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In reply to the discussion: Why Elizabeth Warren Left The GOP [View all]Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)130. thanks for posting a link to the American spectator
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Very disconcerting that so many fucked up things about the GOP don't seem on her radar at all.
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#1
She says elsewhere she thinks there needs to be two parties, & that neither should dominate.
ucrdem
Dec 2014
#7
She has said cleraly that she was a Republican until her early 40's. By that time she was wealthy
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#13
Liz's sponsored legislation while in office actively shows how Progressive she is, unlike
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#15
The way she and her supporters wave away all that shitty Republican history is not helpful.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#39
I hope she's not still anti-choice and anti-gay esp. as a Dem. now. That's unsettling.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#135
If you read her books, you realize that she became a Democrat because she did the research on
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#161
No, President Obama is not being a "republican as our president".. Your post shows you have no
Cha
Dec 2014
#51
So what? He might be on some issues in the 80s.. you're ignoring Krugman's defense of Obama
Cha
Dec 2014
#61
I don't like that we have a Democrat for President who sounds proud to be moderate Repulican.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#65
Errrr, that would be attacking from the LEFT. And Obama said he's right of Nixon, so I know its
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#89
You know only because she was honest about it long before she ran for office. Please see Reply 90
merrily
Dec 2014
#118
Not entirely honest. See the wiki bio I posted -- the one you said was scrubbed. nt
ucrdem
Dec 2014
#122
What was dishonest about that quote? If you are going to keep smearing everyone's honesty,
merrily
Dec 2014
#125
I like what the President has Accomplished and I wish him all the Luck in the world.. you all
Cha
Dec 2014
#110
Are you saying Obama lied on TV or that you have a better grasp of 80s politics than does the POTUS?
merrily
Dec 2014
#158
And Elizabeth Warren WAS a Republican in the eighties--what's your point, really?
MADem
Dec 2014
#132
I recall canvassing and registering voters house-to-house in the McGovern campaign in 1972.
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#167
He said that he would be considered a moderate republican, not that he WAS a moderate republican...
George II
Dec 2014
#183
Yes, she never said she voted for Reagan or Bush, but she never said she DIDN't either!
George II
Dec 2014
#63
And a lot of other politicians never say who they did or did not vote for. Please see Reply 90.
merrily
Dec 2014
#117
And Michele Bachmann is not only on record voting for Jimmy Carter but campaigning for him!
cascadiance
Dec 2014
#178
No, you showed me how actual legislation following policy would help me not be foreclosed on.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#38
Okay, I'll make it simple. Obama is a Democrat and works toward Democratic goals.
ucrdem
Dec 2014
#42
Not strictly according to what Obama said, but what did the settlement with the banks show?
merrily
Dec 2014
#56
About here, it's partly our fault. DUs left of the left let themselves and each other be
merrily
Dec 2014
#100
Oh, I fall for it--but I edit quickly because I've seen enough posts about the alert plotters.
merrily
Dec 2014
#146
Some would say Obama has always been a Republican and still is. He said very close to that himself
merrily
Dec 2014
#30
About what? Or are you simply trying to change the subject from what Obama said about himself?
merrily
Dec 2014
#40
"Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s" He said so, not me. I just think he is
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#49
Apparently, hero worshipping Obama includes pretending he never said what he said on national TV.
merrily
Dec 2014
#52
yeah, real "hero worship" sticking up for the President who so many are tearing down. You
Cha
Dec 2014
#60
Sticking up for the President is fine. Pretending he didn't say what he did say is not fine.
merrily
Dec 2014
#64
President Obama might have been considered a repub in the 80s on some issues.. that doesn't make
Cha
Dec 2014
#74
He didn't say on some issues, Cha. He said a moderate Republican in the 80's and
merrily
Dec 2014
#78
No, he didn't say on some issues.. I did. and I'm saying I don't care that Elizabeth Warren use
Cha
Dec 2014
#88
I don't care that she and Hillary both used to be Republicans (and yes, I know,
merrily
Dec 2014
#93
"President Obama said he would be considered a republican in the 80s"!!!! OMZZZZZZZZ!
Cha
Dec 2014
#111
"he and Hillary put Reagan, the Republican President of the 1980s, on their respective lists of best
Number23
Dec 2014
#189
They're stuck in their parsing of words and making up shite as they go along.. Pres Obama on
Cha
Dec 2014
#197
Nope. Didn't parse at all. I simply said what he said. No distortion whatever.
merrily
Dec 2014
#104
Obama doesn't have to own what he says on the campaign trail, but I have to own a
merrily
Dec 2014
#82
We know Obama has been a Democratic office seeker longer than Warren has been a Democrat:
ucrdem
Dec 2014
#202
yep. I do not understand what is so hard to understand about that kind of red flag.
