Posted on 03/31/2015 7:35:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There doesn't appear to be anything Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) can say to stop the questions about her presidential ambitions.
"You didn't think you'd get away with this interview without me asking point-blank: Are you going to run for president?" the "Today" show's Savannah Guthrie asked Warren on Tuesday morning.
"No. I'm not running and I'm not going to run," Warren said.
Guthrie pressed Warren.
"I'm not running. I'm not running," the senator insisted.
Her initial reply is almost identical to what she said the day before, according to The New York Observer. Warren visited a Manhattan bookstore to promote the paperback release of her memoir, "A Fighting Chance," and an audience member asked about the 2016 race.
"No, I am not running for president, I'm not going to run for president. I am working my fanny off every single day on the key issues that I think matter in this country," Warren reportedly said. "I'm doing it every day. I have this place now in the Senate, this opportunity to get out there and fight."
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No. I’m not running and I’m not going to run
I’m not running and I’m not going to run
I’m not going to run
I’m going to run
Crockajawea & Comrade Bernie - what a ticket.
Red woman speak with forked tongue. Heap big deception.
You get it.
Previous quotes from Obama on running for president:
“Pshaw, You know, hooey.” - Jul 27, 2004
“That’s way premature. I’m a lowly state senator trying to get to the U.S. Senate.” - Sept 29, 2004
“I am not running for president. I am not running for president in four years. I am not running for president in 2008.” - Nov. 3, 2004
“I will serve out my six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed. I will not. [run for president in 2008] - Nov., 2004 on “Meet the Press”
“Ridiculous” - Dec. 6, 2004
“I will not be running for president in ‘08” - Jan.3, 2005
“People have asked me this, and I’m sincere when I say it’s not on my radar screen.” - Jan. 19, 2005
“It’s not something that I’m focused on right now, but it’s not something that I would foreclose in the future.” - Dec., 2005
“My attitude about something like the presidency is that you don’t want to just be president. You want to change the country. You want to make a unique contribution. You want to be a great president.” - Aug, 2006
“The day after my election to the United States Senate, somebody asked me, am I running in 2008. I said at that time: ‘No.’ And nothing so far has changed my mind.” - Aug., 26, 2006
“I was elected yesterday,” Obama said. “I have never set foot in the U.S. Senate. I’ve never worked in Washington. And the notion that somehow I’m immediately going to start running for higher office just doesn’t make sense.
“So look, I can unequivocally say I will not be running for national office in four years, and my entire focus is making sure that I’m the best possible senator on behalf of the people of Illinois.”
“My understanding is that I will be ranked 99th in seniority. ... I’m going to be spending the first several months of my career in the U.S. Senate looking for the washroom and trying to figure out how the phones work.”
... and his own plans to establish “a top-flight constituent service office” and travel the state to thank and listen to Democrats and Republicans alike to devise “concrete ways” to improve jobs, education and health care in Illinois.
“And that’s my complete and total focus during this new adventure that I’m walking into,” he said.
“It’s important for me to show the voters of Illinois the degree to which I am concerned with the people of Illinois, because I think that the hype that’s surrounded my campaign during this last phase needs to be corrected,” he said. “People need to recognize that the job I’ve applied for and that they have hired me for is to be the best U.S. senator possible for the state of Illinois.”
“I am not running for president in 2008,” Obama said. “I mean, come on guys. The only reason I’m being definitive is because until I’m definitive you will keep asking me this question, but it’s a silly question.”
So she’s running then.
I was under the impression that she is a documented liar.
Say what you will about Dennis, but he is the most honest guy the Dems are likely to ever run. Does not try and hide his Socialism behind any sort of veneer.
Too bad - she could be the first Indian woman President...
Chief Tellum Big Whoppers...
Many moons we have been waiting for the great white buffalo...
She’s probably already been collared to be Veep.
Virtually everything she’s said so far has been a lie. I gather therefore, that she is running.
Paid off or threatened?
Why Normandy?
Until the Republicans eliminate Cankles.
I am getting my Joan of Arc costume ready
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