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78. Why are you defending unnecessary attacks on Dems. She didn't have to go there.
Wed May 3, 2017, 10:12 AM
May 2017

So what if she was asked a question. She's no rookie pol. She should know how to sidestep set-up questions by reporters by now.

If she hasn't learned that it's going to be rough for her on the campaign trail in 2020.

Not smart to alienate Dem voters by attacking other Dems, especially Obama who is out of office and still admired by most Dems.

That was a totally unforced error. And I don't care if it was just 3 paragraphs. She should know the game that editors play by now. They'll cherry pick choice quotes for headlines and click bait so don't give them such low-hanging fruit.

I thought she was smarter than that.

+1 treestar May 2017 #1
Agree JustAnotherGen May 2017 #3
I think because JustAnotherGen May 2017 #2
And why bring this up now? yardwork May 2017 #5
She wants to run for President? JustAnotherGen May 2017 #10
Gillibrand is out HoneyBadger May 2017 #21
Why should they? JustAnotherGen May 2017 #26
"A solid record of winning?" JayhawkSD May 2017 #100
Gillibrand is from NY HoneyBadger May 2017 #102
You'll of course support your premise with objective and relevant evidence...? LanternWaste May 2017 #116
She ran, she won HoneyBadger May 2017 #120
Obama and Clinton both won in Massachusettes also and Won bigger there than WArren did JI7 May 2017 #135
By your definition, trump has a solid record of winning too frankieallen May 2017 #138
Tulsi? No way! oasis May 2017 #132
I won't vote for her...if she does this. Demsrule86 May 2017 #69
Maybe she is auditioning for Bernie's Party? WhiteTara May 2017 #54
I don't think that's what she said. nt JCanete May 2017 #125
My best guess is that this is her clumsy, ill-considered way to "win over" Trump voters, thinking of WinkyDink May 2017 #4
Well, I don't like it. yardwork May 2017 #6
Neither do I. Silver Gaia May 2017 #7
I don't like it either. Starry Messenger May 2017 #41
Well, isn't that the "goal" of some of the leadership right now? ehrnst May 2017 #12
Pelosi and Schumer are trying to appeal to delisen May 2017 #18
This was entirely predictable. athena May 2017 #22
I really do not see or hear any Democrats saying they want to move further "right." nikibatts May 2017 #32
Kickig The Ones Who Elected Them In The Teeth Me. May 2017 #71
I suppose romana May 2017 #68
I think it's a very bad strategy. Elections are won on hope and positivity, not negativity. yardwork May 2017 #77
She'll never win over Trump voters. smirkymonkey May 2017 #106
Many of them hate women, for one thing. Alienating the Democratic base won't make up for that. yardwork May 2017 #108
Unfortunately, that's true. smirkymonkey May 2017 #110
I agree. New people, a new message. yardwork May 2017 #113
She is lightly toasted in my book..n/t monmouth4 May 2017 #8
Appeal to Bernie supporters for her next election? She's my Senator and I am disappointed in this seaglass May 2017 #9
It's our fault for refusing to vote for HRC. athena May 2017 #25
She is criticizing Obama because he is out of office. She delisen May 2017 #11
Nope. progressoid May 2017 #96
White privilege BumRushDaShow May 2017 #13
Selling a book cadmium May 2017 #14
+ 1. My thought exactly lunasun May 2017 #56
Not very presidential, imo yardwork May 2017 #58
Dividing dividing dividing sharedvalues May 2017 #15
Yes, it has been blown way out of proportion! angstlessk May 2017 #17
I don't even know what this is about, and I don't intend to find out. demmiblue May 2017 #37
Appealing to the neglected racist voters. nt LexVegas May 2017 #16
Promoting her future ambitions OKNancy May 2017 #19
+1 betsuni May 2017 #20
She believes the hype that there are more than a few independent votes up for grabs HoneyBadger May 2017 #24
.... Kahuna7 May 2017 #27
It is amazing that you posted this response. I came to the very same conclusions. nikibatts May 2017 #29
+1 tallahasseedem May 2017 #122
She is out of touch with the base of the party La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #83
I disagree with some of what she says.. mountain grammy May 2017 #23
Thanks for that. You're right, she said so much else in that interview. Demit May 2017 #34
Yes, that is indeed the point jberryhill May 2017 #36
I read her entire statement, in context, and it is criticism of Obama. yardwork May 2017 #38
On that point, I agree with you. mountain grammy May 2017 #53
That's my question. yardwork May 2017 #57
Personally, I don't know why she chose to do that.. mountain grammy May 2017 #73
Very disappointed in her. Adrahil May 2017 #28
That's exactly what I see. yardwork May 2017 #55
She did not and does not ignore Trump. She goes on at length about him: Demit May 2017 #72
Her criticism of her own party gets the headlines, though. yardwork May 2017 #76
This headline? " Run against Trump? Elizabeth Warren will certainly stand and fight" progressoid May 2017 #91
That's the media's doing. Newspapers choose what to headline. C'mon, you know that. Demit May 2017 #98
Exactly. A winning strategy takes the media's behavior into account. yardwork May 2017 #103
I think acting defensively is an exact wrong strategy. Demit May 2017 #112
You're completely missing the point. It's not about hurting Obama. yardwork May 2017 #114
? You started this thread around Warren's criticism of Obama. Demit May 2017 #119
I think she is trying to sidetrack her failure to bring voters to hillary in 2016.... beachbum bob May 2017 #30
Whatever she thinks she's doing, it's negative and will backfire. Demit May 2017 #31
I agree workinclasszero May 2017 #33
Someone took three sentences out of an interview and decided they could get clicks jberryhill May 2017 #35
That is an exaggeration and misrepresentation of my OP. yardwork May 2017 #39
"I would like to know why she is criticizing Obama at this time" jberryhill May 2017 #44
You're telling me what I think and why I posted this OP. yardwork May 2017 #47
I have no idea what you think jberryhill May 2017 #49
Your personal attack on me: yardwork May 2017 #52
That is a factual statement, not a personal attack jberryhill May 2017 #60
It's not a "juicy quote." It's three paragraphs and she starts by naming Obama: ucrdem May 2017 #61
It's three sentences. People don't speak in paragraphs. jberryhill May 2017 #63
Actually 6 sentences. And she packed three unwarranted insults into them: ucrdem May 2017 #64
Why are you defending unnecessary attacks on Dems. She didn't have to go there. brush May 2017 #78
Lol jberryhill May 2017 #82
Laugh it up. Why is she not smarter than that. And why don't you explain why a Dem is attacking Dems brush May 2017 #88
Why don't I explain what other people say? jberryhill May 2017 #92
Here. Go to this link. It does a great job in explaining the folly of attacking popular Dems brush May 2017 #97
People ALWAYS disingenuosly say this about words taken out of context by the media, 6000eliot May 2017 #128
It's not about whether or not Obama returns her phone calls. yardwork May 2017 #50
Obama returns your phone calls? jberryhill May 2017 #65
Obama also returns calls from Trump. What does that have to do with anything ? La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #80
Yes, I'm sure his relationship with Trump is exactly the same jberryhill May 2017 #84
You didn't answer my question. How does it matter in this convo whose calls obama returns? La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #90
Oh, that's simple jberryhill May 2017 #93
Is anyone calling for the recall of warren? La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #104
No, did I suggest there was? jberryhill May 2017 #109
Lol. Ok. La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #127
Because he's doing something she doesn't agree with? Volstagg May 2017 #40
That's not the criticism in referencing, though. yardwork May 2017 #43
He's still a big face of the Dem party. Volstagg May 2017 #46
Hmmm..... I don't like it. yardwork May 2017 #59
She did not say that Obama is out of touch with average voters. Demit May 2017 #95
It's not hard people!! 86derps May 2017 #42
I'm not a moderate. yardwork May 2017 #45
She names Obama and takes 3 unwarranted swipes in 50 words: ucrdem May 2017 #51
She has just lost the next primary, in case she was interested. world wide wally May 2017 #48
She probably lost some votes with those unneccessary swipes at Dems. Not smart at all brush May 2017 #85
Under the bus with her! alarimer May 2017 #62
Warren is the one criticizing President Obama. I'm asking why. yardwork May 2017 #74
It's ridiculous that no one is supposed to criticize Obama ever. alarimer May 2017 #140
And you're totally missing my point. Obama doesn't care what Warren says about him. yardwork May 2017 #146
positioning for 2020? TalenaGor May 2017 #66
You have to get yourself in headlines when your book comes out Lee-Lee May 2017 #67
Criticizing Barack Obama is not how to win a presidential election. MineralMan May 2017 #70
It certainly is disappointing, particularly in light of her financial background and how she.... George II May 2017 #75
As opposed to when she implied he was untrustworthy regarding TPP? La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #79
yup, and Obama was right about TPP JI7 May 2017 #134
of course he was right and i was sorry to see HRC cave in to the populist nonsense La Lioness Priyanka May 2017 #141
What quote has concerned you? n/t Orsino May 2017 #81
She is promoting a book oberliner May 2017 #86
Agree! MojoWrkn May 2017 #87
Why are you singling out Obama? progressoid May 2017 #89
Warren singled out Obama. yardwork May 2017 #105
No, she used him as an example of "many in both parties" progressoid May 2017 #111
No Democrat should be attacking ANY prominent Democrat right now. yardwork May 2017 #115
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by progressoid May 2017 #117
Obama is no longer the president. This is stupid. yardwork May 2017 #123
So, what are you saying? progressoid May 2017 #126
I'm saying that it is not at all strategic for Democrats to criticize him now. yardwork May 2017 #129
So at some point it will be strategic to criticize him? progressoid May 2017 #131
Around here, never zipplewrath May 2017 #144
I don't understand either heaven05 May 2017 #94
Yes. Totally not smart. Don't give them low-hanging fruit to use against you in 2020. brush May 2017 #101
This is what I'm seeing, and it's not just Warren. Bad strategy on the part of some Democrats. yardwork May 2017 #107
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2017 #99
Democrats are becoming Derps too 86derps May 2017 #118
She's right loyalsister May 2017 #121
That is what I always have liked about her mvd May 2017 #130
Unconditional loyalty is for the GOP loyalsister May 2017 #133
Obama is no longer an elected official. It's stupid to do this. yardwork May 2017 #137
Seriously? loyalsister May 2017 #145
Not around here zipplewrath May 2017 #142
Sadly that's true loyalsister May 2017 #143
She is seriously out of touch. bettyellen May 2017 #124
I'm thinking she wants to sell her damn books.. Cha May 2017 #136
How fast the DU hero's fall, there was a time EW could do no wrong. frankieallen May 2017 #139
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