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LonePirate

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83. Some of us prefer not to throw in the towel before the main event has begun.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #82)

Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:42 PM

Sep 2019

Assessing what can or cannot pass Congress is tantamount to surrender given that a president’s first two years are usually the most productive, especially if Congress is controlled by the same party.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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A Warren supporter is curious: What do you not like about EW? [View all] LAS14 Sep 2019 OP

For me she is to excitable. I find it irritating to listen to her. As is true for any candidate, wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #1

Yeah, this is what started me wondering. It's her excitedness that... LAS14 Sep 2019 #3

Are male candidates ever described as too excitable? Croney Sep 2019 #26

Beto screams & waves his arm in unison with each syllable. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #29

I like him, so I wouldn't call him "too" anything. Croney Sep 2019 #33

I grew up with people who talk with their whole bodies Bettie Sep 2019 #66

Thank you for asking. HelpImSurrounded Sep 2019 #39

Howard Dean? Pretty much sank his candidacy DrToast Sep 2019 #43

It wasn't his energy level Bettie Sep 2019 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #56

Whether it was a fair critique isn't being discussed DrToast Sep 2019 #58

But previous to that no one had said Bettie Sep 2019 #59

You're not following the discussion DrToast Sep 2019 #60

From a comment by you Bettie Sep 2019 #65

We can certainly talk about that! DrToast Sep 2019 #67

I guess I could say she scares me because she might rock the boat and I can't risk losing any brewens Sep 2019 #2

So we can't improve the country/society because it might hurt you? There's a word for that. LonePirate Sep 2019 #76

Read it again. brewens Sep 2019 #78

posts removed !!! stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #4

Could you elaborate? nt LAS14 Sep 2019 #6

yes . stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #38

+100,000,000 Skya Rhen Sep 2019 #14

I don't really like or dislike her Green Line Sep 2019 #5

not true. most of her support is higher educated women who DO vote JI7 Sep 2019 #8

She still can't win the midwest Green Line Sep 2019 #20

this again qazplm135 Sep 2019 #30

Biggest issue is I think she'd lose DrToast Sep 2019 #7

Her temperament is one of the things.... LAS14 Sep 2019 #11

Trump got under her skin with the whole Pocahontas shtick DrToast Sep 2019 #15

No, he didn't HelpImSurrounded Sep 2019 #45

not a team player?? qazplm135 Sep 2019 #31

I like her a lot. What concerns me is that some of her plans The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #9

Please elaborate? HelpImSurrounded Sep 2019 #47

I haven't got all day to elaborate but my point is simply The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #55

Neither have any of the other candidates. HelpImSurrounded Sep 2019 #63

None of the other candidates, with the exception of Bernie, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #72

We need massive change in this country so support a milquetoast candidate who won't rock the boat? LonePirate Sep 2019 #81

How is "massive change" supposed to come about The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #82

Some of us prefer not to throw in the towel before the main event has begun. LonePirate Sep 2019 #83

Massive change imposed from the top down rarely works. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #84

I've been saying for a while that her place is in the Senate where she can incubate... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #49

I actually like Elizabeth Warren peggysue2 Sep 2019 #10

+1 Skidmore Sep 2019 #22

My feelings exactly peggysue2 Desert grandma Sep 2019 #23

The Senate DrToast Sep 2019 #25

Any critique I have is general rather than specific bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #12

Just a small point of clarification here. You're not... LAS14 Sep 2019 #13

Yeah you're right bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #19

Biden's from Delware so... qazplm135 Sep 2019 #32

Biden has campaigned in 2 presidential elections as VP bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #46

I love Elizabeth Warren. I think she would make a great president. But ooky Sep 2019 #16

As someone who lives amongst the red staters, here's what i heard from 3 trump voters. oldsoftie Sep 2019 #17

Trump voters won't decide this election qazplm135 Sep 2019 #36

Who DOESNT vote will matter almost as much as who DOES. oldsoftie Sep 2019 #48

No qazplm135 Sep 2019 #77

I like her very much. I just like Biden more. /nt nsd Sep 2019 #18

Do not like her "Economic Patriotism" in any respect. She has promised more than Hoyt Sep 2019 #21

her lack of executive experience bigtree Sep 2019 #24

She's my number two, after Pete. The Mouth Sep 2019 #27

Warren kydemo Sep 2019 #28

Her spending plans Loki Liesmith Sep 2019 #34

She's a policy wonk, and I'd like her to continue being a gadfly in the Senate, like Sanders. I highplainsdem Sep 2019 #35

Can't affotd to lose her Senate seat aeromanKC Sep 2019 #37

I'm from MA Green Line Sep 2019 #50

Thanks for your local info aeromanKC Sep 2019 #61

it would only be for few months, per Massachusetts law Celerity Sep 2019 #54

Scott Brown aeromanKC Sep 2019 #62

Exactly Green Line Sep 2019 #68

Joe Kennedy III is not Martha Coakley, and Warren herself beat Brown in 2012 fairly easily Celerity Sep 2019 #74

Kennedy Green Line Sep 2019 #79

I really hope Kennedy doesnt challenge Markey, but I have no dog in that fight at the end of the day Celerity Sep 2019 #80

as if a Rethug would lose to Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts nt Celerity Sep 2019 #70

Nothing to dislike snowybirdie Sep 2019 #40

Imposing zero choice in healthcare. She feels slightly lower Hortensis Sep 2019 #41

Would be great to have an intellect in WH. However, EW has less of the broad appeal, empedocles Sep 2019 #42

Not as much as dislike but I have my doubts about her. rogue emissary Sep 2019 #44

What is her critique of Hillary? I haven't seen that. Link? LAS14 Sep 2019 #87

Here's the quote in context. rogue emissary Sep 2019 #88

Nothing at all. Amimnoch Sep 2019 #52

Thank you for summing up exactly how I feel, too happybird Sep 2019 #53

I've considered the same, though I have to take that Backseat Driver Sep 2019 #85

I like her a lot. I'm volunteering for roody Sep 2019 #57

She's on of my favorite candidates - my concerns are NewJeffCT Sep 2019 #64

2 things come immediately to mind Celerity Sep 2019 #69

Would not put it as dislike treestar Sep 2019 #71

Nothing I dislike about Warren. Simply more I like about Biden. LanternWaste Sep 2019 #73

I suspect she would not do well in a general election. Joe941 Sep 2019 #75

Three Things PBC_Democrat Sep 2019 #86