In her interview with Rachel last night, Warren pulled no punches about who the opposition is when it comes to fighting to protect Americans from predatory greed:
Two years ago, right about now, [President Obama] looked out and said the consumer agency, that's what I want to put in financial regulatory reform.
Over the next year, while everybody fought back and forth over the regular reform bill, there were a lot of offers on the table to get something else if you'd kill the consumer agency or if you'd weaken it. He consistently said no.
And a year ago right now, this week, he signed into law a bill that made this consumer agency exist in a strong and independent way.
Now, since then, what's happened is there are folks on Capitol Hill, Republicans in the Senate and the House, they voted against the bill to begin with -- to they voted against the agency to begin with. They've introduced bills to try to cut our funding. They've introduced bills to try to make us less independent. They've introduced bills to try to make it so we've got a gummed up structure so we won't be able to get anything done. And they have introduced bills to flat out repeal us.
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We need a director in place, that is the law, and we are not, not, not going to let the minority come in and dictate the terms of this agency, rip its arms and legs off before it's able to help a single family.
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The questioned posed to Elizabeth Warren about the new Office of Service Members Affairs at the CFPB was particularly astute and valuable.
If Warren runs for Scott Brown’s seat, and I hope she does, then the current barn coat, hot pink leather short shorts wearing junior senator will undoubtedly attempt to attack her on what he’ll presume to be her military naïveté (as might Setti Warren, the other Warren in the race). Her answer, however, demonstrates her keen knowledge of the struggles facing service members and their families.
Nice interview. Great question.
Attagirl, Elizabeth! That is one impressive person. I hope she eventually runs for President.
Fantastic image mashup!
She's capable and a quick study. If she decides to run, by the time the campaign starts, Ms. Warren will know more about military issues than Brown does.
Warren will know more about military issues
well she already does know more then a majority of republicans.
remember one of the first thing the new CP did was HELP MILITARY FAMILIES.
Terrific avatar, and great interview last night. Professor Warren should run for Senate. Definitely. We need a fighter like her in D.C.
If she decides not to run, hopefully she will stay the big advocate for the consumer that she is today. She can be our voice. Such a truly remarkable woman...kinda like our Rachel!
Senator Warren from the state of Massachusetts.
now that has a nice ring to it!!!
and we can always use senators that indeed want to help the middle/working class of america.
hell remember us?? it was our four fathers and great grandmothers/fathers and our fathers/mothers and us the Middle/working class that BUILDED AMERICA and has DEFENDED over and over form out side enemy's and now INSIDE enemy`s.
the rich may have place a few dollars in,, but they have never placed the sweat equity as We The People have!!!!!!!!!!!!!
scotty brown should be worried. He should be VERY worried.
A BETTER ring is... Madame President!
I hope she doesn't run. She will be more valuable speaking to many voters in many different states, especially ones with R senators who voted against the consumer agency and against the middle class.
Imagine what a team Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders would be in the Senate! They could give repubs plenty of nightmares.
These nightmares would be pleasant dreams for most of us.
Wouldn't I love this as a bumper sticker!
Elizabeth Warren has a gift. That gift is the ability to condense complex financial issues into short concise statements that resonate with regular people. Her passion for these issues is immediately apparent.
In regards to a senate run for Ms Warren there remains a question. Can Ms Warren translate that combination of intelligence and emotional passion into other issues?
Is Ms Warren a one trick pony or can she move into the broader political arena? How wide is her knowledge of societies many problems and can she organize that into a coherent set of principles that can be communicated to the general public?
a SWAG
i have to say YES she can.
Well, Pat, if she were a repub, it wouldn't matter if she had a wide knowledge...in fact, it would be considered downright suspicious and a big black mark against her. Fortunately, this tough, intelligent woman is a dem, and as far as I'm concerned, we need someone that can deal with the complex economic and financial issues that face this country and translate them into terms that average citizens can understand. I frankly could care less if she can tell an F-15 from an F-35, or Buddha from Jesus....we have plenty of senators that can do those things already. Most senators and congresscritters are like us, stronger in some areas than others. I only wish I could vote for her! Of course, I'm pretty happy to have two great senators already, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken. I wouldn't be surprised if Amy doesn't move up in the dem party in the coming years, maybe even into the presidency. Of course, I see Elizabeth Warren in the same light, an intelligent, capable, tough woman who is for the people.
I wasn't considering her intelligence as relating to her abilities as a senator. If only our current senators had half of her inteligence.
My discussion concerned itself with her viability as a political candidate. Can she speak to other issues as well as she does in her own baliwick? Can she speak about foreign policy as well as financial policy? Can she speak in a way that resonates on these issues with the left as well as the center?
I see her as an essentialy honest person. And that is not necessarily a political asset.
