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Autumn

(46,321 posts)
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 08:52 AM Apr 2014

Elizabeth 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=politics

WASHINGTON -- 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
Better government--the People's Choice: not bigger, not smaller, but better Demeter Apr 2014 #1
But she's not running for you-know-what! Scuba Apr 2014 #2
The thought of another 14 years Autumn Apr 2014 #3
+1,000 Scuba Apr 2014 #4
++ 1000.. blue14u Apr 2014 #5
Get back to me when she is willing to run for president and do something about it. pam4water Apr 2014 #6
 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
1. Better government--the People's Choice: not bigger, not smaller, but better
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 09:29 AM
Apr 2014

Now, try to find a corporate sponsor for that kind of radicalism....

Autumn

(46,321 posts)
3. The thought of another 14 years
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 12:08 PM
Apr 2014

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.

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