Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Warren and Sanders pounce as Biden enters the race [View all]Celerity
(43,299 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 23, 2019, 12:31 AM - Edit history (1)
She grew up in an FDR Democratic household.
Her first vote the POTUS was AGAINST Nixon in 1972. She did vote for Ford, but liked Carter. She voted Carter in 1980 and Mondale in 1984. In 1988 she voted for Dukakis, and in 1992, Clinton. Obviously voted for Clinton again in 1996 and every other Democrat since then. She registered as a Republican because she had moved to PA and liked Arlen Specter, who also switched to our Party from Republican.
Maybe people also have issues with former Republicans Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta, Chris Coons (has Biden's old seat in the Senate), Carolyn McCarthy, Harley Rouda, Gabby Giffords, James Webb, Wendy Davis, Gil Cisneros, Jim Jeffords, Patrick Murphy, and Specter himself, etc.etc etc. Some of them even ran (oh the HORROR!) for President.
Speaking of other current Democratic candidates, you sure as hell do not see Warren going and giving a 200,000 USD (plus 50,000 in travel expenses) paid speech to a Republican fundraiser for a Republican Representative named Fred Upton (who had just voted to repeal Obamacare a few months before) in Michigan a few months back, right before the 2018 elections. That doesn't seem like a very Democratic-friendly thing to do does it? Warren would not have done it, no way.
Warren is tied for the 2nd lowest Trump score in the entire Senate
compare that to the highest Democrats
NO way can she be framed as some consistently villainous ex-Rethug who was in it for the cash (she grew up dirt poor) and is some late-comer to the game.
All I am asking for her is a fair shake.
She is a ROCK SOLID Democrat, a wonderful, warm, hyper-intelligent, lucid-thinking person and would make a superb POTUS.
If Pete drops out, I might be switching to Warren, she has sold me, as has Harris.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden