Elizabeth Warren 2020. How do you feel about it?

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@HurricaneDitka

I watched the video (here is a direct link to the video, BTW). My thoughts? It sounded like fairly typical red meat for a party’s base that gets thrown out at a campaign rally. Nothing in that video jumped out at me as particularly galling or offensive. I didn’t see anything that distinguishes him in a meaningful way from the average politician that infests DC, certainly nothing that raises him to a particularly high (or is it low?) level of “nasty despicable pandering hater” with enough distinction to set him apart from the rest of the field. IOW, this is typical-politician-levels of “nasty despicable pandering” in my view.

Wow! With a capital W. Trump’s performance in that video is so “beyond the pale” that it would be astounding in any other context. Calling the insults despicable is an understatement. In many contexts, a performance like this would have friends, relatives, or the relevant Board of Directors seeking an intervention or considering a court filing for a Declaration of Incompetence.

Yet you claim to find this typical for “the average politician that infests DC.” My mind boggles. I won’t ask for evidence that this rant was “typical” — I’d like to see you come up with even one single rant by a leading Democratic politician that even hints, however remotely, at rising toward this level.

Wow!