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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElizabeth Warren is not just an obviously bright person. There is something about her that
lets her honesty, integrity and caring about one's neighbor come shining through. This, I think,
is what makes her so appealing to so many people. I think she will win the MA election by a
huge margin.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,817 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)Cal33
(7,018 posts)SharonAnn
(13,771 posts)OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Well, she lived the first 18 years of her life here.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Authenticity. Genuine.
More than charisma, because a bad person can be charismatic.
unblock
(52,113 posts)part of the appeal, i think, is because she comes off as more of an engineer in the sense of someone who isn't power-hunger and polemic (despite republican efforts to paint her as such) but is simply an ordinary person who happens to be highly knowledgeable and eager to actually fix what's wrong.
america is STARVED for congresscritters more interested in solving problems than playing power games.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)EC
(12,287 posts)a cool mom.
unblock
(52,113 posts)few people seem to really get it.
many of the people in congress (regardless of where they are on the political spectrum) understand the catch-phrases, the lingo, and what makes constituents/donor tick. but we people in politics genuinely understand what the hell they're really talking about.
warren does.
a rare bird she is.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Of course, since I am stuck out here in the hinterlands of East Kansas, I will just have to wait for her to run for POTUS...but she is going to make an awesome first female president.
When I see her speak and watch her in action, I question the sanity of all Sarah Palin supporters even more than usual...its like looking at a Ferrari (Warren) and saying its just as good as a Yugo (Palin)!
Cal33
(7,018 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)--preposterous? Oh, wait........
Cal33
(7,018 posts)to have all the qualities when he was running for the presidency in 2008. But wait, I
haven't totally given up on him yet. Too many Dems. are dwelling only on his incredible
appeasement of the Right-wingers. They don't even know of the many good things he
has done. Yes, I have mixed feelings about him. He still has the time to change, if he wins a
second term -- which he probably will.
It's unlikely that Elizabeth Warren would become an appeaser of the R-W's insane greed
to such an extent. Her entire outlook says so. She was the one who raised up the idea of
offering protection to us, the consumers of our nation, to begin with. And this means
fighting against corporate corrutpion. Of course, there is still the possibility that she could
change should she become president. In my opinion, the chances of this are infinitely small.
da_decider
(104 posts)That's why I like her; there are only a few people hated by GOP as much as she is.
William769
(55,142 posts)Cal33
(7,018 posts)trackfan
(3,650 posts)Most of what politicians say is Bullshit. Bullshit is different from a lie. It can even be technically true, but couched in lying salesmanship. Most, not all, politicians on both sides of the political spectrum, speak primarily in Bullshit; she seems to be one who doesn't. I hope they don't change her.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)think she'll change for the worse -- she's already 61.
Broderick
(4,578 posts)if there is such a thing in my world.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Scott Brown will soon be a greeter at one of our soon-to-be casinos.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)marasinghe
(1,253 posts)she seems to feel the pain of those caught under the wheels of the machine.
Cal33
(7,018 posts)ground up the committee for the protection of American consumers from the corrupt practices of
corporations -- this is not mere words. This is caring for one's neighbor, this is empathy in action.
She came up with this idea, worked hard at it, and carried it out into fruition.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)She's like the first official unofficial ☮ccupy candidate.
eridani
(51,907 posts)--which is the opposite of that expressed in SOTU the other night.
"I'm a Democrat. But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more. (Applause.) That's why my education reform offers more competition, and more control for schools and states. That's why we're getting rid of regulations that don't work. That's why our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/01/25/2012-state-union-address-enhanced-version#transcript
Warren believes that public goods are GOOD, and that it is government's business to provide them. And that such investment in public infrastructure is necessary in order for private achievement to occur at all. This fundamental value underlies all she says while campaigning.
And this from a very mild-mannered and prim person who wouldn't say shit if she was standing in a pile of it. Take-home iesson is that while Alan Grayson is great with a louder version of the same message, in your face is not at all necessary.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)She actually believes what she states.
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)very much hope you are right on the second. K&R