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In reply to the discussion: Has Has Senator Warren said anything about the Discrimination law passed in Indiana? [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Goldwater Girl. Promise.
I was reflecting on the absurdity of going back to Warren's voting for Reagan, or whatever. And no, you don't have to remind me how wonderful the Reagan years were, either. I cut my teeth as a political activist during those years.
A few things, one, Warren probably won't run, so pre-emptively going after her is a waste of time, not that wasting time ever stopped anyone on DU. But if she does, all the better for the party. She clearly has energized people and articulated issues which many felt have not been adequately addressed by other portions of the leadership. Either way, whoever she voted for in the 80s, we're lucky to have her now.
I also don't think that Hillary's IWR vote is anything like bringing up Warren's former Republicanism. The IWR vote is part of Hillary's record of governance, so it speaks directly to her arguments that she should be president. As I said in my other post, I don't think it's a dealbreaker anymore, but I do think her supporters shouldn't be shocked and dismayed that it's going to come up. It will.
Lastly, and this is something maybe people don't grok- I like Hillary Clinton. I like both Clintons. I stood with 60,000 other people at the Daley Center on a sunny day in October of '92, to cheer for those two, and Al and Tipper. It was one of the most inspirational days of my life, and whatever Liz Warren was doing at the time, personally I was more than ready for 12 years of Reagan-Bush to be over.
So if Hillary wants to be the nominee this time, great- but she'll need to earn it, like anyone else. And she is probably going to need to (or want to) unite the party-- my word to the wise to her supporters, at this early stage in the game, is not to treat everyone who questions or even criticizes her as an enemy, or the equivalent of a Nader supporter circa 2000. And DU in general is probably going to want to pace ourselves- I mean, it's only March of 2015.
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