I have to admit that right now there is NO politician who impresses me as much as Elizabeth Warren, and if I were living in Massachusetts you can be damn sure I would be working on her campaign in some capacity.
Not only is she well spoken and intelligent, she scares the hell out of the Republicans, and that just gives me a good feeling all over.
And by the way, I don't know about you, but I would LOVE to see more educators in our politics than lawyers any day! It just seems more productive to have people making policy who really understand what they are doing, and can explain it effectively to their constituents, rather than to have individuals in that position whose job it is to win arguments for their clients (corporations, big business), whether they agree with them or not.
Educators in Congress-yes, yes, yes! Right on!
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i agree 100%.
ReplyDeleteMs. Warren is the real deal and i go so far as saying she is REAL presidential material because she brings integrity and most of all the welfare of the average american into her politics and her beliefs!
Elizabeth Warren is also a lawyer. If lawyers are on the side of good, they are excellent assets in politics, as they will be able to quickly identify problematic legislation. They can also help craft airtight legislation.
ReplyDeleteAnd let's not discount how legal training can really sharpen one's analytical and debating skills.
I live in Massachusetts and I will be working my ass off for this woman!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Warren is wicked smart. Her election to congress would have immediate impact.
ReplyDeleteI hope she has good security, as the PTB hate her.
You mean people who can speak in complete thoughts. write English, and understand the problems of the 99%? Oh, yeah! I can see this woman not only beating Brown at his own game, and soundly, but becoming the first woman President as well. Go, Liz!
ReplyDeleteGreat article about her in Vanity Fair called "The Woman Who Knew Too Much."
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit long, but worth the read. I want her for President in 2016.
Here's the link:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/11/elizabeth-warren-201111
She's also a lawyer. Read the Vanity Fair article.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Pogo. So weird, my little dog's name is Pogo - and he always knows who is trustworthy!
ReplyDeleteYes I realize that Elizabeth Warren is also a lawyer, she says so right in this video. However my point was that educators bring a different sensibility to making, and understanding, policy decisions.
ReplyDeleteRemember our President is ALSO an educator.
What can I say? My personal heroes have ALWAYS been teachers.
So you assume all lawyers are trial attorneys? That broad brush swipe is no better than a Republican talking point. In fact, some lawyers are educators, some do nothing but research, some work for the little guy making not much money at all, some work for unions on behalf of the workers.
ReplyDeleteI think you're wrong with that attitude. Simply because the the only lawyers we really hear about are trial attorneys does not make them all such. And not all attorneys are like Palin's legal creeps, Joe Miller or Rex Butler. They are the kind of lawyers that make people shake their heads in disgust.
Also lawyers are educated particularly in the law and since our representatives actually WRITE laws I have no issue as to whether a lawyer gets elected. Have you ever really read, in detail, laws that Congress proposes? They are couched in legal language.
The issue should be competent people elected regardless of their profession previously. Unfortunately in 2010 citizens elected Tea sack idiots with the attitude of government is the problem and they came from all professions. From a pizza guy to an arrogant Dr. who couldn't understand why his FEDERAL health care didn't start the day he walked into Congress.
And yeah, I'm married to a lawyer. One who didn't come from privilege. One who works for the people as a Union lawyer. Let's not be like Republicans with our broad brush strokes. Every profession has it's idiots.
Elizabeth Warren would be a wonderful Senator. I do hope she's elected regardless of the fact(Republican whiny talking point) that she taught at Harvard. That doesn't matter, she's smart, well spoken and knows what the hell is happening. She'd be a great asset.
Whenever I've seen Elizabeth Warren give interviews,or really in anything,I just want to give her a hug.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see how FOX vilifies her. She'll be harder than most targets, but they'll find a way. It's just a matter of time now before Gretchen Carlson convinces my elderly parents that Elizabeth Warren is the anti-Christ.
ReplyDeleteYeah, when did smart, educated, caring people go out of style? I say we need a lot more Elizabeth Warrens.
