Opponents went all in on smearing Graham Platner as a Nazi based on a bad tattoo choice. It didn’t work. Maine voters decided they’d rather have universal health care and an end to reckless wars than a polished politician with an unblemished past.
Just because you don’t follow her doesn’t mean she’s not pushing progressive things in off years. She was the first Senator to call Gaza a genocide, voted in the progressive block on all the votes I can remember where there was a progressive vs. moderate split, and is constantly advocating for more progressive positions on things. Which is all any of the progressives do because their actual power as legislators is basically nil and all they have is their voice.
This just seems to be a kind of nonsensical made up version of her. You’re both criticizing her for (supposedly) toeing the party line while also complaining that she sowed division against Harris through the general election (something that’s just entirely made up) and led Warren voters to stay home (which is just wildly out of step with their whole vibe). Is your imaginary version supposed to be a “controlled” party loyalist or a rabble-rouser sabotaging the party nominee?
totally slipped that 2018 Bernie comment there, didn’t ya? Don’t wanna talk about that one, eh? I get it.
You can defend her, and look, I get it, publicly she has good policy. I’m not even anti-Warren, just anti-some-of-the-shit-she’s-pulled. I’d still prefer Warren over Biden, or Hillary, or Kamala. I’d vote for her next election if she had a serious chance of winning and defeating the GOP. But she doesn’t. And when she doesn’t have a chance to win she needs to support, not tear down. She needs to pick and choose her battles, time and place, and prioritize what’s important. And from my perspective, you’re welcome to disagree, she doesn’t do that. She throws dirt on allies and highroads in a way that only shames them instead of building up a unified coalition. She did it to Bernie, she did it to Kamala. When she’s running, she’s primarily concerned with herself. Impending cataclysmic fascist opposition be damned.
Just because you don’t follow her doesn’t mean she’s not pushing progressive things in off years. She was the first Senator to call Gaza a genocide, voted in the progressive block on all the votes I can remember where there was a progressive vs. moderate split, and is constantly advocating for more progressive positions on things. Which is all any of the progressives do because their actual power as legislators is basically nil and all they have is their voice.
This just seems to be a kind of nonsensical made up version of her. You’re both criticizing her for (supposedly) toeing the party line while also complaining that she sowed division against Harris through the general election (something that’s just entirely made up) and led Warren voters to stay home (which is just wildly out of step with their whole vibe). Is your imaginary version supposed to be a “controlled” party loyalist or a rabble-rouser sabotaging the party nominee?
totally slipped that 2018 Bernie comment there, didn’t ya? Don’t wanna talk about that one, eh? I get it.
You can defend her, and look, I get it, publicly she has good policy. I’m not even anti-Warren, just anti-some-of-the-shit-she’s-pulled. I’d still prefer Warren over Biden, or Hillary, or Kamala. I’d vote for her next election if she had a serious chance of winning and defeating the GOP. But she doesn’t. And when she doesn’t have a chance to win she needs to support, not tear down. She needs to pick and choose her battles, time and place, and prioritize what’s important. And from my perspective, you’re welcome to disagree, she doesn’t do that. She throws dirt on allies and highroads in a way that only shames them instead of building up a unified coalition. She did it to Bernie, she did it to Kamala. When she’s running, she’s primarily concerned with herself. Impending cataclysmic fascist opposition be damned.