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Anonymous wrote:She’s phenomenal. Her politics are too progressive for my taste. But she was interviewed on NPR yesterday. And it reminded me how good she is. She did a great job in the debates. But they were too fragmented between 10 people to realize just how relatable she is.

She was asked on NPR about a time she failed. And she talked about “having it all”— two kids, and a nice house to run and a job as a law school professor. But she felt like she was failing her kids and failing her job, because she couldn’t do it all well. And untimely her aunt moved in and helped. And I was like— this woman gets it. I have had small kids and felt like nothing I did at work or at home was up to par. And she can articulate it in an manner that is relatable.

She talked about her dad having a heart attack, and he Mom entering the workforce in a minimum wage job at 50, and it being enough to keep her family afloat. And I remember my mom getting divorced, and child support being uncertain, but we owned a small house and never went without on her teachers salary.

She was also asked about her wardrobe, with is a black top, and black pants and a jewel covered blazer (I’d never noticed this). And she was like— it takes me 4 minutes to get ready in the morning, it doesn’t stain, and It’s one less thing to think about.

If Biden “gets” middle aged white men in the rust belt, Warren “gets” working moms and women in general. And only 33% of women support Trump. Someone who can speak to women in a relatable way could do an amazing job. She also seems to get economic populism in a way most Ds don’t.

I’m more of a Harris or Klobucher voter on policy. But when I hear Warren talk, she could be one of my friends, and I would love to get a beer with her. And I might not agree with everything she says, but it seems well thought out.

Go Liz!

When you say she's too progressive for your taste, what you mean is you are too selfish for her vision.

No. I mean I’m Gen X 2 jobs two kids in a high COL area. And by the time college becomes affordable, we will have already sacrificed a lot to put our kids through full pay. After paying full freight for daycare. After our students loans are paid off. After we have paid 20 years or more of high health insurance premiums and huge co-pays and are about to qualify for Medicare. Everything was so much more expensive for me than it was for my parents. For childcare to housing to healthcare to college. I need to be saving for retirement. It would be nice after years of watching every penny to have some discretionary income once my kids are done with college. It’s hard to swallow higher taxes for zero additional services for me. And I am tired of being the donut hole everything in a generation that doesn’t matter because it has small numbers.

I want everyone to have access to college. And healthcare. And quality childcare. But I paid $71,000 in federal taxes last year, contribute $40,000 a year to Kid 1’s education, with Kid 2 soon to follow, and none of it is tax deductible, max out my retirement because we had job loss during the recession, pay $800 a month for health insurance, and have over $10,000 out of pocket already this year, commute 45 minutes each way to live in a house we can afford in a good school district, drive a 7 year old Subaru and am not living in the lap of luxury. I’m contributing what I can. I can’t afford another $30,000 in taxes so someone else gets their student loan debt wiped out, when we gave up so much so our kids wouldn’t have any. Maybe that’s selfish. Or, maybe it’s pragmatic.

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Anonymous wrote:She didn't gain any advantage from that. It is just part of the family history of many people in Oklahoma to think they have native american DNA, which she did

Do you think those other people listed themselves as Native American on forms that asked the question?
What reason would a clearly highly intelligent woman (who understands the legality and importance of such questions) have for writing Native American when asked that question?

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Senator Elizabeth Warren has built the most formidable campaign organization of any Democratic presidential candidate in the first nominating states, raised an impressive $25 million without holding high-dollar fund-raisers, and has risen steadily in Iowa and New Hampshire polls.

Few candidates inspire as much enthusiasm as she does among party voters, too, from the thousands who turned out for her speech at the Iowa State Fair last weekend to the supporters in this western Iowa city who repeat her catchphrases, wear her buttons and describe themselves as dazzled by her intellect and liberal ideas.

Yet few candidates also inspire as much worry among these voters as Ms. Warren does.

Even as she demonstrates why she is a leading candidate for the party’s nomination, Ms. Warren is facing persistent questions and doubts about whether she would be able to defeat President Trump in the general election. The concerns, including from her admirers, reflect the head-versus-heart debate shaping a Democratic contest increasingly being fought over the meaning of electability and how to take on Mr. Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:I prefer Klobachar to Warren as well, but I will vote for whoever the Dems put forward.

Same

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Anonymous wrote:She didn't gain any advantage from that. It is just part of the family history of many people in Oklahoma to think they have native american DNA, which she did

That doesn't quite capture the issue. She claimed to be part Native American, a woman of color. Tribal membership is not determined by genetics. For someone who grew up in Oklahoma, she seems ignorant of the politics concerning Native American heritage.

Plus she DID lie and she DID leverage that lie.

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People, looking at the news today about how Clinton and Gore are alleged to have visited Epstein's island... no man is safe from suspicion.


WE NEED TO COALESCE AROUND A WOMAN CANDIDATE.

Palin?

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People, looking at the news today about how Clinton and Gore are alleged to have visited Epstein's island... no man is safe from suspicion.


WE NEED TO COALESCE AROUND A WOMAN CANDIDATE.

Anonymous wrote:I prefer Klobachar to Warren as well, but I will vote for whoever the Dems put forward.

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Anonymous wrote:She didn't gain any advantage from that. It is just part of the family history of many people in Oklahoma to think they have native american DNA, which she did

That doesn't quite capture the issue. She claimed to be part Native American, a woman of color. Tribal membership is not determined by genetics. For someone who grew up in Oklahoma, she seems ignorant of the politics concerning Native American heritage.

Anonymous wrote:She didn't gain any advantage from that. It is just part of the family history of many people in Oklahoma to think they have native american DNA, which she did

Anonymous wrote:She didn't gain any advantage from that. It is just part of the family history of many people in Oklahoma to think they have native american DNA, which she did

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Anonymous wrote:amy klobuchar would be a conservative in any other oecd country. supporting amy klobuchar means you are a closet republican who happens to like gay people.

...says the funny American who doesn't realize that Warren and Sanders would be communists in any other oecd country, way to the left of the mainstream socialdemocrat parties.