CNN: Just now Burnett and Duckworth

[sheshe2]

Erin Burnett with my all time hero...Tammy Duckworth.

The conversation? DT's disrespect of our troops. Who could score on the topic better than a true American hero.

[oasis]

1. Tammy's my kind of hero.

[spanone]

2. k&R...

[sheshe2]

5. I just love her.

She is an inspiration to us all.

[JI7]

3. Would love for her to run for president

[sheshe2]

6. So would I, J17.

[grantcart]

10. Our family who is also American-Thai have followed her for years.

Unfortunately she was born in Thailand and is not eligible to run for President.

[Squinch]

11. What??? NOOOOO!!!!! I am so sad to hear that!! I love her!

Oh, this bums me out!

[JI7]

14. Actually i think she can run since her father was an American citizen

Like ted Cruz who was born in canada.

[AllyCat]

25. Good catch!!

[unc70]

27. No, that only makes one a citizen, not natural born

The Repubs tried to confuse this at various times because of candidates like Cruz.

[JI7]

13. How about her father being an American citizen ?

[Squinch]

17. Oh, yay. You are right. She is a "natural born citizen" just like Cruz and McCain.

Phew. I really think she's going to be a candidate someday.

[sheshe2]

24. She can out run Donnie and the rest of those losers,

Don can barely haul himself into a golf cart or onto a toilet seat.

[MyOwnPeace]

29. PLEASE!!!!!

Those are not visuals I need in my mind!

[sheshe2]

30. I know...

[Squinch]

18. I looked it up. She's a natural born citizen. She can run.

[grantcart]

20. OK good. I thought she was a Thai and naturalized but couldn't find anything either way.

[Squinch]

21. Her father was a US citizen. So she's like McCain, born to an American parent, but outside the US.

[uponit7771]

12. +1

[lunasun]

4. That's my senator ! So proud

[sheshe2]

7. I have my good Senators in MA.

I so love yours, lunasun.

[mopinko]

8. not only my senator, but

a fb friend for a pretty long time. a more gooder egg you will never see.
and i say that as someone who lost a hard fought primary campaign to her way back when. i lambasted her, she was a d-trip candidate dropped on a good candidate who wasnt raking in enough dough.

all water under the bridge, tho. so proud of her.

and yeah, run for president any time, madam senator. i will work my little fingers to the bone.

[Docreed2003]

32. Great anecdote...thanks for sharing!

I love her for her courage, her commitment and her strength...truly sorry for your campaign loss, but she is a gem, at least to me, because she’s a representative of my own military service. I hope she pursues great things going forward!

[Kaleva]

38. Interesting! Was this the race for Henry Hyde's seat back in 2006?

[mopinko]

40. yup.

she lost in the general.
rahm's doing.

[mopinko]

41. i was outraged at her campaign.

her first issue was ending the alternative minimum tax.
then, she had a mealy mouthed stance on choice, when her opponent, christine cegelis, had been outspoken on choice.
but it was all about raising money. in spite of 3 years of show leather that might well have won. tammy lost.

christine is still a friend.

[Kaleva]

42. After I read your first post, I did some google searching and reading.

Bookmarked this thread to remind me to read up some more on a very interesting primary and general campaign.

[mopinko]

43. it was quite the thing here.

will pitt came out to campaign. election night was infuriating, as will and the other high ups were holed up trying to decide what to do, and the party was a whole lot of wtf.
no fun at all.

[Mike Nelson]

9. Great photos...

...true beauty shines!

[sheshe2]

16. Her beauty shines.

Would that we all had her spirit.

[Squinch]

19. I work with disabled kids. Some of them just go nuts when you show

them pictures of her with her cool shoes and her decorated legs.

[sheshe2]

28. Show then this one Squinch,

Link to tweet

Got to love her!

OMG OMG....she is wearing a Joe Walsh tee shirt...she is a hoot.

In December 2011, Walsh decided to run in the redrawn 8th district,[46] where he would likely face Democratic Tammy Duckworth, a former assistant secretary of the VA,[47] in what seemed to pose a tough race for Walsh.[48][49] In January 2012, the conservative political advocacy group Americans For Prosperity gave Walsh a 100 percent rating.[50]
The ensuing campaign between Walsh and Duckworth emerged as a bitter race. At a July 2012 campaign event, Walsh accused his opponent of politicizing both her military service as a helicopter pilot and her Iraq War injuries which cost her both legs and the partial use of one arm. He said, "My God, that's all she talks about. Our true heroes, the men and women who served us, it's the last thing in the world they talk about."[51][52] Walsh later suggested that she was, in fact, a "true hero," but that she should not talk about her service so frequently,[53] and that her service should not command votes.[54] Walsh decided to skip the 2012 Republican National Convention, distancing himself from establishment Republicans.[49]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walsh_(Illinois_politician)

[Squinch]

33. LOL! I love that one!

[Docreed2003]

34. The world would certainly be a better place...

My girls love and admire her for her strength and her courage...as I said above, she’s representative of my own service as well as so many others who served in OIF/OEF. She has a great future ahead, that’s for sure!

[sheshe2]

35. This!

Thanks, Docreed.

To you and yours.

[Docreed2003]

36. Thank you sheshe!

I readily admit to being a dumbass dude that happens to be a liberal. You and others here have provided so many ways of engaging and empowering my teenage daughters in these very frustrating times, so for that I thank you. Your posts have impact and are appreciated, even if you don’t know it!

[sheshe2]

37. Thanks, Docreed....so sweet.

Hard time for us all, we have got to try to do this together.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Yes. First one is so powerful. Several outstanding. . . . nt

[panader0]

15. Wow

[TheBlackAdder]

22. Rarely am I brought to tearing up.

[sheshe2]

31. This one may make you smile...

Link to tweet

Also please note she is wearing a Joe Walsh Tee Shirt! What a hoot!

[longship]

26. What an awesome person, and a great US Senator.

Here's her memorable 2008 DNC Convention speech. If you have never seen it, now's your chance. If you have, now's your chance to view it again.

Tammy Duckworth is an extraordinary Democrat.

Here, view it (again):

And her incredible 2012 DNC Convention speech (view it, too):

[Lucinda]

39. TY!