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cascadiance

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18. I think that perhaps at this stage that perception might appear to be correct, but movements happen!
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 01:01 PM
Mar 2015

Movements are what can change "what is possible" and what isn't...

Movements are what affected how FDR ran for president and ultimately how he governed. Without movements functioning to tell government that they were fed up with the job government did which lead to the depression, to the point of even having the communist party grow at that time putting a lot of pressure on government then...

Elizabeth Warren is qualified by her ability to do a lot in the short time she's been in the Senate, as well as probably her being the most intellectually knowledgeable about the circumstances that most Americans have faced that lead to the breakdown of their middle class status in the latest economic downturn. A close examination of what Warren has done over the years even before her role in government will show to the average American that she is one of the few that understands what they are dealing with and has an attitude to want to fix it, even with a lot of powerful forces aligned against her.

I think rather than many of us accepting this supposed "reality" that she "will never run" because "she doesn't have a chance", it is our responsibility as American citizens, to try and look for the best avenue of fixing a broken system that is out there, and when we see it, which many of us see in the potential of her helping doing so as president, it is upon us to build that movement today, so that the notion that "she can't win" is no longer a factor that prevents her from wanting to pursue this office, and that it be solely a personal decision for herself on her own priorities on what she wants to do and what she perceives America needs.

That is why, despite many here and in other places trying to depict us as "Hillary haters" or other such negative characterizations, we continue to feel it is our responsibility to build this movement in to a reality and beat back the corporate media and other institutional barriers that seek to shut down the will of the people to fix a corrupt system that the PTB wants to have continue.

Whether she jumps in to lead this movement, or someone else that might have similar qualifications and motivations, it is time for us to continue to push on.

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