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Related: About this forumElizabeth Warren Book Is A Liberal Call To Arms That Rips Tea Party 'Magical Thinking'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/18/elizabeth-warren-book_n_5175662.html?utm_hp_ref=politicsWASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren's new book isn't just a memoir -- it's a full-throated endorsement of modern, populist liberalism and a scathing indictment of anti-government "magical thinking" by the tea party.
While the Democratic Massachusetts senator structures her new volume, A Fighting Chance, as a chronological tale of her life, she also uses her experiences to make strategic points and arguments about her political philosophy, which embraces government and the labor movement as forces for good.
"We can't bury our heads in the sand and pretend that if 'big government' disappears, so will society's toughest problems. That's just magical thinking -- and it's also dangerous thinking," Warren writes. "Our problems are getting bigger by the day and we need to develop some hardheaded, realistic responses. Instead of trying to starve the government or drown it in the bathtub, we need to tackle our problems head-on, and that will require better government."
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Elizabeth Warren Book Is A Liberal Call To Arms That Rips Tea Party 'Magical Thinking' (Original Post)
Autumn
Apr 2014
OP
Get back to me when she is willing to run for president and do something about it.
pam4water
Apr 2014
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Demeter
(85,373 posts)1. Better government--the People's Choice: not bigger, not smaller, but better
Now, try to find a corporate sponsor for that kind of radicalism....
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. But she's not running for you-know-what!
Autumn
(46,321 posts)3. The thought of another 14 years
like the last 14 scare the hell out of me. Time to get our heads out of the sand and pull the politicians heads out of their asses. The woman makes more sense than anyone.
blue14u
(575 posts)5. ++ 1000..
Love her... VOTING for her 2016...
pam4water
(2,916 posts)6. Get back to me when she is willing to run for president and do something about it.