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So why are you all so giddy and hopey about Warren? (Original Post) AzNick Jul 2014 OP
Nobody is giddy and hopey about Warren. delrem Jul 2014 #1
I have seen comments showing the opposite AzNick Jul 2014 #4
People who like Warren tend to have an intellect. nt delrem Jul 2014 #6
I liked Warren long before Hillary released her book. Hillary is about as popular as she was djean111 Jul 2014 #2
You on break... dhill926 Jul 2014 #3
Sorry, I don't take prisoner AzNick Jul 2014 #5
dhill wasn't replying to you mimi85 Aug 2014 #7
It's not just her book that's tanking. Here's an interesting release: NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #8

delrem

(9,688 posts)
1. Nobody is giddy and hopey about Warren.
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 04:02 AM
Jul 2014

In contradiction to what any fuckstick might say.

However, we are ALL OF US recording every word from Warren, because on the ECONOMIC front she seems to have reason on her side. This is a pleasant change.

So, there's a summer wind blowing and you have to piss, don't piss into it.

AzNick

(2,237 posts)
4. I have seen comments showing the opposite
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 04:15 PM
Jul 2014

I was reading comments on the HuffPo (I can't comment since I was banned for talking about "conspiracy theories" -I have the emails to prove it) and it seems that the HuffPo liberals were more excited by a Warren run than geeks by the upcoming Episode VII.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
2. I liked Warren long before Hillary released her book. Hillary is about as popular as she was
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 04:30 AM
Jul 2014

last time, I think. In any event, she has nothing new in the way of policy that I can see.

Plus, you know, it is hard to get all excited about a corporatist who is touted as "better than the other side".
People tend to look towards hope and change. Sometimes it is all a show, but there is always that hope.
I think it is a mistake to attempt to define enthusiasm for Warren based on Hillary. Hillary has not been popular with some of us from the start. And anyone with views similar to Warren's would be preferable to those who dislike the centrist corporate Third Way policies. This is not a personality contest. People are giddy and hopey about Sanders, too, and are looking around for other candidates with a more progressive stance.

I don't see people jumping Hillary's ship, I see people declining to jump on Hillary's ship in the first place.
Perhaps this surprised the DNC, the way not everyone is thrilled about another Obama-type candidate, when it comes to policy. Democrats chose someone else, not Hillary, last time.

Edited to add - I was for Hillary, voted for her in the ill-fated Florida primary, last time around. As a woman, the fact that Hillary is a woman does not mean squat to me. Carly Fiorina is a woman, so is Sarah Palin. Blecch.
I had not looked so much into her policy, and Bill's policy, at that time. Now I am more aware.

AzNick

(2,237 posts)
5. Sorry, I don't take prisoner
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jul 2014

I say what I think, I have no apology to give and if you disagree, why don't you get it MIRTed.

Or you can engage in a debate, or ignore my post.

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