Whowzer! Bill and Hillary In Their Prime

[MADem]

15. That picture illustrates "I was married when I was nineteen..." in her Senate intro ad.

That was her voice-over in the ad. Just before that, she was talking about what a shitty life she had coming up, how her mother had to go to work, how her dad got sick, how she had kids too soon, etc.

It's an illustration of things she OVERCAME.

She divorced that husband (and the timeline of that divorce and her relationship with her current husband would be problematic with conservative independents if she ever decided to run for national office, but never mind that--of course, women ARE judged more harshly than men are; just look at the shit Clinton is taking...and here at DU, too). Warren eventually, and sensibly, moved forward to bigger and better things. In 1996, she made the smart decision to leave the GOP at long last and affiliate with the Democrats, and good for her. I don't hold it against her that it took her nearly three decades longer than it took Hillary to make up her mind--better late than never, I always say.

Is this what DU is all about now? Comparing how "cute" that "the girls" looked in their youth?

I agree with another DUer commenting here that this is a sexist thread. Another example of "Not DU's finest hour."