It’s a slow news day, so I thought I’d put a little Elizabeth Warren to music:
“I’m worried the power in the financial services industry. I’m worried about the fact that cops were taken off the beat in financial services, and that these guys were allowed to paint a bull’s eye on the backs of American families,” Warren said of banking industry executives. “They crashed the economy, and then they got bailed out.”
“And what bothers me now is they still strut around Washington, they block regulations they don’t want and roll over agencies whenever they can,” Warren added.
She went on to say it will continue to be a central issue for her during her time in the Senate, but wouldn’t say if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s actions toward banking executives would determine whether or not Warren backs her in 2016.
I know I feel better. How about you?
Considering she’s up against the establishment of both parties, not really. It’s more like I dread her inevitable crushing if she looks to get anywhere.
I think Elizabeth Warren is one tough cookie. I don’t see her being able to be crushed all that easily. She is a force of nature.
I’ll feel better when Elizabeth Warren runs in 2016 herself.
Hey, Booman, I just saw this (at Balloon Juice – http://www.balloon-juice.com/2014/04/28/monday-morning-open-thread-hey-summers-fuck-you/), and thought of you, and your ‘counterculture/culture’ issue:
After dinner, “Larry leaned back in his chair and offered me some advice,” Ms. Warren writes. “I had a choice. I could be an insider or I could be an outsider. Outsiders can say whatever they want. But people on the inside don’t listen to them. Insiders, however, get lots of access and a chance to push their ideas. People — powerful people — listen to what they have to say. But insiders also understand one unbreakable rule: They don’t criticize other insiders.
I think there’s something in there I’d love to see you address. Maybe it’s, what’s the difference between counterculture/outsiders and culture/insiders? Because to the extend that Larry Summers is an insider and Elizabeth Warren and outsider …