He said he came out of it thinking Buttigieg is very strong, but said Warren had a 'badass answer' about impeachment. When I asked him what he meant, he said that Trump is the crappiest president ever and that the House needs to start impeachment proceedings - if they don't, he said, they would lose the respect of young people for being spineless.
His words, not mine, though I agree with him.
As to Warren, I like her a lot and would have absolutely no problem supporting her as the Democratic nominee. I wouldn't have problems with Bernie, either, except there is some weird crap going on with Ro Khanna - that deal where he claimed the Buttigieg 'compared Sanders to Trump' was ridiculous. I watched that footage and that is NOT what I came out if thinking Buttigieg was saying at all. Nor do I think anyone else who actually watched the clip felt that way.
Better watch it, Ro.
As to Buttigieg, I am supporting him in the primaries because I really like his articulation of policy, and I believe he's very solid on healthcare, taxes, Social Security and the environment - all stuff I care about. I think he's also solid on social justice, which is very good. He did make a mistake, firing that police chief, and he needs to be very upfront answering for that. He has admitted it was a mistake, for sure, but still - he'd better work with minority communities beginning right now to build up some powerful social justice policies.
I say this, because I'm like my son (or he like me) in that I'm sick and tire of politicians that SAY one thing and DO nothing. I want some action when we flip Congress. That's why I was so down on Feinstein when those kids confronted her. I was sickened by the whole Senate thing of voting 'present' on the green new deal. That was a nonbinding resolution and we HAVE TO QUIT DANCING AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW.
I shook my head at the 'present' thing. I understood it, I guess, but I won't ever be in consensus with it. To me P-R-E-S-E-N-T spelled S-P-I-N-E-L-E-S-S in this case and in the privacy of my home I railed at Hoyer and Schumer. I won't say what I said, but I was pretty disgusted.
Well, enough of that. You all know I'm quite progressive. Perhaps 'aggressively progressive.' But I'm real sick of walking on eggs around these Republicans. Fuck them.
Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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