Green and Gold
Footballguy
It's easy to put a label on someone that allows you to ignore what they say. It's much harder to think about what they say, decide whether you agree or not, and come up with a reasoned response.EDIT: For what it's worth, I live in Massachusetts and voted for Scott Brown.It's easy to look less loony when the hosts are stealing all of your thunder.I didn't see those. My exposure was her interviews on Bill Maher and MSNBC. I liked the schoolmarmish tone. I didn't think it was that condescending.My only exposure to her was during the debates with Brown and at times she had a schoolmarmish condescending tone, which plays into the stereotype of those who resent professors/intellectuals.There are some progressives that I find truly despicable. Maxine Waters for instance- always saying stuff designed to antagonize people. Conservatives put Warren in that category, and I just don't see it: when I hear her interviewed, she seems like an incredibly nice person, and very down to Earth. As far as "egghead" goes, it's a term I despise, because it lends itself to the anti-intellectualism of the Tea Party types. Still, there ARE smug, know it all type progressives that can be really irritating in their presentation: Paul Krugman is the most obvious example. But again Warren doesn't come off that way.She pretty much personifies the egghead left-wing professor type. That's why a lot of liberal folks like me love her. But it rubs a lot of people the wrong way.It's not just him. I keep reading and hearing stuff about her, how terrible she is, how hypocritical and awful, and there's never any specifics. The only specific I ever hear is the Cherokee story, and it makes no sense that this story would cause the amount of scorn she gets.
The Chamber of Commerce declared Warren an "enemy of free enterprise", but they haven't offered specifics either. And it's especially ironic since the Chamber was pretty grateful for TARP, and she was one of the main people in charge of that program. If she truly hates the big banks, why would she want to rescue them?
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