Cory Booker is on fire!
I’ve decided I love him. He’s totally on Dr Ford’s side. I’m glad I’m watching.
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... I honestly don't understand why some people on liberal websites dislike him so much and are intent on portraying him in a negative light. He may very well be our party's nominee for president or vice-president.
I remember the first time I ever saw him on Rachel's show. He was only a Mayor at that time... and after a few minutes, I knew he was someone special and that great things were in store for him.
The things that Booker writes are much more inspiring than the articles, editorials and essays I've seen/read from other politicians.
Booker is an honorable man who learns from his mistakes and who takes those lessons to become a better person and to create a better world for others. I'm so sick of politicians who blame others or try to excuse themselves by blaming it on their age or characterizing it as "youthful indiscretion". I guess "youth" is all relative to someone's actual age, but I think we can all agree that it's pushing things a bit when that phrase is used to self-excuse someone's behavior far beyond their wild and rebellious teenage years.
All I'm trying to say is that generally speaking, people should reset their standards and raise their expectations of the type of behavior (and the personal history, personal mistakes) that we're willing to accept from those who represent us. Booker is an excellent example of the type of person we need more of.
We'll be seeing a LOT more of him in the next couple of years. His detractors need to brace themselves and get used to the idea that he'll be playing a VERY important role in our party's nomination process.
I'm really surprised that liberals on any website would strongly dislike him. He's certainly admired by his fellow liberals on DU. 
He draws the typical hostility from the populist-left and mixed socialist-populist sites, but of course1
Opposing members of the liberal majorities is their reason for existence. 
Plus the dirty little secret of those groups is that they include a pack of social conservatives populists. They pose as just-plain-progressives, but what they want is social programs for themselves, and they're easy to pick out because they always seem to have a special problem with female and minority liberals. Hillary's too corrupt and too old, Kamala's too scary to think about--maybe she'll go away, Nancy's too incompetent and too old, Corey Booker's too...49 years old.
Lifelong liberal here, and I'm happy with all our good, smart, hardworking liberals.
When he was done speaking, I think he said, "I will leave". Did he then get up and walk out?
