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McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 02:00 PM Feb 2019

Warren 2020!

Come on. Tell me why I should not support the campaign of the daughter of a janitor who rose to become a US Senator. Tell me why a candidate who believes In equality and unions is “out of step” with the mainstream Democratic Party. Tell me why it is so important that billions of dollars be collected and spent in a giant Food Fight aka the Democratic Primary in which paid Russian trolls in smoke filled rooms will try to tell us that 1) white women are the sole reason Blacks can’t get a break and 2) Black men are the sole reason women can not get a break and 3) your daughter can not afford college because granny is living it up eating cat food thanks to her big fat Social Security check.

Do you want to be Divided and Conquered again? Not me. That is why I am supporting THE Solidaarity candidate. The one who reminds us all of that special teacher, the one who refused to leave any child behind. The one who made home visits. The one who had our backs and gently but firmly nudged us forward so that we could be all we were meant to be.

If the worst dirt they can throw at her is that she is not a molecular biologist ( i.e. DNA) then they have nothing. And if we work together we have a chance to regain the world.

In 2008, another candidate just said No to Super-PAC money. How did that work out? It can work again.

Warren/Anybody 2020

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Warren 2020! (Original Post) McCamy Taylor Feb 2019 OP
I am a Warren fan. I think she would work hard and do a leftyladyfrommo Feb 2019 #1
Do you think she can beat rump in the general ? nt UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #2
She'll destroy him. She's my candidate EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #8
3 decades of vicious attacks, Comey, Russia, lousy media... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #10
Yes. I would like to see her debate Trump Raven123 Feb 2019 #30
That was a great speech she gave. I don't know who I'll end up voting for in the primary, Vinca Feb 2019 #3
She's an actual Democrat... so that's definitely a plus! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #4
I think the Native American ancestry story dooms her. But she could still win New Hampshire. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #7
Unfortunately, I agree Poiuyt Feb 2019 #9
Warren care for everyone. colorado_ufo Feb 2019 #13
I personally think ZapataViva Feb 2019 #16
The media can make or break a candidate. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #20
The media only works Butterflylady Feb 2019 #22
I'm not having a parade or wanting to rain on yours. Just making an observation. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #24
Perhaps, but judging by all those Ancestry DNA commercials, she is not alone in her misunderstanding Raven123 Feb 2019 #32
She's wonderful. kstewart33 Feb 2019 #5
Warren would be great in the general Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #6
We need Elizabeth Warren!! Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #11
She's a fine senator, and would be an excellent cabinet member. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #12
She is currently my first choice and has always been. Harris and Brown are my second faves. nt tblue37 Feb 2019 #14
She's the best of the lot .. peace frog Feb 2019 #15
I'll say this: She was awesome today. That is all. nt allgood33 Feb 2019 #17
I adored her today and adored her the day she announced her Wealth Tax policy. lark Feb 2019 #19
Here are clips: She looked, sounded, delivered excellently UTUSN Feb 2019 #18
Warren's the single most dynamic progressive achiever we have, Hortensis Feb 2019 #21
She's one of the few that when she talks I can belive. . . . and she delivers too. pdsimdars Feb 2019 #23
She was impressive today lillypaddle Feb 2019 #25
Her speech was awesome mainstreetonce Feb 2019 #26
Has great ideas but makes poor decisions njhoneybadger Feb 2019 #27
She is fabulous but will have a tough time getting elected leftofcool Feb 2019 #28
too soon for me but i like her platform a ton. kick Kurt V. Feb 2019 #29
She gave an impressive speech mcar Feb 2019 #31
I would be happy with Warren + Harris Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #33

EndGOPPropaganda

(1,117 posts)
8. She'll destroy him. She's my candidate
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:03 PM
Feb 2019

Any Dem will destroy the GOP candidate.

Hillary won the popular vote and lost the EC by a HAIR — and she was the target of a vast rightwing attack machine for three decades, which made her unlikeable.

Any Dem will Winn in 2020. Let’s pick someone who can actually undermine the structural advantages the GOP has due to dark money and billionaires and propaganda.

The best candidate for America is Liz Warren.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
10. 3 decades of vicious attacks, Comey, Russia, lousy media...
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:13 PM
Feb 2019

There were many factors at play in 2016's crazy result, and some of those factors won't be factors in 2020.

I don't think Warren will be our nominee, but I do think we'll be looking at a 2008-esque landslide. Or better.

Raven123

(4,846 posts)
30. Yes. I would like to see her debate Trump
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 04:57 PM
Feb 2019

She is not rattled by his antics, has command of the facts and economics, and seems pretty quick on her feet. I suspect she could hammer his blasts over the economy with her sound reading of history and how he has benefitted from the current economic environment.

