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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren selling out her progressive principles? [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)But I as a member have a hard time believing a person who has more wealth than they will ever need and continues to amass more when they talk about how income inequality is a problem.
With the example of the Kennedy family, I do have a problem with a party that claims to back progressive taxation having had as some of its heros and standard bearers a family that are masters of tax avoidance to protect their 1% status.
It is a disconnect between how a candidate talks, and how they act and live. To me personally, it makes their talk ring hollow.
The party will go where we as the members and voters guide it. The question is should we support candidates like that in the primaries? For me personally that is hard. I have been long frustrated to our parties willingness to look the other way to how so many of the party leaders and candidates don't live up to the values of the party or that they claim to support.
So personally, my votes rarely go to a candidate where there is a disconnect between how they talk and how they live in the primary. Sure, I close ranks in a general election but that doesn't mean I am thrilled.