I made a promise to myself at the beginning of this interminable campaign that I’d focus on giving credit where due, calling bullshit where I saw it, and trying to share a point of view when I had one that I hadn’t seen elsewhere and had receipts to present when necessary.
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As a consequence it shouldn’t be hard to find tweets from me that praise, criticize, and occasionally successfully make jokes at the expense of every single candidate in the race, even Steyer.https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1207838757279301632?s=20 …
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But we’re getting to the business end of the process, and it’s well past time that I make a decision for myself.
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And probably more importantly, it’s time I be transparent about my preference as I continue to try to call it like I see it. I honestly don’t know that anyone cares, and there are plenty of solid arguments against anyone doing so. This is awkward for me. It is what it is.
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I believe Elizabeth Warren is the best of the remaining candidates to be President of the United States.pic.twitter.com/iRm5Qy26xp
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That doesn’t mean that I won’t continue to give praise elsewhere when appropriate, and it doesn’t mean I won’t criticize Senator Warren when I think she’s got it wrong.
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I’ve struggled, for example, with her handling of the Native identity issue and would entirely understand someone for whom that sincerely meant enough that it rendered her other attributes moot.
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Ultimately, every voter is making a choice about who to hire for the temp job of running the country, abiding by and driving it closer to full embodiment of its claimed fundamental principles of equal rights under the law to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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We’re also hiring someone to represent the best interests of every American in situations both foreign and domestic.
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Fortunately, we have and have had an extraordinarily strong pool of candidates to choose from. I’d hire most of them for the job I described and sleep well at night, and we all deserve that at this point.
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In a hiring situation, I’d probably want to create a job for most of them if I could figure it out. Fortunately, a new Democratic President will be hiring for quite a few.
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Much has been written about
@ewarren’s intellect, her competence, her energy, her PLANS, and I doubt I have any insight to offer on that score beyond the fact that I agree that they are exceptional and near singular in this race.https://elizabethwarren.com/plansPrikaži ovu nit -
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Hopefully you know by now that she grew up in and near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1218215916451835904 …
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And hopefully you know that her father, a salesman at Montgomery Ward, had a heart attack when she was twelve, saddling the family with medical bills that sent her mother back to work and Elizabeth waiting tables at her Aunt Bee’s restaurant at thirteen.https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1107835286028017664?s=20 …
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Hopefully you know that she left college two years in to get married and then, with a child in tow, managed to get a degree at the University of Houston for $50 a semester. (This was a truly hilarious tweet in context)https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1179851099978846209?s=20 …
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Hopefully you know that that degree would allow her to get a job teaching children with speech disabilities, a job she had described as a dream one and she was let go from once she became visibly pregnant with her second child.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-fired-pregnant.html …
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Hopefully you know that that marriage didn’t work out and that for a time she was a single mother, surviving with the help of her Aunt Bee because child care costs were untenable.https://medium.com/@teamwarren/my-plan-for-universal-child-care-762535e6c20a …
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Hopefully you know that this experience lead her to her academic work at the country’s finest law schools studying bankruptcy law.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A …
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And hopefully you know that that study lead her to the conclusion that the system was rigged against middle class people who were trying to do the right thing, to pay their medical bills, to keep their heads above water.https://elizabethwarren.com/plans/bankruptcy-reform …
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And having lived that reality is one thing: Not knowing that everything would work out for your parents. Not being sure if you can provide for your children.
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Not being sure that you would ever have the chance to have a career that your talent, intellect, and work ethic could allow if financial circumstances or, you know, life were different.
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Having lived that and deciding to go big to make sure it won’t be anyone’s else reality is quite another. Hers is a campaign built to address the every day struggles of the people she would represent as the President of the United States.
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It’s a campaign to create the kind of “big, structural change” we ALL know we need in order to move anywhere near closer to full embodiment of its claimed fundamental principles of equal rights under the law to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Now, almost certainly by now some of you are saying “But why not Bernie?” To which, I say “not unfair.” Y’all, I love Bernie. Genuinely. I love that he’s been in the fight for justice and equity for decades. I love that he still shoots hoops.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OK82c5y2jE …
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I love his reactions to (and general dismay at) Desus and Mero revealing the prices of hypebeast shoes. (Starts at 5:33. Do yourself the favor if you haven’t already seen this.)https://www.sho.com/video/69535/bernie-sanders-extended-interview …
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I love that he can’t be bothered to wish people happy birthday.https://twitter.com/People4Bernie/status/1219095357751058432?s=20 …
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And I love that he seemed annoyed that a woman had a Bernie Sanders campaign water bottle unless that woman was going to share the water. There is exactly zero question in my mind that Bernie is a real one who wants a better life for us all.https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1145031494399909888?s=20 …
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But I’d rather have President Warren with Senator Sanders keeping her honest on any number of issues, either as part of or outside the administration.
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Whatever the results of the election, the GOP won’t lay their guns down in defeat. And if I’m choosing a winner in a guile-off, it’s going to be Warren. Every time. Moreover, Warren strikes me as non-dogmatic and more responsive to feedback.
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