Elizabeth Warren needs a political makeover if she wants a shot at the White House

Dear Elizabeth Warren: Please shut up.

You need to get your head screwed on straight and start acting like the Elizabeth Warren that got you here.

{mosads}You are making a fool of yourself, the Democrats and the rest of America. Your bellowing and blather for the last six months about Donald Trump have only accentuated your own insecurities. You’ve lost your trademark cool.

You accused Trump of having a thin skin, but yours is proving to be absolutely transparent! Yes, we were all affronted by Trump’s outward behavior. “Locker room talk” aside, this is what America bargained for.  And whether or not “the Russians” had anything to do with the outcome of the election is incidental to the fact that America has rejected run-of-the-mill, do-nothing politicians and elected someone who truly represented the paradigm shift change America desperately needs. 

For better or worse.

Americans deserve to know that the President is doing what’s best for the country – not using his office to do what’s best for himself.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 15, 2016

Now, you are out there again, threatening to run for the presidency in 2020. What makes you think you can run this country?

Where were you when the Democrats needed you? You stood in the wings giving the mantle to Hillary Clinton, the would-be first woman president. Heir to the throne. Between the two of you, you couldn’t break that glass ceiling or win the election for your party.

Fact the facts, you had your shot and you blew it. What will you do differently now to convince us you are more mature than Donald Trump, more level-headed, more sincere?

.@realDonaldTrump isn’t “draining the swamp.” He’s inviting the biggest, ugliest swamp monsters in the front door.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) November 17, 2016

You have done some good things in politics, and as a senator. I’ve read your book, “A Fighting Chance.” Your positions on Wall Street and big bank reform, jobs, trade, taxes, healthcare and education are all admirable and agreeable. Your calm and sensible demeanor and personality have always been your trademark, as well as your intellect, fairness and good judgement. This is the Elizabeth Warren I admired.

But you have let Donald Trump get your goat, and it’s digging you and the Democratic Party deeper into a hole.

The President of the United States should condemn bigots, @realDonaldTrump. Not give them a West Wing office to decide our country’s future.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) November 15, 2016

The forest fire that is the president-elect is now out of control. You and your party had your chance to fight it and put it out. You kept trying to use hopeless backfires to control the blaze. You could have used some serious fire retardant to extinguish this blaze before it got out of control, but you didn’t.

Do something smart for a change. Hope for impeachment, and in the meantime start building your case. Use the media to your advantage. Let Trump fall on his own sword. He’s already seemingly relaxed many of the domestic campaign promises that got him elected, like “the wall,” infrastructure, healthcare, education, bank reform, Wall Street and veterans, and is officially talking about nuclear arms with Russia.

As much as we’d all like to see him do the things he says he’ll do for America, and as much as he is sincere and serious about his new job, and as much as he’d like to leave a positive legacy for himself as president, The Donald is still The Donald and people rarely change their core nature.

Only time will tell. But this, Ms. Warren, is where you should begin your attack.

John Kushma is senior consultant at John Kushma Associates, specializing in risk management and business development for international engineering firms with experience consulting for companies involved in oil exploration and drilling operations. He has a background in broadcast journalism and advertising.

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