If there's one thing a PhD program teaches you, it's how to study a topic. How to sort through a very great deal of detailed material in a short time to get the stuff you need to drill down deeply.
And then there's twenty-plus years of teaching. Yeah, I'm very sure indeed that Professor Warren can master a huge range of material in short order. Especially given a few
grad studentsstaffers.Love that poster.
I give the "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" all my best.
Great for 80 % of business, i.e. us, the people.
Not so good for GOP's favorites; the exploiters........
Thank ______— (whoever you believe in) for having Elizabeth Warren. She is defending we the little people. Out of all of our representatives in DC fighting against us…EW gets it. She is a winner.
Thank the Lord our God who loves us and protects us from harm. She is a very special person and I want to see her able to contribute where she can do the good things we need. It's people like this who can make America great again.
LOVE the Elizabeth Warren the Rivetor!!
Pilot shark….to add a litte more to what you say because I ditto your sentiments.
YES WE CAN !
Great job on the poster.
Elizabeth Warren is my hero - we need many, many more like her!!!
I love that she is a fighter! I hope all of her hard work isn't torn down by the GOP only looking out for businesses and Wall Street. They should look in the mirror one day and see that regular people are the ones that need looking out for. Not corporations!
When I say "Oh my god" I'm referring to Elizabeth Warren.
Or OMG. Same thing. Easier to remember and you don't offend some people when you say GOD. That's another story. We love EW. H a G DAY.
Damn... If we could have Wellstone back. He didn't give a rats ass about re-election. He gave a rats ass about people who didn't have the silver spoon. If he were alive today, he would lay waste to the current Teabag smegma sacks who have made a career of not thinking for themselves. Just sign on to the Norquist dogma, and just cruise. F*ck. Any moron could phone that in. And these are the same GOP bacteria that are so set against welfare. C'mon.
I'd propose to Elizabeth Warren, but I fear my wife would object. Oh well, I can always worship from afar!
She's my new heroine. (After you, Rachel)
YEAH! We need an government agency that can hold our hands for us and tell us that we shouldn't get into adjustable rate mortgages! Why should we have to be logical, and free thinking and use common sense?
THANK GOD FOR BIG GOVERNMENT!
LMAO
so you think that is what this is?
please slowly remove your head from your fourth point of contact.
Tommy obviously has no idea about why the mortgage scam occurred in the first place. I'd recommend Lewis' book " The Big Short", a prize-winning best-seller about CDOs and other exotic financial instruments that were designed to fail, but I fear the lack of pictures and single-syllable words would be too much for him.
Uffdaguy,
his friend lets go needs to read that as well.
but then again only way you can get them to read it is copy and paste it and send it as a hot flash from cult troll central.
@Jim Freudschuh...Who would possibly oppose welfare? I mean, it's been such a positive and successful social program up to this point!
Corporate Welfare We The People really we need to 100% oppose that!
social welfare is needed by Americans who have contributed but now are down and out cause of many things maybe their fault maybe NOT. the thing is they are AMERICAN people.
and if you want to be treated like a human then you better treat others the same way.
and yes it still goes. slowly remove that big square head of your out of your fourth point of contact!
Thank You!
I agree, Tommy. Corporate welfare has been a disaster. Look at all the jobs we've lost and the debt we've created. Let's raise the real corporate tax rate, eliminate most deductions and credits on corporate returns, and end subsidies. For once, I can agree with you.
Who else picked up on Professor Warren's getting choked up (as in, on the verge of tears) last night?
Now contrast to John Boehner.
I'm trying to make allowances for my admitted bias in favor of Warren and against Boehner, but I'm still coming up with a very one-sided comparison.
I noticed too, D.C. Interesting that the tears of one seem born of immense strength, the other of complete weakness. The roll-reversal is striking. Obama is no fool, and I'm gratified that he recognizes how valuable the gentler sex is when it comes to political matters.
Senator Warren I'm all for it1
I want that poster! And Elizabeth Warren in the Senate...and the White House...And the Supreme Court. Can I? Huh? Huh? Can I?
RAchel,
Get Ms Warren to agree to this poster and donate profits to a charity of her choice.
When I first heard Warren wasn't going to be named head of the CFPB, I was very unhappy--didn't have a clue who the appointee was. Since I watched the Warren interview on TRMS, all my fear and confusion disappeared. Since Warren supports him, and he's her protegee--I'm fine with it. I'll be even better if she does decide to run for the Senate--I only wish it could be in my state (AZ), where we have 2 mean old male Repubs. we can't seem to dump. I'm also on board with supporting her in a Presidential run--definitely over Hillary Clinton. I'm so happy now--all because I watched that great interview. Thanks, Rachel!