ReplyDeleteO/T but how fun is this! Just watch the numbers climb. Let's help him hit a million!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.barackobama.com/get-involved
Speaking of elections and voting, I read a short little opinion piece yesterday by Mike Whitney at Counterpunch.org which asks the question, "Is a vote for Barack Obama a moral thing to do?"
ReplyDeleteWe know for certain that if Obama is re-elected president, he will continue to murder innocent women and children throughout the Middle East and Africa and Asia with drone attacks in our name. I know he will support gay and lesbian rights, a woman's right to choose, etc. But those issues pale in comparison to the murder of women and children. Ron Paul is the only candidate from either party who would stop the murders. I will vote for him, even though I disagree with him on most issues because those issues mean nothing next to wanton destruction and murder in the name of profits.
(Ahem)
ReplyDeleteI don't know, you drool over Elizabeth Warren, but she not impressive at all. She didn't play basketball in high school. She only went to four different colleges. She's married to a law professor instead of a "real man" who worked the slope, rides snow machines, and knows that education doesn't matter. And, she only had two children, neither of whom has Down Syndrome.
There's a common sense reason business professionals only have criticism for people like her. People like her kill business. They kill the idea behind business and they kill incentive to start a business.
ReplyDeleteWHY can't democrats understand that?
Maybe it's business the most successful people in the country are republican?
Warren for President 2016!!! Now this is the kind of person we need as the first woman president. (Sorry - Hillary - loved ya - but it just wasn't in the cards!) Have a feeling that "see my skin" Scott Brown is out of there!
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ReplyDeleteFrom your keyboard to God's ears!
Right On!
I e-mailed the link of her explaining why corporations should pay taxes to my college student children.
ReplyDeleteThat is the greatest compliment I can ever give a teacher.
I hope to see her on the national stage, where she belongs.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Elizabeth Warren, too?
I envy you Democrats.
I wish they were ours.
As soon as they announced her exploratory committee I made a donation, and I live in the South. Love her smarts, her compassion and her reasoning. I wish she would come down here and run for governor.
ReplyDeleteThe Continuing Republican War on America
ReplyDeleteWay back on March 14 we first published a list of thirty pieces of Republican legislation “that Republicans are using to destroy America” and called it “The Dirty Thirty.” That original list has been updated several times and grown significantly.
Again, it is important to note up front that long as this list is, it is not a complete list of questionable Republican/Tea Party legislation; 26 states are under Republican control as of this compilation and that is a lot of crazy material to cover. In many cases, not only constitutional rights but the fabric of democracy is itself under attack.
New items (with the exception of added links) have highlighted in red by the request of readers.
http://www.politicususa.com/en/the-continuing-republican-war-on-america
I like her!!
ReplyDeleteUsed to be a republican until I actually thought about what I should be against. Oh you know like education, protecting the environment, affordable health care....not enough time to list everything. the republicans are assholes and the teatards are even worse! She is awsome! Hope she runs for president in 2016.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your defense of lawyers, I am not an attorney, but I know a few, and they are hard working people, just like everyone else. I don't think Gryphen meant to be so hard on them, he is just rightfully very zealous about education, and is obviously giddy with anticipation that someone of his profession will take that LOSER Scott Brown out of the Senate next year.
I think Gryphen might have a crush on Elizabeth, as she has been showing up on the front page a lot. Hmmm...
I also greatly appreciate your views about lawmakers. My recovering Republican husband and I had a great discussion about term limits for congresspersons. He thought it was a good idea. My response to him was that I want to see people in Congress that actually KNOW how the process works. Some of these people have trained for these jobs their entire lives. Don't we want people to write laws that actually UNDERSTAND the process of drafting legislation? Is it a good idea to kick out good legislators just because they have been there a certain number of years? I don't think so.
I think this is part of the reason we are all here at this very web address. I don't want to see people like ME (no offense to people like me) running around congress trying to act like I know what the hell I am doing. (Think Sarah Palin, Joe Miller, Herb Cain, Rick Perry, Joe the Stupid Plumber etc.) Give me a break! I DEMAND a COMPETENT congress!
