You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Reply #2: Forgot to mention: Scott Brown was no moderate. The number of times [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU
No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-25-12 05:11 PM
Response to Original message
2. Forgot to mention: Scott Brown was no moderate. The number of times
Edited on Sun Nov-25-12 05:16 PM by No Elephants
he voted with Democrats when his vote would actually have made a difference was ONE. Count it, one. One in a row. ONE VOTE.

Ironically, it was to vote for Dodd Frank, which Warren had a lot to do with. However, before he voted for it, he made the bill a lot more favorable to banks.

And that was the full extent of his bipartisanship. Which is why Harry Reid correctly said that Brown's claims of moderation was a joke.

He did vote with Democrats on other occasions, but his vote was not decisive. Republicans often allow a Rep or Senator from what is considered a liberal state to vote with Democrats when his or her vote will be irrelevant. It changes absolutely nothing in the real world and has no consequences in the real world, but it does give the Republican something to run for re-election on. (And boy did Scott run on it.)

As far as this article saying that Warren "will be one of the most liberal members," this shows the extreme bias of the author of the story. Warren has never cast a single vote on anything and she used to be a registered Repubolican.

How do we know if she will be the most liberal, the least liberal or somewhere in between?

Besides, Sanders is actually the most liberal member of the caucus, but what does that matter? All he can do is vote yea or nay with his caucus, just like most Democrats. And that is the very most Warren will be able to do.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 

Home » Discuss » General Discussion Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC