Watching Rachel's interview of Elizabeth Warren makes me choke up

[lunatica]

The very reason I don’t get involved in the primaries is just to avoid the heartbreak of losing the fight. But this time I’m really feeling the disappointment. It’s damn time for a woman to be President. Warren would probably have been a better President than a Sanders or Biden, even though they are both probably good choices.

I’m 71 years old. It’s time damn it!

[LaurenOlimina]

1. yeah

[tblue37]

8. I'm stealing that Warren banner:

[LaurenOlimina]

9. Please do!

[tblue37]

11. I wanted to leave Warren as my choice, but once she withdrew DU took that choice away, so

I still get to acknowledge the fact that I very much prefer Warren to any other candidate--thanks to this image.

[dem4decades]

2. It's a sad day. And i'm an old white guy. Hopefully soon a woman becomes President.

A Democratic President.

[leftieNanner]

3. This breaks my heart

💔

[IcyPeas]

4. it is disheartening

we lost Hillary, now we've lost Elizabeth (unless she tries again). 2 of the smartest women in politics.

[lunatica]

5. Each of them is easily the smartest person in any room

They’re both knowledgeable in an expert sort of way, up to date on current affairs, interesting in conversation, amazing in their abilities and confidence as leaders and adept in facing and solving problems that affect the populace. They’re so competent in everything they do that you don’t even think about it. You just take it for granted.

[blm]

10. Competence should be the media's most discussed factor

Especially after a few years of Trump

[iluvtennis]

26. ++++ agree.

[lame54]

6. Clearly the best choice

[wackadoo wabbit]

7. I've been crying during it (n/t)

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. I'm planning to watch it later, I expected it would be good

I've heard Sanders on Thom Hartmann's show for years, and was most familiar with him. He did a lot to move things to the left and get these topic discussed on corporate media. I just couldn't bring myself to change my preference, but in the last few months I really came to realize that Warren would be the best choice for president we're likely to get for a long time.

From her policies to her "plans for that" to her pleasant demeanor. For being such a great explainer and for being such a good ass-kicker. We are really missing out by not having a Warren presidency. I just hope others someday realize what a loss this is.

[Laelth]

13. I am convinced, in my heart of hearts, that WE ELECTED the first woman President in 2016.

Hillary Clinton was, by just about any measure, the most qualified person to ever run for the office of President of the United States. Ironically, I sent a letter to Elizabeth Warren that year asking her to run against Hillary. She declined to do so.

Elizabeth Warren could have been a great President. I feel you.



-Laelth

[Thekaspervote]

18. This.. Still with her

[Hortensis]

31. I feel we did also. nt

[Jarqui]

14. Took a break, came back with this thought from the interview:

What a class act!

Dignity & grace.
She put her heart and soul into it.
Gave it everything she had.
Not a bunch of whining.
Compassion for all those who tried so hard for her.
The pinky promises.
Yet very upbeat
Such intellect in an off the cuff response to the economy. - explaining like a good teacher so we could all understand
An indomitable spirit cheering everyone on to better things

One hell of a human being.

[eissa]

15. Republicans will elect the first female POTUS

And we can pout and piss all we want during President Nikki Haley’s inauguration, but it will be our fault.

[Tumbulu]

21. It is not our fault at all, but Bernie's and Putin's

And it is bad enough that they did that to us. We do not share the blame.

[Hortensis]

32. Huh? Your fault? How about that of ALL those who put the Republicans

in power, including all who voted for him, all who contributed to the defeat of Democrats, Sanders and his ilk who lie about and subvert confidence in Democrats, all the able nonvoters for sure, and various other scoundrels and fools.

But not the fault of the many millions of decent and responsible citizens who've voted their decency and responsibility and have no part of that.

[bullwinkle428]

16. The bit about Bloomberg showed what a STONE COLD GANGSTA she could be!! I was completely

laughing my ass off over that one!!

Rachel : "You went after him pretty hard. Was it your intention to knock him out of contention?"

EW : "YES."

Rachel : "Do you take credit for that?"

EW : "Oh...SURE!"

[BigmanPigman]

17. I can't watch her anymore today...

I end up crying. Too much frustration and sadness for me to handle.

[morillon]

19. We bought alcohol today just so we could get through Rachel's interview...

...but in the end, we were just too upset to watch it, wine or no. It's on DVR; we'll watch it when we feel up to it.

To this day, my sister and my husband have never been able to watch the SNL episode where Kate McKinnon, playing Hillary, sang Hallelujah. It was right after the election, and Leonard Cohen had just died, too.

It's just so fucking unfair. All of it. We had our candidate, and fuckery stole her from us. TWICE.

[CanonRay]

20. I kept leaving the room

[woundedkarma]

22. She might have even been better than Obama

She's the only politician who talks like I think.

Who thinks about the people suffering.

The only thing she seems to want is to help people.

That is how I've felt about her since the first time I saw her on tv 10+? years ago.. before she was a senator, back when she was just trying to stop poor people from being robbed by the rich.

She's my hero.

[dchill]

30. "She's the only politician who talks like I think."

Bingo.

[MontanaMama]

23. Cried all the way through it.

Another profound missed opportunity. Sadness doesn’t even speak to it any more. I feel gut punched today.

[pattyloutwo]

25. Me too

[pattyloutwo]

24. Yes

I agree. Then Joy was on Lawrence and she said we (women) have to demand it, like AA Community did for Obama.

[Kath2]

27. Elizabeth Warren was an outstanding candidate.

I love her and her progressive policies. I agree that it is WAY PAST time for a woman president and she would have been excellent. Very sad right now.

[Sewa]

28. Now she's a media darling!

Where was the positive attention from the media over the last three months. Hope Liz runs again four years from now.

[PatrickforO]

29. I really like Warren, too. And I do agree

that she would have made a fine nominee and a very good president.

Just because she genuinely cares about people.

It was heartbreaking for my whole family because we all voted for her, and it is about darned time for a woman to be president.

[Hortensis]

33. I like Warren so much, but the right's takeover is frighteningly

far along. It. really. is. happening. here. Our nation is practically shaking under the weight of its approach.

In a very real sense, we already elected our first woman president, but the power of the increasingly fascistic right was demonstrated by their success in subverting and taking that election. And a bunch of others. We now don't know if can elect anyone president with any amount of support, or if 2012 is going to turn out to have been the last time.

As for wonderful Elizabeth Warren, yes she is. But if she was our strongest candidate to stop them, she'd be in the lead. Instead, our strongest candidate is and has been all along except for a dangerous event when RW-serving MSM and other pernicious actors tried to take him out by declaring his candidacy nationally dead. It lost him support from those who looked anxiously for someone who could win, but didn't overcome the reality of his widespread support. No surprise that they did try, though, and they will again. He has the potential to sweep Democrats across the nation into power on his long coattails.

Fwiw, and I do love the idea, if their ability to overthrow our elections isn't strong enough to stop us this time, Warren might still become our first woman vice president. They discussed it in 2015, when he was considering running and she wasn't. A happy thought for what could be.