Delaney says Warren's put-down of him on the debate stage was 'dishonest' and 'lazy'

[mia]

Former Maryland congressman John Delaney was on the receiving end Tuesday night of the most memorable slapdown of the first night of the Democratic debate in Detroit.

It came from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) after Delaney had spent much of the night trying to make the case that the proposals from the two leading liberals onstage — Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — are unrealistic.

“You know, I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for,” Warren said. “I don’t get it.”

Delaney didn’t get a chance to respond on Tuesday night, but he did so Wednesday morning during an appearance on Fox News — a network that Warren has characterized as “a hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/delaney-says-warrens-put-down-of-him-on-the-debate-stage-was-dishonest-and-lazy/2019/07/31/d6d91e84-b386-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html?utm_term=.be40cb1b5b3b

[True Dough]

1. Uh huh

[JI7]

2. one good thing about today's debate is hopefully any focus on him goes away

and we don't have to hear from him again.

[blm]

3. Delaney whining to FOX is as dishonest and lazy as a dem can get.

F... you, Whiny Delaney.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Expect press release soon from Fox announcing Delaneys hiring.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Delaney finally finds a home for RW talking points

Good for him.

[JaneQPublic]

6. Delaney is a certain kind of Maryland Dem...

...the kind who really isn't one.

Sometimes would-be office-holders ideologically aligned with the GOP will run as a Dem, knowing their chances of winning are better running blue than red in this state.

For example, former Governor William Donald Schaefer was rumored to be a Repug originally.

Charlie Pierce said it best last night on MSNBC: Delaney isn't even a moderate Dem; he's a conservative... a Gerald Ford conservative.

[crazytown]

7. Rick Perry: "Oops"

You're gone John, and it is how you will be remembered.

[Gothmog]

8. Warren wants some plans that cannot be adopted in the real world

I agree with Delany here. We need plans that can work and be adopted in the real world

[elocs]

9. I bet Warren had that soundbite ready to use it when she could.

Delaney simply became the first opportunity for the put-down.
I don't think that realists who want to actually get things done are inferior to those who offer up promises they know will never soon happen, if ever.

[tonedevil]

10. In the abstract...

I can see what you are saying. The reality in this case is Delaney is vastly inferior to Senator Warren.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. I said that last night-- and I agree that all these "chicken in every pot" promises are useless...

when actually governing.

Both Warren and Bernie know perfectly well that Presidents are not Dictators and don't just dump a plan on Congress to watch it grow into fulfillment.

Look at what we went through with the relatively mild changes Obamacare asked for. And they're still trying to kill it.

One step at a time.

[elocs]

12. Promises are cheap and easy when there is no explanation

of how they would ever be passed into law.
We are not going to see Medicare for All no matter how bold and perfect it is made out to be.

[Skya Rhen]

14. David Axelrod said Bernie was there during the ACA battle and Bernie knows that MFA won't get passed

[treestar]

13. Another example of someone who should not have run

Just because Orange HImmler somehow did it does not mean everyone can. This is my theory why there are too many candidates.

[Princetonian]

15. Nasty.

Buh bye!