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Elizabeth Warren Rolls as Scott Brown Falls Apart in Their Second Debate
Elizabeth Warren Rolls as Scott Brown Falls Apart in Their Second Debate
Elizabeth Warren rolled over Scott Brown in their second debate as the incumbent lost his cool, and cracks started to show in his moderate pseudo-Democrat facade.
The debate was moderated by David Gregory of Meet The Press who quickly revealed that he wasnt interested in substance.
The first question went to Elizabeth Warren, and she was asked if she considers herself a minority. Warren delivered much of the same answer that she gave in the first debate that she is a person who has a Native American background. Gregory asked Scott Brown if he thought she was lying, and he first tried to pivot to jobs, and then claimed that Warren self-reported and changed her nationality. Brown also tried to claim that she has changed her heritage. Gregory asked Brown if Warren benefited from this, Brown dodged and called for Warren to release her personnel records. (So far, Brown is using the same attack that didnt work in the first debate. If this attack was designed to put Warren on the defensive, it isnt working.)
Sen. Brown admitted that this wasnt a disqualifying issue, but he claimed that Warren has misled the voters. Nearly ten minutes passed, and Sen. Brown was still spinning his wheels on the heritage issue. Warren confronted Brown directly and told him that he was wrong about her misleading voters. Scott Browns line of attack was that Warren is untrustworthy because she misled the voters.
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/elizabeth-warren-rolls-scott-brown-falls-debate.html
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Elizabeth Warren Rolls as Scott Brown Falls Apart in Their Second Debate (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Oct 2012
OP
Arrgh! This damn mobile phonee won't open C-Span debate. anyone else broadcasting?
catbyte
Oct 2012
#1
She should have responded: "If you were a student in my class you'd be failing."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2012
#7
catbyte
(34,402 posts)1. Arrgh! This damn mobile phonee won't open C-Span debate. anyone else broadcasting?
MBS
(9,688 posts)9. available on cspan video archive
Lisa D
(1,532 posts)2. The article says she was unflappable.
That's the perfect description of her demeanor during the debate. She didn't let Brown or Gregory throw her off balance.
shraby
(21,946 posts)3. When a person is telling the truth and not spinning they tend to be unflappable.
She wasn't running away from her positions or her party during the debate like Brown.
CitizenPatriot
(3,783 posts)5. She rocked. n/t
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)6. I've posted TWO short video clip in DU videos - see below
Brown to Warren: "I'm Not A Student In Your Classroom"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101763176
and
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101763172
Audience Boos Scott Brown For Naming Scalia As Model Justice'
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)7. She should have responded: "If you were a student in my class you'd be failing."
DavidL
(384 posts)10. Those two clips will nail Brown's coffin forever SHUT!!!
They typify his arrogance, and his love of the extreme right wing agenda of people like Scalia.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)8. Warren is a devoted public servant and will make a fine senator. /nt