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#21
Thing is, a lot of candidates raise red flags. You just gotta pick the one you think is the
merrily
Dec 2014
#53
well, there are flags of all sizes, and that is a pretty huge one. I was younger than her, but
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#59
Do you support all the worst policies of every candidate for whom you've ever voted?
merrily
Dec 2014
#90
comparing Obama to Reagan is such complete and total bullshit. thanks for the lulz!
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#105
Actually, I made no comparison Simply said what Obama said and did. LOLing at truth doesn't change
merrily
Dec 2014
#108
you make absolutely no distinction between what presidents DO and the BS PR crap they say, and THAT
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#109
Actually, I watch both what they say and what they do, but thanks again for more info about your own
merrily
Dec 2014
#112
your focus, again and again, has been on PR bullshit, so as far as serious replies....
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#119
Yep, ignoring decades of a person's life and record and focusing on sound bites.
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#138
Still fact free, I see. No one demanded facts of you, let alone demanded them petulantly.
merrily
Dec 2014
#162
I did not ignore his life or his record. I just don't think he is lied when he made the comment.
merrily
Dec 2014
#156
you denied comparing him to Nixon, but then you do, again. Which is it? LOL.
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#186
Nixon? Gee for your sake, I hope the weather's nice in whatever world you're reading my posts from.
merrily
Dec 2014
#192
Reagan, Nixon..... what does it matter when it's a load of out of context bullshit?
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#193
Again, the link to the TV interview is on this this thread. Feel free to transcribe the interview to
merrily
Dec 2014
#196
When one votes for a candidate for President, one doesn't know IN ADVANCE whether or not....
George II
Dec 2014
#179
I don't think she was still voting for them when Obama and Bush agreed on the bail out.
merrily
Dec 2014
#43
Ronnie did it out of opportunism and that is common among his followers.....
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#14
And Hillary Rodham started out as a Republican working for various GOP groups when she was young.
TeamPooka
Dec 2014
#95
Reagan, the guy who made the 10 best POTUS's ever lists of both Hillary and Obama in 2008?
merrily
Dec 2014
#45
Okay, then the "Find" feature of my browser missed it because I searched seconds before I posted.
merrily
Dec 2014
#27
FYI, all previous versions of a Wikipedia article are almost always available.
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#198
My pleasure. Please especially let me know if you want any help editing Wikipedia.
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#201
Reagan Republicans were not honest nor even decent. Sorry. They were a vicious, ignorant bigoted
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#48
$$$- people were stupid and gave him credit for the economic recovery. and I can accept that from
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#141
Elizabeth Warren Speaks Out Against The President’s Trans-Pacific “Free Trade” Agreement
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#29
Some Hillary supporters sure are acting all scared and shit! Spew all you want about she used to be
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#57
Yea, too many here conveniently forget about that shit and happily call EW out for having been....
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#79
Are you referring to Elizabeth Warren as a "this"??? Are you de-humanizing this good woman
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#68
How about you use the language a little more effectively so everyone knows what you mean to say?
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#76
Ok, how's this: "And this is the person Democrats want as their presidential candidate?" Answer:
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#91
I took out the anti-woman part of my post because I've decided I don't know you well enough to
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#96
Your assumption is WRONG. Maybe my father was named George and my son is named George???
George II
Dec 2014
#85
And she switched when she thought the same thing of Democrats as she used to think of Republicans.
merrily
Dec 2014
#157
Hillary Clinton vs. Elizabeth Warren: They have less in common than you think
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#80
Ronald Reagan was a Democrat & became the 'Greatest Republican Pres' ever, so Warren can do it too
TeamPooka
Dec 2014
#87
Warren obviously had major blind spots that would give many Democratic primary voters pause
BeyondGeography
Dec 2014
#101
yeah, I don't know how anyone can whitewash supporting republicans of that era....
bettyellen
Dec 2014
#107
No one's past sins are going to cover the ones another embraces to this day.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#145
Still not going to cover up Clinton's current positions and agenda on economics, civil liberties, or
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#187
I really like her, just to bad she said she wasnt looking to run in 2016 but maybe she will change
cstanleytech
Dec 2014
#102
Agree with your post 100%. I respect both women tremendously but apparently thats not
Rowdyboy
Dec 2014
#121
Ladies and gentlemen, can we have a round of applause for the smartest guy in the room?
MADem
Dec 2014
#153
Me too. Plus - Hillary is pushing the TPP - NOW - and that is what counts, for me.
djean111
Dec 2014
#160