I thought her speech was a superb combination of rhetorical skill and clear, concise analysis with specific (as much possible given the occasion) solutions.

Vinca

(50,276 posts)
3. That was a great speech she gave. I don't know who I'll end up voting for in the primary,
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 02:40 PM
Feb 2019

but she would be one of the candidates who would be easy to vote for in the general.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
4. She's an actual Democrat... so that's definitely a plus!
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 02:46 PM
Feb 2019

Considering all the other talented Democrats we have, I think it will be a challenge for her to win the nomination. All those other things you mentioned are also plusses, but is it enough?

Time will tell, I suppose.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
7. I think the Native American ancestry story dooms her. But she could still win New Hampshire.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 02:50 PM
Feb 2019

If nothing else, she closes the door on Sanders. Not that the door was ever really open to his candidacy.

Poiuyt

(18,125 posts)
9. Unfortunately, I agree
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:07 PM
Feb 2019

I love Warren, but I too am worried about the Native American story. I thought she might be able to get past it until I heard she listed her ethnicity as Native American on her Bar application. That will be hard to overcome.

colorado_ufo

(5,734 posts)
13. Warren care for everyone.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:39 PM
Feb 2019

I believe that she considered herself part of the Cherokee Nation. But whatever Indian lineage she considered herself part of should simply make her an honorary member of that tribe. Then DNA will no longer matter.

 

ZapataViva

(60 posts)
16. I personally think
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:45 PM
Feb 2019

she just needs to stop addressing the issue. Articles I've read about Native American tribal leaders indicate that this issue is not really on their radar. It's the corporate media that keeps trying to make this an issue--and of course Fox "News". She's one our great candidates--this is becoming a political hit job because they fear her policies.

Butterflylady

(3,544 posts)
22. The media only works
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 04:15 PM
Feb 2019

when the candidate lets them. Warren's a fighter, which she showed today in her speech. She came out swinging and that's what we need.Dont mean to rain on your parade, but I think she's going to hold her on up against many.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
24. I'm not having a parade or wanting to rain on yours. Just making an observation.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 04:20 PM
Feb 2019

Anyway, candidates don't "let" media have an impact. Media has an impact, period.

Raven123

(4,846 posts)
32. Perhaps, but judging by all those Ancestry DNA commercials, she is not alone in her misunderstanding
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 04:59 PM
Feb 2019

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
6. Warren would be great in the general
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 02:48 PM
Feb 2019

Strong in the upper midwest, appeals to working class, POC and women. Most importantly she has shown for years now that she is a warrior in the fight against economic inequality. I love her.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,356 posts)
12. She's a fine senator, and would be an excellent cabinet member.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:38 PM
Feb 2019

The way she handled Trump's baiting and touted the results leads me to believe she's not the best choice for president.

peace frog

(5,609 posts)
15. She's the best of the lot ..
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:44 PM
Feb 2019

.. so far. Will wait for the complete candidate lineup before making a decision.

lark

(23,105 posts)
19. I adored her today and adored her the day she announced her Wealth Tax policy.
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:53 PM
Feb 2019

I loved Kamala's speech too. Cant wait to hear Klobuchar's speech as well as Sherrod Brown's version and Julian Castro's as well. I'm also hoping Biden runs, he's got so much heart and is a warrior and anti-war. So looking forward to the primaries and debates!! Going to need a ton of watching and

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
21. Warren's the single most dynamic progressive achiever we have,
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:55 PM
Feb 2019

and she is absolutely on my list. Republicans and squawking jays of questionable judgement and motives don't tell me who's good.

njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)
27. Has great ideas but makes poor decisions
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 04:35 PM
Feb 2019

Ancestry thing was a complete debacle. People had almost forgot about then she goes and makes it worse than it ever was. She did a commercial with her husband + "I Like Beer" that was so phony I thought I was going to barf. Unless she gets a public relations guru immediately it ain't happening

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
28. She is fabulous but will have a tough time getting elected
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 04:37 PM
Feb 2019

I agree with everything she says but you can't be anti-Wall Street and anti-banks and get elected. Even a lot of middle income Democrats have their pensions and retirement tied up on Wall Street and they won't like what she has to say.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
33. I would be happy with Warren + Harris
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 06:39 PM
Feb 2019

Or Harris + Warren.
Or Warren + Castro, if that would make the HannityLimbaughCoultergeist explode while screaming about socialism.
Or Warren + Klobuchar.

NOT Warren + Sanders. I prefer a Democratic ticket.

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