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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaxine Waters ROCKS! She's in my "TOP-FIVE" all-time favorite DEMOCRATS!!
Please click the link to read the entire article. Just below are some of the best lines and quotes that I pulled from throughout the article. Maxine Waters (D-California) is someone who KNOWS who our enemy is and isn't afraid to take her attacks DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE. She's not doing this for herself. She's not in it for the ego boost or the campaign cash. She's genuine! She's an honest and honorable Democrat whom I admire very much!
She's a great asset to the Democratic Party and one of the strongest voices we have that helps to unite and strengthen our party. She makes me proud to be a DEMOCRAT!!
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/17/maxine-waters-donald-trump-and-impeachment-one-democrat-is-ready-her-party-and-the-american-people-may-follow/
A California Democrat calls for impeachment, and the world says it's too early. That might change and quickly
by: Heather Digby Parton
...Waters put it bluntly: I dont respect this president, she said. I dont trust this president. Hes not working in the best interests of the American people. I will fight every day until he is impeached! Then she led the crowd in a chant of Impeach 45! It doesnt get any more resistant than that.
Waters has always been a tough and forceful politician, unafraid to take a position and speak her mind.
Right-wingers often lose their composure when confronted with such a strong, unapologetic African-American woman who is unafraid of getting right up in their faces.
Waters understands that Pelosi has an obligation to stay above the fray but has said, I dont have the same responsibility. She sees herself in a completely different role.
Waters is following the (Bob) Barr model. Impeachment is the nuclear option of nuclear options, when it comes to Congress confronting the president.
Waters is getting the I-word out there into the atmosphere and priming Trumps political opposition. Its a job that takes guts and foresight and shes good at it.
If the Democrats can pull off a wave election in 2018 and take back the House, they will be ready to follow an impeachment investigation wherever it leads. That will largely be thanks to Maxine Waters.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)"This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell."
"I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry."
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... Maxine Waters is a freakin' POWERHOUSE! Look out! Here she comes! Stand back! Don't get in her way! She'll run your ass over if you try to stop her!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I love Waters. She isn't feeble or ideologically bankrupt. Anyone stating such foolishness is simply trying to cover for their racist tendencies. Not a very good cover at that.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)oasis
(49,388 posts)klook
(12,155 posts)Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)WomenRising2017
(203 posts)She's also becoming a superstar for the millennials.
More Democrats need to follow her lead. She has the winning formula for 2018.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... that's one of the things that I like the most about her. She channels her frustration toward a specific goal, unlike some politicians who like to lecture and scold. When other politicians strut around and put on a show... she's out there DOING SOMETHING meaningful. She's not the type of woman who suffers fools lightly, so it's little wonder she has time for the likes of Trump.
She's the type of leader who searches for ways to find SOLUTIONS, unlike others who seem to always be on a crusade to perpetually FIND FAULT and to take the lazy way out and LAY BLAME. She knows that a strong DEMOCRATIC PARTY is what it will take to defeat Trump and the GOP. I can think of more than one person who would be smart to try and emulate Maxine Waters.
I truly adore her!
Others ignore her at their own peril. She's a force to be reckoned with.
R B Garr
(16,954 posts)made promises is a waste of time. He's a con man. Glad to see she is calling him out on his illegal dealings.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)That's a quotable quote if ever I heard one. She nailed it with that!
She's a very smart woman who doesn't waste time on counterproductive navel-gazing or self-flagellation. She's a Democrat who brings STRENGTH to the Democratic Party by taking aim at Trump and the GOP.
I love her so much!
R B Garr
(16,954 posts)and their traitor-in-chief.
jalan48
(13,869 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)This kind of attack statement isn't Chuck Schumer's style, and many felt Harry Reid should also have delegated them to a senator lower on the totem. In any case, Schumer and Reid complemented each other. Enter Maxine.
NYMag has an interesting article on this, although it doesn't mention her.
Nevadas departing senator would have fought Trump with a ruthlessness perhaps no other Democratic leader has.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/who-will-do-what-harry-reid-did-now-that-harry-reid-is-gone.html
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I love that woman.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... where others seem determined to drive supporters away, she LEADS by setting an example. What a welcome contrast! What a breath of fresh air Maxine Waters is! She's such an asset to the Democratic Party!
Women like Maxine keep the fire burning in MY heart. She gives me HOPE.
You know, I'm so TIRED of all the so-called progressives who do nothing but TRASH Democrats and the Democratic party. It's depressing. Day after day, week after week, month after month... that's all you hear from some people. All these "Negative-Nellies" and "Sad-Sallys" and "Angry-Annies" and "Hateful-Helens" who never have anything positive to say about Democrats or the Democratic Party.... I must say, if THESE people (Nelly, Sally, Annie and Helen) were my first introduction to the Democratic Party, I wouldn't support Democrats either.
But Maxine! Well now! THERE'S a woman to knows how to take charge! She means business and everyone who hears her wants to come along for the ride. She inspires people to get involved with the Democratic Party, not to shun the Democratic Party. She brings excitement to the Democratic Party! She's never been one of these "Gloomy-Gus" or "Woeful-Walter" or "Victim-Victor" characters who can only obsess on the everything negative.
You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative and don't mess with Mister In-between!! Those lyrics sum it up perfectly. (I, for one, and completely tired of the negative and totally sick of the "Mister In-between".) Maxine Waters is a positive and affirming force in our party who won't tolerate any shit from Trump or the GOP.
murielm99
(30,741 posts)that fights back very effectively.
I love this woman!
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)betsuni
(25,535 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)alwaysinflux
(149 posts)Her willingness to just say straight out what we are dealing with makes me feel like she's protecting us and our democracy full force. I always feel a little less dejected and more hopeful after hearing her speak!