I'm of two minds here. Help me out!

[CTyankee]

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I love Elizabeth Warren. She has the ideas that I have longed for in a serious presidential candidate. she has everything: brains, great ideas, forceful delivery of them in her speeches.

But I am sick of the thought that the "Pocahontas" label will completely take the press' attention off her policy ideas and I wonder if she can just ignore it and even to use it to her advantage. Is it a burden on her back or a gift she can, and will, use in her campaign?

IOW, has the "Pocahontas" label helped or hurt her in the upcoming GE if she is our candidate?

[dlk]

1. It's a Distraction Designed to Discount & Minimize Warren & Her Great Ideas

It needs to be called out at every turn.

[CTyankee]

4. But isn't this something that has already been hashed out?

Don't we need our precious time during the campaign to talk about the other pressing issues of the day.

Her child care proposal, for instance. Paul Krugman has an excellent oped piece in the NYT today discussing her ideas in more detail aNd we need to have further discussions on the subject.

[comradebillyboy]

2. It hurts. Trump's childish taunts can be quite effective.

CNN and the NY Times will obsess on it to the exclusion of all else.

[CTyankee]

6. I hate to think that this is a reason for Dems not to have her as our candidate...

but, while we should never cower in fear of this awful man, we don't need tohave our candidate's precious coverage time taken up with this stupidity.

Mika B., if you are the Democrat and feminist you say you are, will you speak out loudly and say you just won't tolerate any political discussion that includes Trump's name-calling?

[comradebillyboy]

15. Mika B is a republican stooge, don't expect a principled stand

from her. She and Schmoe were Trump cheerleaders all through 2015 and 2016 until he kicked them to the curb after the election.

[CTyankee]

16. Yeah, I saw all that. They were "too late smart" and got called on it. Now they are worming their

way back into the public consciousness, she as Democrat and he as Independent. I oversleep their show regularly now...

[Stare Decisis]

3. Our willingness to fear or cower

to those who would politically meme our candidates to no end is not a them problem.

Snakes bite. Venom is their business.

It is an us problem. If Elizabeth Warren is your choice, stand by your woman.

Make being the antidote your business.

[WeekiWater]

5. For the most part, her policy positions will not be covered by the press.

There will be excellent articles written about her policy positions but most of the mainstream media will promote the wrestling match, not the ideological match-ups. One of the things I like about Warren is taking shots aren't beyond her and she often attached generic policy thoughts to her attacks. The "Pocahontas" label will not help her. It will hurt her. But each candidate will have something that will hurt.

[FakeNoose]

7. Let's not forget that the "Pocahontas" nickname was created by Chump

When Chump wants to avoid issues, he creates some kind of distraction. Why is the media always on a wild goose chase for that guy? Let the media attack him once in awhile. Let him squirm and make him answer a few questions for a change. The media keeps this game up, and we're standing by and letting it happen.

[CTyankee]

8. Then we must held the media to account. Simple as that.

[FakeNoose]

10. Hold Chump accountable and make him stop using nicknames

Really, it's totally disrespectful towards opponents, and he's been doing it for years.
Even reporters and regular journos get his unprofessional treatment. Enough!

[Kurt V.]

9. i hope it wouldn't hurt her. Media isn't exactly know for covering the real issues anyway.

I'm still undecided but her policies, the ability to communicate those policies and having a backbone made of steel can position her to beat tRump.

[Delmette2.0]

17. That's it!

Focus them on issues. I shut down a Democrat when she couldn't explain an issue she disagreed with because she didn't like him. I was convinced that she really wanted a woman on city council, not the best candidate. I disagreed with the issues the woman candidate talked about.

[Ohiogal]

11. CTYankee

I agree with you 100%. At this point in time I am quite torn between Liz Warren and Sherrod Brown. I posted about Krugman’s NYT pieece earler in regards to Warren’s childcare proposal. I love her policies and her fighting spirit. I, too, worry about the Pocahontas label dogging her throughout the campaign. It’s so infuriating that the media blows this crap way out of proportion.
I truly loathe Trump and the power the media gives him to destroy anything good and altruistic.

[CTyankee]

13. I'm glad Krugman didn't mention the slur. He's too smart to fall into that trap.

But, then, isn't he just preaching to the choir the NYT?

[JuJuYoshida]

12. People buy into Trump's name calling

[uponit7771]

14. 1. It's up to Warren to deflect by calling him racist and asking the M$M not to repeat Red Don's...

... ethnic racializing of a NA names

2. Red Don will ... MAKE UP ... something to call someone ... he'll call Kamala Harris a tall white guy cause he can so matter WHAT ... WHAT the issue is real or imagined reality doesn't matter and they might as well march forward warts and all.

3. EVERY ... EVERY dem candidate should take every situation Red Don gives with his racism to talk about policy, don't feed into the racist with more than 5 of admonishment and then deflect ASAP.

[Cartoonist]

18. She needs Native-American support

That would end the issue. As I understand the situation, they aren't happy about her claim. I can see that, but can they have a positive conversation with her to iron it out?

[CTyankee]

19. And trump will just mock that, too. he has no shame.

[DonViejo]

20. Locking...

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