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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 10:30 PM Jan 2015

Sedcular Talk: Elizabeth Warren Destroys Reaganomics In 1 Minute



Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren criticized a US economy that she says favors the wealthy, just as President Obama sets off for Michigan as part of a US tour promoting his administration’s central, and continued, role in the economic recovery...
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Sedcular Talk: Elizabeth Warren Destroys Reaganomics In 1 Minute (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2015 OP
I LOVE ELIZABETH WARREN!!! supercats Jan 2015 #1
I think you are correct. INdemo Jan 2015 #7
Even though Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #2
She's great...however... IkeRepublican Jan 2015 #3
Well at least there's a *chance* it will work. nt MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #4
So, if Warren won't work because she'll be undermined, what is your solution? Enthusiast Jan 2015 #5
"and a Democrat Congress threw him under the bus every chance they got" INdemo Jan 2015 #6
You know it IkeRepublican Jan 2015 #9
How refreshing it is to hear the truth spoken about Reaganomics , the most destructive economic geretogo Jan 2015 #8
I worked around this Reagan Republican in 1996 INdemo Jan 2015 #10
It just exposes the insanity we have lived under for 35 years . geretogo Jan 2015 #11
 

supercats

(429 posts)
1. I LOVE ELIZABETH WARREN!!!
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 11:26 PM
Jan 2015

How's this idea: every single time a republican senator/congressman gets on the media with a chilling "important" speech/statement we get Elizabeth Warren to immediately get on the same media channels to rip it to shreds. In effect let's make her the voice of America instead of our President, and do it right now because nobody does it better! Also this host whoever he is, is succinct and correct in his talk, and I like how he carries himself.

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
7. I think you are correct.
Fri Jan 9, 2015, 10:53 AM
Jan 2015

Did you notice she said "and some Democrats as well"
she might just be the one to force the bluedogs out and the real Democrats. Why not have her and the DNC chairman? She could handle both jobs. A few hours a week would be more time than Debbie Shultz is spending.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
2. Even though
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 11:46 PM
Jan 2015

EW voted for Reagan back in the day, I'm glad that she eventually saw the flaws of Reaganomics, and is now a powerful voice for fiscal populism. Democrats like her completely shatter the belief that both parties are alike.

IkeRepublican

(406 posts)
3. She's great...however...
Fri Jan 9, 2015, 12:30 AM
Jan 2015

I don't trust the Congressional Democrats and most American voters to back her up once the going got tough. With corporate influence much more sophisticated, far reaching and effective than in FDR's day, she'd get Carter'ed without question.

Think Carter 1977/78 - before Papa Bush's toadies and Brezenzski snowing Jimmy precipitated Iran and Afghanistan. Carter knew his stuff and knew it well...and a Democrat Congress threw him under the bus every chance they got with endless play-dumb, dicking around, look-the-other-way bullshit at every turn and it was completely deliberate.

I believe Warren would meet the same fate. Then here would come the Republicans, just like with Saint Ronnie, with their "I'll save you!" dog and pony show - and most of America would eat it up hook, line and sinker...via smack-phone.

*Smack-Phone: Another name for "smart-phone" that many are clearly addicted to at all times.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
5. So, if Warren won't work because she'll be undermined, what is your solution?
Fri Jan 9, 2015, 07:43 AM
Jan 2015

Who would be a better choice?

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
6. "and a Democrat Congress threw him under the bus every chance they got"
Fri Jan 9, 2015, 10:47 AM
Jan 2015

You mean pretty much the way they have done with Obama?
They have supported him but not really supported him. Just like the Keystone vote coming up and the TPP that I expect the rightwing Democrats will vote for

IkeRepublican

(406 posts)
9. You know it
Sat Jan 10, 2015, 01:03 AM
Jan 2015

That's exactly what they're going to do. If not in the near future, it'll be hours before Inauguration Day 2016.

And I hope I'm wrong.

geretogo

(1,281 posts)
8. How refreshing it is to hear the truth spoken about Reaganomics , the most destructive economic
Fri Jan 9, 2015, 02:38 PM
Jan 2015

policy ever pushed on this country . I remember this idiot taking the oath and watched the factories
disappear and the middle class become the poor over 34 years . Reaganomics must be destroyed and
dumped in the trash can of history for good . Go Elizabeth !!!

INdemo

(6,994 posts)
10. I worked around this Reagan Republican in 1996
Sat Jan 10, 2015, 02:47 AM
Jan 2015

on a Construction project. I made the comment that "well you can Thank Clinton for this job and the Federal Funding supporting this project" and the Republican said. "What are you talking about. It was because of Reagan. " I said "you mean it took 16 years for the funding to trickle down? Yep he said. Now isn't that just like a Republican?

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