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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren: "...That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare." [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)24. Who cares? If she did, she learned. If she didn't, she had already learned.
What I am concerned about is not how Elizabeth Warren voted in the 1990s, but what bills Bill Clinton signed in the 1990s.
Elizabeth Warren's votes in the 1990s didn't affect my life. Republicans lost the White House, and her single vote was not decisive in placing a Republican candidate for Congress.
What affects my life is NAFTA, the welfare reform (not my life so much as that of my neighbors0, the Telecommunications Act, and the repeal of Glass-Steagall to name just a few bad bills passed during Clinton's terms in the White House in the 1990s.
So I am not concerned about how Elizabeth Warren voted in the past. Her present convictions are very clear. And I like them.
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Elizabeth Warren: "...That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare." [View all]
kentuck
May 2015
OP
Why? What problem do you have with FDR and Truman? I think they were good liberal Democrats.
StevieM
May 2015
#9
He said Truman and Eisenhower (not FDR) but I agree, Truman was VERY progressive...
George II
May 2015
#11
Missed that ("couple" threw me off!), skipped right over to Truman and Eisenhower, sorry!
George II
May 2015
#25
Truman and Eisenhower started our obsession with intelligence because it was so helpful
JDPriestly
May 2015
#27
K & R. Tell it Sister Elizabeth! She is a righteous force God knows. Thanks for the post-
appalachiablue
May 2015
#17
Looks like you need an education in rhetorical comments. You won't be getting it from me.
Buzz Clik
May 2015
#42
As I said, your education is incomplete, and it is not my responsibility to correct it.
Buzz Clik
May 2015
#44
Signal, wardrobe blunder, or neither? CA parents wear red and black at all protests against #SB277.
proverbialwisdom
May 2015
#36