I've asked this question so many times--going to ask again: WHY are the Republicans so consistently unable to field/promote really smart, educated, hard-working, rational women like Elizabeth Warren?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the deal with promoting silly, unelectable air-heads like Bachmann & Palin besides the obvious window dressing? Given the current war on women I guess I've just answered that.
Warren has the serious chops to be the first woman president. Really.
~Canuck~
I was aghast when Brown took over the late Senator Ted Kennedys' seat, I can think of no better person to give the Tea Bugger a black eye and reclaim that seat than Liz Warren.
ReplyDeleteHis early comments about being thankful for not having to see her naked in response to a jab by her stating that she didn't have to strip to go to college (reference to his being a male model) is only one barb that we are sure to see from this feisty and intelligent woman.
Good luck Liz I only hope you can prevail against Brown and in the future rise to a higher political stage.
Thx for this post, Gryphen, and thx to anon for the link to the VF article.
ReplyDeleteI want to praise my lawyer who has won me $300k in tuition reimbursement for my LD son.
I also want to note that the push against Warren is already in motion -- I just saw two videos that mock her, made by deceptively editing Warren's video and words to look bad.
I just learned that in 94% of elections, the side that spent the most money wins. And we know the GOP is hugely threatened (as they should be) by this wonderful woman.
So we all have our work cut out for us, even if we are not MA residents.
Republicans are scared of Elizabeth. She is too smart for them. They like dumb women like Sarah and Michelle.
ReplyDeleteThe reason that Warren "scares the hell out of the Republicans" is precisely BECAUSE she is "well spoken and intelligent" and because Brown is not.
ReplyDeleteBrown's defense against the charge that he is a plagiarizer is to plead his incompetence in managing his own staff. Either way it sounds like he's not fit to be a United States Senator.
Serioulsy, what kind of moron would place an unpaid summer intern in charge of online content for an official U.S. Senate website with NO supervision or editorial control?
The very fact that either Brown or his staff felt the need to plagiarize material to make Brown's biography more interesting speaks volumes as to how they actually feel about Brown's own insipid story.
Seriously, who plagiarizes from someone else's BIOGRAPHY?
I think the dead giveaway for plagiarism was when it was revealed in Brown's biography that he and Bob Dole still enjoyed a vigorous sex life and that Bob liked it when Brown was on top.
Brown has pretty much locked up this year's "Profile in Cowardice" award.
I suspect that Brown will begin nosediving in the polls. Once he has to face a single Dem opponent - probably Warren - he will be faced with a round of ads bringing this issue up again, and his craven "blame the intern" excuse, he will begin truly hemorrhaging supporters and donors.
Brown: "The buck stops THERE!"
I so love Elizabeth Warren. In her comments a few weeks ago, she articulated the best reason as to why the 1% should pay their fair share. The notion that a corporation earns its success by virtue of its own efforts is self-serving. I've enjoyed sharing her words with others.
ReplyDelete7:30, you're right! How fun to watch the ticker climb to one million!
And now,I'm one in a million!
What would the American Jobs Act have accomplished?
ReplyDeleteThe bill would have reduced the deficit by $6 billion over ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Republicans filibustered deficit reduction.
The bill would have created nearly two million new jobs. The Republicans filibustered the creation of two million new jobs.
The bill would have increased the gross domestic product (GDP) by two points. The Republicans filibustered increasing the GDP.
The bill would have cut taxes for 98 percent of businesses. The Republicans filibustered a tax cut for businesses.
The bill would have offered a tax credit for military veterans returning from war. The Republicans filibustered a tax credit for the troops.
The bill would have reduced unemployment by a full percentage point. The Republicans filibustered a reduction in unemployment.
The bill would have been paid for by a 5.6 percent surtax on millionaires -- a surtax that, again, a majority of Republican voters support. The Republicans filibustered paying for the bill.
One debate many would crave to witness would be between Elizabeth and Sarah - we would be seen the difference between a high-educated,compassionate woman with street smarts and well....Sarah, the Wasilla Hillbilly and we all know of what she brings to the plate.
