Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumI like Elizabeth Warren. Too Bad She's a Hypocrite.
Ed Rendell, former Pennsylvania Governor, called out Elizabeth Warren this morning for her flip-flops on corporate funding. It's a fair assessment, made by someone who admires Senator Warren and has supported her in the past, politically and through fund-raising. In fact, I sense Rendell's biggest gripe is the fact that he put together fund-raising events for Warren, only to have the Senator turn around and criticize the same outreach for Joe Biden as:
. . . a swanky private fund-raiser for wealthy donors, a line from an email to supporters the next day.
Rendell goes on to say:
Warren didnt seem to have any trouble taking our money in 2018, but suddenly we were power brokers and influence peddlers in 2019. The year before, we were wonderful. I co-chaired one of the events for the senator and received a glowing, handwritten thank-you letter from her for my hard work.
He also takes umbrage with this:
I also take issue with the notion, raised by Warren in her criticism of the Biden fundraiser in April, that people who give the maximum allowable individual donation of $2,800 to a presidential candidate are doing so because they believe it will get them a federal job, win their business a federal contract or even gain special access.
Rendell admits that some contributors may have ulterior motives but that most donate because they believe in a candidate, the positions he/she holds and in the leadership said candidate brings to the table.
From my read, this is less a hit piece than some advice from a friend: waving purity banners has a downside, as in getting tangled in your own threads.
Rendell concludes with this:
So, despite my feelings, Elizabeth, if youre reading this and you win the Democratic nomination, I will be happy to support you and will campaign for you with all my heart. And, by the way, Philadelphia has a lot more swanky restaurants that you havent seen yet.
Because Ed Rendell is a loyal Democrat down to his tippy toes.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-like-elizabeth-warren-too-bad-shes-a-hypocrite/2019/09/11/409d5ed0-d4d3-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Nanjeanne
(4,975 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)Why? Because he supports and supported their opponents.
We could do without more loyal Dems like these.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Don't say anything that Trump could use in the General.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)that Biden is our best candidate to beat trump. DU leans more left then the country. Biden has a varied coalition and has deep support. Go Joe! I'm not against anyone, but we have to win.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)Polls show Warren also beating him. I think she has a better chance of winning and would be a better President.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
elocs
(22,600 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jcgoldie
(11,645 posts)Rendell
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Funtatlaguy
(10,886 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)The Senate campaign cash she transferred came in part from large dollar donors like me. I've been to several events with here where the wine a canapes flowed freely.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)I didn't like Warren taking a swipe at Biden, as soon as he announced, for attending a "swanky" fundraiser. And I thought it was karma when word got out that she'd benefited from similar fundraisers, held by some of the same people, the year before.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287110075
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)Elizabeth Warren
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033492
Joe Biden.......................
https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/contributors?id=N00001669
Rendell.....................
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DrToast
(6,414 posts)Rendell isnt criticizing her for taking the money. Hes criticizing her for pretending she never did, or was too good for it.
Its right there in the thread title. Its the hypocrisy.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)Interesting the level of howl this Op-Ed has produced on a mild criticism of Elizabeth Warren. Yet when Biden is criticized--regardless of how harshly--his supporters are told that it's all part of the vetting process
It's a 'what's good for the goose' moment. And more hypocrisy.
And Rendell's comments are not mean-spirited. It's a gentle rebuke at best.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blm
(113,091 posts)to keep it people driven. She has also acknowledged that shell be taking pac money for the general.
Where are you seeing that she has been pretending she never took it for her senate races?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(43,497 posts)jus sayin'
Live by the sword................
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
True Dough
(17,320 posts)have never been written!
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Politicub
(12,165 posts)the benefit of the doubt, and that maybe I could be more understanding, then. WHAM! WTF?
The first thing I see in gd:p is this garbage hit piece.
Carry on, Biden supporters.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Vinca
(50,303 posts)And that's why we lose. If we think we're that bad, why should anyone else think anything different? Let Biden and Harris hash it out amongst themselves and support whoever comes out on top in the end.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)a "stink bomb".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)Rendell is not only a hypocrite but one who throws the label around much too much.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/12/elizabeth-warren-ed-rendell-hypocrite/
Here's another:
https://prospect.org/article/ed-rendells-sloppy-attempt-dislodge-elizabeth-warren-backfires-spectacularly
Snippets
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In one of the more searing takes, entitled Elizabeth Warren Is a Hypocrite, Says Hypocrite Ed Rendell, Philadelphia magazine senior reporter Victor Fiorillo lays out Rendells penchant for calling people like Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump (OK, not going to argue with that one), well, hypocrites. He lines up a few examples of Rendells own two-facedness on safe-injection sites and his insistence that a former Philly congressman was to blame for failing to curb the powers of Phillys notoriously powerful ward bosses. Pulitzer Prize winner Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the column a total dirt bag move by Rendell and the Biden mafia.
The problem with Rendells long track record is that its just too easy to dive in and unearth examples of his own hypocrisy, from lobbying for fracking companies to his role in shadiness associated with the 2016 Democratic Convention held in Philadelphia. None of these things bode well for Rendell going forward and, by extension, Biden.
The biggest rock that Rendell has turned over was his role in the 1985 bombing of the MOVE compound in West Philadelphia which leveled a city block and whose aftermath shook the community to its core for years. Rendell was district attorney at the time, and one of the key figures around Mayor Wilson Goode who approved the strike. There is probably a lot of love for Biden in Philadelphia, especially in black neighborhoods where you can still find faded Obama signs. But with his campaign HQ in the City of Brotherly Love, Biden should best beware of having this ignominious episode anywhere near his narrative.
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NOT a good move. Not at all!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)He was a good governor and one of the better mayors in Philly.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DrFunkenstein
(8,745 posts)Just last year, columnist Solomon Jones shined a light on Rendells own hypocrisy, wondering how Rendell could support safe-injection sites when he had such a strong record of incarcerating crack users back when he was district attorney of Philadelphia.
In 2010, after Obama appeared on The View, Rendell said that such appearances cheapened the office of the presidency. Thanks to Rendells ubiquitous appearances on a Philly-based NFL TV talk show, he was labeled a hypocrite for his remarks about Obama.
And Bob Brady, back when he was both a sitting congressman and the head of Phillys Democratic Party, said that Rendell was a hypocrite after Rendell blasted Brady for not doing enough to curb the power of Phillys ward leaders. He remarked that Rendell liked the power of the ward leaders when they were endorsing him for governor and mayor.
Not to mention the fact that Rendells candidate Biden has been blasted as a hypocrite on matters much more serious than anything Rendell could possibly throw at Warren. But whos keeping score?
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/12/elizabeth-warren-ed-rendell-hypocrite/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided