. Either that. or you don't know how a bill becomes law. Either way, your commitment to political irrelevance bores me.

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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