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Elizabeth Warren

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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:15 AM Jan 2015

So, this guy has a point - Warren fails to unequivocally, totally, ‘Don’t ever ask me again’ deny... [View all]

In an interview with Fortune, Warren gave this answer to the pretty straightforward question of “Are you going to run for President?”

"No"

Such a terse reply, issued without any explanation, is an unconvincing way to anesthetize speculation that she may mount a bid for the highest office in the land. The very word “no” is meaningless. Former Republican nominee Mitt Romney, for instance, used the word 12 times last year to say that he wouldn’t run again: “Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no.” Now there are multiple reports saying Romney is this close to entering the race.

We’re to believe that one “no” will do? Looks like somebody’s at least 1/12 short.

It’s not like Warren’s interviewer, Sheila Bair, did the general public any favors. Bair should’ve done what any good journalist is trained to do: Make Warren repeat the question back to her and answer in complete sentence form using at least three adverbs while placing one hand on a copy of “Hard Choices.”




http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/01/14/warren-fails-unequivocally-totally-dont-ever-ask-deny-shes-running-president
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