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Sen Warren speaking about proposals for Universal child care. msnbc carrying the speech (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2019 OP
says would require those making 50 million/year pay 2% toward Univeral childcare/preschool... riversedge Apr 2019 #1
She is not my first choice ,but I like her mainstreetonce Apr 2019 #2
"Too repetitive?" Not exactly. Hortensis Apr 2019 #6
It's not her message mainstreetonce Apr 2019 #7
I hear ya Hortensis. That's always been a criticism of Bernie too.Just too darn consistent. Power 2 the People Apr 2019 #8
Yes, Warren is a big achiever. AND, what she says she'll do, Hortensis Apr 2019 #11
Her child care policies could be one of the biggest game changers... demmiblue Apr 2019 #3
She is a force. yes. yes. yes. riversedge Apr 2019 #4
That was a great speech. Maybe the best I have heard from her. comradebillyboy Apr 2019 #5
Good for her Andy823 Apr 2019 #9
She is really lillypaddle Apr 2019 #10
 

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
1. says would require those making 50 million/year pay 2% toward Univeral childcare/preschool...
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:31 AM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
2. She is not my first choice ,but I like her
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:34 AM
Apr 2019

However, she told the same story yet again.

I have heard it all before,right down to the soggy diapers,and Aunt Bee moving in.

She is too repetitive.I don't like canned speeches.

She is a good speaker.She is one of the candidates who has the fire we need,but please no more of the same speech.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. "Too repetitive?" Not exactly.
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:21 PM
Apr 2019

After all, was MLK too repetitive in his calls for equality? Ohmygod, not those tired old equality lines again?

Long, long, long ago I worked in advertising sales for a publishing company, and almost the first thing I learned was that placing one ad was worth about as much as spitting into the wind. The exact words used to explain it to me.

When people start repeating Senator Warren's messages also, then she'll have repeated them enough to be off to good starts to progress.

That's just the way it has to be because people are the way we are.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
7. It's not her message
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:45 PM
Apr 2019

What I heard three times was the same exact story with details about potty training her daughter and how many suitcases
Aunt Bee brought to her house.

A story with such personal small details just sounds so rehearsed when she keeps repeating it.

When she finished that story she sounded great.

I hope she does well. She is a fighter and we need that.

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Power 2 the People

(2,437 posts)
8. I hear ya Hortensis. That's always been a criticism of Bernie too.Just too darn consistent.
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:55 PM
Apr 2019

Senator Warren cuts through the bullshit.

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
11. Yes, Warren is a big achiever. AND, what she says she'll do,
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 02:33 PM
Apr 2019

she will fight for until accomplished, working with others with the same goals of course.

Btw, I know you mean well, but to my mind the differences between Warren and Sanders are huge and defining, to the point of comparing the two an injustice to her. It's not just that she wouldn't endorse him for president before, but she couldn't.

Very unlike Warren, Sanders has a long record of discrepancy between what he says and what he does. His unwillingness to work with others means he's failed to use his power as a U.S. senator to fight for his goals as Warren does, and his record of achievement is shockingly low for a man who's spent almost 3 decades at the center of power in DC.

Note that recently, out of principle and decency, his fellow senators -- of course -- got on board to support the Yemen bill he cosponsored with a Republican senator because the Republicans were going to allow it to pass. But this came weeks and even months after he either refused to speak up for or even opposed similar bills sponsored by Democrats. Tragic delay when he could have used his public face to call for public support for them, but they were not HIS bills with HIS name on them, and he didn't.

Please understand, Warren wouldn't do a thing like that. Btw, she's introducing an extremely strong anti-corruption lobbying control bill that goes significantly farther than our Democrats' current, huge For the People democracy reform package, HR1, which also includes lobbying reform. I'm a big fan of both HR1 AND of her efforts in this respect. You won't find her sabotaging HR1 because it's a big team project and she can't claim it as entirely her own. She'll work to make it even more comprehensive when it comes to the senate and be all in for passing it.

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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
3. Her child care policies could be one of the biggest game changers...
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:43 AM
Apr 2019

for disenfranchised communities. I don't think a lot of people realize the scope of what could be accomplished through policies like hers.

She is a force, to be sure.

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Undecided
 

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
4. She is a force. yes. yes. yes.
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 11:57 AM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

comradebillyboy

(10,154 posts)
5. That was a great speech. Maybe the best I have heard from her.
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 01:11 PM
Apr 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
9. Good for her
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 02:01 PM
Apr 2019

Warren has a lot to offer, and I look forward to hearing her in the debates.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
10. She is really
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 02:04 PM
Apr 2019

very, very good. I wish I felt more like she could win a presidential race - the reasons I think she might not be able to have more to do with others than with her. She got off to a shaky start. Can she overcome it?

If I were to vote in a presidential
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