Thread by @VABVOX

This really should be titled "even though Warren has better and more informed policy that is squarely to the left of Sanders AND includes women, I have to insist that Bernie is better because he's had the same POV since college."
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https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1141408729314844677

This piece is correct in that Bernie is an ideologue and Warren is a bit of an arrivist, but Warren has passed more legislation in her short time in Congress than Sanders has in his 30yrs.
Nwanevu makes no case for Sanders' independent status and fluffs Sanders' record.
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Not does Nwanevu explain Bernie's slender resume. This is frustrating when Warren has done so much over such an extensive career that included raising kids and putting her husband and herself through school.
Why do we expect so much less of men than we do women?
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I want a left nominee. There are two in the race (three if we count Gillibrand who keeps getting excluded, despite her policy). If given the choice of the achieving leftist or the one who shakes their fist on the lawn, I want the one who gets stuff done. Shouldn't everyone?
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I keep coming back to the fact that Sanders and Pelosi entered Congress at the same time. Sanders is from the whitest and 2nd least populous state. Pelosi had the limitations of being female (only 23 women in the House when she started). Yet there she is, Speaker. Huh.
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Leadership skills matter in a president. The case for Bernie in this piece is emotive, not predicated on accomplishment or even policy. It's fine to feel affinity for Bernie, but that isn't a reason to vote anyone. What do they bring to the table? What is their record?
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This piece cites something I wrote about in 2015 when folks wanted Warren to run: her troubling apolitical history of voting GOP, yet utterly ignores Sanders' troubling history IN CONGRESS of taking right-leaning stances when votes were attached. Immigration, guns, Crime Bill.
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The choice between Warren and Sanders is really about application and assiduousness. She has it, he doesn't. And the argument that he says he's a Dem socialist (when he is personally invested in capitalism) is meaningless. Nwanevu says as much.
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The debates will be telling. But I would like to see Sanders present a platform that isn't just the same rehash. I would like to see him answer questions without sulking. Warren can do that. And, as she notes, she has a plan. Time--and voter support--will tell.
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