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BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)
30. There are plenty who think that
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 05:25 PM
Sep 2019

Rendell is not only a hypocrite but one who throws the label around much too much.

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/12/elizabeth-warren-ed-rendell-hypocrite/

Here's another:

https://prospect.org/article/ed-rendells-sloppy-attempt-dislodge-elizabeth-warren-backfires-spectacularly

Snippets


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In one of the more searing takes, entitled “Elizabeth Warren Is a Hypocrite, Says Hypocrite Ed Rendell,” Philadelphia magazine senior reporter Victor Fiorillo lays out Rendell’s penchant for calling people like Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump (OK, not going to argue with that one), well, hypocrites. He lines up a few examples of Rendell’s own two-facedness on safe-injection sites and his insistence that a former Philly congressman was to blame for failing to curb the powers of Philly’s notoriously powerful ward bosses. Pulitzer Prize winner Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the column a “total dirt bag move by Rendell and the Biden mafia.”

The problem with Rendell’s long track record is that it’s just too easy to dive in and unearth examples of his own hypocrisy, from lobbying for fracking companies to his role in shadiness associated with the 2016 Democratic Convention held in Philadelphia. None of these things bode well for Rendell going forward and, by extension, Biden.

The biggest rock that Rendell has turned over was his role in the 1985 bombing of the MOVE compound in West Philadelphia which leveled a city block and whose aftermath shook the community to its core for years. Rendell was district attorney at the time, and one of the key figures around Mayor Wilson Goode who approved the strike. There is probably a lot of love for Biden in Philadelphia, especially in black neighborhoods where you can still find faded Obama signs. But with his campaign HQ in the City of Brotherly Love, Biden should best beware of having this ignominious episode anywhere near his narrative.
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NOT a good move. Not at all!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Ed Rendell? Never been right on anything but still keeps spouting off. Nanjeanne Sep 2019 #1
"Often mistaken, never in doubt" (nt) JaneQPublic Sep 2019 #6
Yeah, Ed is loyal...calls out both Warren AND Obama in this petty piece BeyondGeography Sep 2019 #2
k&r nt BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #3
Stop with the circular firing squad, dems! dawg day Sep 2019 #4
Most of us know DownriverDem Sep 2019 #5
Well no, we don't know that, we know the opposite obamanut2012 Sep 2019 #8
In WI Warren is tied with Trump, Biden up by 9. Warren is weak in the rust belt redstateblues Sep 2019 #11
"I'm not against anyone" I'm not against anyone who is a Democrat. n/t elocs Sep 2019 #16
what a ridiculous title jcgoldie Sep 2019 #7
Ed being loyal to his friend Joe and seeking attention. Funtatlaguy Sep 2019 #9
"Hypocrite" is a little strong, but Rendell raises a valid point brooklynite Sep 2019 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Sep 2019 #17
You can probably understand how Rendell feels about this much better than most people here. highplainsdem Sep 2019 #21
Ed Rendell ..................Lets check out Opensecrets.org for Warren and Biden turbinetree Sep 2019 #12
Lol...were those Wells Fargo donations made in memory of John Stumpf? BeyondGeography Sep 2019 #13
Nice strawman DrToast Sep 2019 #14
Exactly, Dr Toast peggysue2 Sep 2019 #15
She didn't say she never did, she said she wouldn't for presidential primary blm Sep 2019 #29
Yes, it is!! Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #34
this is the type of divisive post that makes Biden supporters' complaints of hit-pieces ring hollow Celerity Sep 2019 #18
This. cwydro Sep 2019 #23
Yup jberryhill Sep 2019 #24
True. n/t demmiblue Sep 2019 #25
Truer words True Dough Sep 2019 #27
Just when I start to think that maybe I'm just not giving Biden supporters Politicub Sep 2019 #19
This really pisses me off. Democrats don't seem to be able to resist trashing other Democrats. Vinca Sep 2019 #20
Go away, Ed. demmiblue Sep 2019 #22
Love your gifs! BlueMTexpat Sep 2019 #31
Politico called Rendell's remarks customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #26
Sorry, Ed. You've been pretty irrelevant in my eyes for a while. n/t cynatnite Sep 2019 #28
There are plenty who think that BlueMTexpat Sep 2019 #30
I like Ed Rendell-He is a good Democrat Gothmog Sep 2019 #32
Yes, Rendell is a good Democrat peggysue2 Sep 2019 #35
Elizabeth Warren Is a Hypocrite, Says Hypocrite Ed Rendell DrFunkenstein Sep 2019 #33
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