ReplyDeleteIf there was ONE glaring example to describe the Alaskan public education system, that would be the Palin tribe, the epitome of uneducated sloths. What's worse - they're proud of it. I am speaking from first-hand experience.
The problem with America is we no longer value education for the most part - it's celebrity gossip, NASCAR, 'reality' shows, sex and what not. Again, it didn't use to be this way. Sarah consistently fuels America's further descent into idiocy. Thankfully, not all are fooled by the likes of Palin.
My best wishes for Elizabeth's senatorial run - but seriously, in this country where voters DEMAND good-looks, 'personality', charisma, overt religious connotations over higher education, I doubt Ms. Warren would make it anywhere near the White House.
Anon 7:44 a.m. said,
ReplyDelete"Maybe it's business the most successful people in the country are republican?"
Nicely put.
There's a common sense reason business professionals only have criticism for people like her. People like her ensure that Businesses don't kill people. People like her make businesses accountable for the environment, health and safety that they impact.
ReplyDeleteWHY can't republicans understand that?
i saw this bumper sticker here in MA today:
ReplyDeleteSave Me From Sarah Palin
with a drawing of a female with snake hair and the word Meduda under the drawing.
She scares them because they can't touch her integrity. She is everything they aren't. I would love to see a ticket with Obama and Warren or Hillary and Warren. It seems like it is time to let the women take the turn to run the country.
ReplyDeleteWell I DO live in MA and I'll do the legwork for you!
ReplyDeleteWarren could, and should, help the congress to improve a little. But as long as people are swayed by Fox News into electing people who scream that they hate government, we are screwed.
ReplyDeleteIts like asking someone to the prom, knowing they don't like to dance, and then wondering why they ruined your evening by standing around bitching and making nasty comments about those on the floor having a good time.
I just read that Republicans, even while in the minority, have blocked 790 bills that Obama and his backers tried to get passed to help the ailing economy.
And then, there are those who DARE to whine that Obama hasn't "done enough."
Curious - Willow, Bristol & Tripp are all facing the camera. Trig not so much. Tripp is positioned to naturally be looking at the camera. Bristol has to look up, and Willow has to look up and around. Why doeson't Willow just turn her hips around and face the camera, along with TriG.
ReplyDeleteCurious.
Lucy
"And let's not discount how legal training can really sharpen one's analytical and debating skills."
ReplyDeleteDebating, yes. But too often, lawyers are about the immediate instead of the big picture, the rhetoric, not the content. Academics can and do take the bigger picture view and can include consequences and assumptions.
"It's a bit long, but worth the read. I want her for President in 2016."
ReplyDeleteSeconded.
I agree with her I agree with Gryphen
ReplyDeleteI wait to see if the Democratic party with support Warren, or if they will do like Obama did and set her up on the ledge in the shooting gallery and leave her unprotected and unsupported.
As a woman who has struggled in my career to be taken seriously as a manager in fields traditionally controlled by men, the thought of Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin as the first woman Presidential candidate literally made me ill.
ReplyDeleteI would be proud to support Elizabeth Warren for Senator, President or any other position she should care to try for. She is a wonderful example of the goals young girls should strive towards: smart, educated, confident, curious, open-minded, compassionate and strong. I wish her all the best in her election.
Elizabeth Warren ebodies all the qualities I always dreamed for my girls. She's smart and she has the ability to distill complex issues and convey them in terms that show how they effect the working class and poor.
ReplyDeleteShe's the perfect balance of Educator and intellecual.
I agree with the others who eloquently came to the defense of lawyers and educators. We shouldn't paint a noble profession with too broad a brush based on sterotypes. Early in my career, I worked for a law firm and saw the impact a good lawyer can have.
We need more politicians, on both sides, like Elizabeth Warren.
Maybe she'll run for president in 2016 or 2020 (after she's been the awesome senator we know she's going to be.)
ReplyDeleteThat's something to look forward to...Barack Obama followed by Elizabeth Warren. Wow!