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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: I like Elizabeth Warren. Too Bad She's a Hypocrite. [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)30. There are plenty who think that
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
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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 Rendells 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 Rendells 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 Phillys 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 Rendells long track record is that its 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
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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In WI Warren is tied with Trump, Biden up by 9. Warren is weak in the rust belt
redstateblues
Sep 2019
#11
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
this is the type of divisive post that makes Biden supporters' complaints of hit-pieces ring hollow
Celerity
Sep 2019
#18