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In reply to the discussion: I don't understand why Elizabeth Warren is criticizing Obama now. [View all]JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)100. "A solid record of winning?"
"Warren can drop out of 2018 and run on a solid record of winning."
Warren has run in one election, which is not even close to a "solid record of winning."
She is Hillary. Has the same job, same mentor, same state, same hair color, etc.
She was a college law professor until five years ago, when she was chosen by Obama to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Merely to design the rules it would enforce because of her expertise in bankruptcy law; specifically not to be the head of it because of her lack of executive experience.
In five years in the Senate she has produced a vast amount of clever pit bull rhetoric, but has not even co-sponsored one single piece of legislation, let alone introduced one of her own. She has a clever way of wording ad hominem attacks, but she has absolutely zero experience in governance.
Oh, and "same state?" She's a Senator from Massachusetts. Hillary was a Senator from New York.
Warren has run in one election, which is not even close to a "solid record of winning."
She is Hillary. Has the same job, same mentor, same state, same hair color, etc.
She was a college law professor until five years ago, when she was chosen by Obama to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Merely to design the rules it would enforce because of her expertise in bankruptcy law; specifically not to be the head of it because of her lack of executive experience.
In five years in the Senate she has produced a vast amount of clever pit bull rhetoric, but has not even co-sponsored one single piece of legislation, let alone introduced one of her own. She has a clever way of wording ad hominem attacks, but she has absolutely zero experience in governance.
Oh, and "same state?" She's a Senator from Massachusetts. Hillary was a Senator from New York.
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You'll of course support your premise with objective and relevant evidence...?
LanternWaste
May 2017
#116
Obama and Clinton both won in Massachusettes also and Won bigger there than WArren did
JI7
May 2017
#135
My best guess is that this is her clumsy, ill-considered way to "win over" Trump voters, thinking of
WinkyDink
May 2017
#4
I really do not see or hear any Democrats saying they want to move further "right."
nikibatts
May 2017
#32
I think it's a very bad strategy. Elections are won on hope and positivity, not negativity.
yardwork
May 2017
#77
Many of them hate women, for one thing. Alienating the Democratic base won't make up for that.
yardwork
May 2017
#108
Appeal to Bernie supporters for her next election? She's my Senator and I am disappointed in this
seaglass
May 2017
#9
She believes the hype that there are more than a few independent votes up for grabs
HoneyBadger
May 2017
#24
It is amazing that you posted this response. I came to the very same conclusions.
nikibatts
May 2017
#29
This headline? " Run against Trump? Elizabeth Warren will certainly stand and fight"
progressoid
May 2017
#91
That's the media's doing. Newspapers choose what to headline. C'mon, you know that.
Demit
May 2017
#98
I think she is trying to sidetrack her failure to bring voters to hillary in 2016....
beachbum bob
May 2017
#30
Someone took three sentences out of an interview and decided they could get clicks
jberryhill
May 2017
#35
Laugh it up. Why is she not smarter than that. And why don't you explain why a Dem is attacking Dems
brush
May 2017
#88
Here. Go to this link. It does a great job in explaining the folly of attacking popular Dems
brush
May 2017
#97
People ALWAYS disingenuosly say this about words taken out of context by the media,
6000eliot
May 2017
#128
Obama also returns calls from Trump. What does that have to do with anything ?
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2017
#80
You didn't answer my question. How does it matter in this convo whose calls obama returns?
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2017
#90
She probably lost some votes with those unneccessary swipes at Dems. Not smart at all
brush
May 2017
#85
And you're totally missing my point. Obama doesn't care what Warren says about him.
yardwork
May 2017
#146
It certainly is disappointing, particularly in light of her financial background and how she....
George II
May 2017
#75
of course he was right and i was sorry to see HRC cave in to the populist nonsense
La Lioness Priyanka
May 2017
#141
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by
progressoid
May 2017
#117
I'm saying that it is not at all strategic for Democrats to criticize him now.
yardwork
May 2017
#129
Yes. Totally not smart. Don't give them low-hanging fruit to use against you in 2020.
brush
May 2017
#101