Posted on 12/13/2014 9:55:10 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Early Friday evening Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the Senate floor and gave a plain-spoken, barn-burning speech that could make history and put her into serious contention to be the next President of the United States.
There are only a handful of political speeches that have such historic impact. Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention comes readily to mind. It's what catapulted an obscure Illinois state Senator into the national limelight and put him on the path to becoming President.
Warren's Senate speech was different, but just as electrifying.
Obama's rhetoric was lofty, high-minded, and general, with a feel-good unifying message that there's no blue America or red America but only the United States of America.
Warren's rhetoric is more down to earth, substantive, and frankly, angrier, unafraid of calling out by name the institutions--the big banks and Citigroup in particular--which tanked the economy, cost millions of Americans their jobs and homes, were bailed out with half a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, and then used their fortunes to buy Congress and make it more likely they'll be bailed out again. Moreover, she was unafraid to take on the President of her own party, and the numerous members of his administration drawn from Citigroup and other big banks through the endless revolving door between Washington and Wall Street.
Here's the heart of Warren's speech:
Democrats don't like Wall Street bailouts. Republicans don't like Wall Street bailouts. The American people are disgusted by Wall Street bailouts
And yet here we are, five years after Dodd-Frank with Congress on the verge of ramming through a provision that would do nothing for the middle class, do nothing for community banks, do nothing but raise the risk that taxpayers will have to bail out the biggest banks once again...
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
How have candidates from Massachusetts faired in national elections in the last 50 years...
Let’s see, there was Dukakis, Kerry & Romney.
Like I said, I hope she runs.
Huff post doesn’t dig Hillary? Better watch your back Airheadanna.
But she does not mean it.
The people don’t care if she means it or not. Look how they chose Obama to be the most transparent government in history. We all know how that turned out.
Bring her one. I can’t wait to see her and Hillary go at it. In fact what a great team Warren/Hillary.
Rush did that for his ego primarily. It is extremely large and, thus, needs regular feedings.
I just had this brief but horrible mental picture (shuuuddderr)
I know a lot of fellow conservatives, like Rush, say the Dodd-Frank bill needs to be changed, loosened up or even repealed. But to the extent that its provisions will stop financial shenanigans, I am all for it. We cannot let another fiscal emergency happen. Nobody went to jail for that.
Could someone explain to me why Warren is wrong? (I am a little nervous agreeing with her.)
Well this is the start of the party dumping Hillary for Liz in 2016.
At least a triple-barf alert...
Where is the “(satire)” in the title?
Pastor, forgive me this thought, but the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy should make Elizabeth Warren a sex symbol meme as a form of humiliation and scorn. Drown her message by objectifying her.
She isn't wrong.
Her MOTIVES may be wrong. Perhaps her INSTINCTS are wrong.
But Congress's surrender of its exclusive power to regulate the value of money to the Fed, and now to Goldman Sachs and the other money center banks has been catastrophic for the white working class and now, increasingly, the white middle class, and, just as a blind squirrel occasionally stumbles on a nut, she is on to something.
And don't bet on everybody's favorite Goldman Sachs husband to take the issue up.
Let us hope, pray and work hard so that the USA doesn’t double down on failure!
obama was picked by whoever (George Soros and others) because he was different enough and malleable. He is told what to do and will do so.
A fake Indian socialist who is very rich is not going to register with voters.
School marmish and a left wing whacko, but the woman can speak clearly and smoothly, no teleprompter, and she lays out her line of leftist drivel as well or better than anyone around. A far better speaker than Hillary
I’m a “far better speaker than Hillary” and so are millions of others.
RE: The Clinton Crime Family. This squaw better watch her back and stay out of Ft. Marcie Park. Woe to those who cross the Clintons — Arkancide.
Warren is an effective speaker, and there are not many around who are better. That might or might not overcome her demeanor.
If Warren signs up with the Chicago Mob to become Baraq 2.0, she inherits the mutually assured destruction pact.
Remember in 2008, the Clintons failed to use their vaunted private detective squad (Palladino & Sutherland) to expose all the bogus stuff in Obama’s “story”. Ironically Arkancides came back to bite them, and might again in 2016.
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