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G_j

(40,367 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:19 PM Dec 2013

Sign the petition: I come from the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party

https://dailykos.com/campaigns/591

Wall Street Dems know populists like Elizabeth Warren are gaining influence with the Democratic base. Horrified, these Dems have launched an attack throughout corporate media that threatens electoral doom for the Democratic Party if it dares stand up to Wall Street.

So far we've seen:

--A Third Way op-ed in the Wall Street Journal warning Democrats of the "danger" Elizabeth Warren and Bill DeBlasio style economic populism

--Fox News "Democrats" Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell back in Politico for another stab at that whole "radical center" nonsense.

--The DLC's Al From is back in the news with a new book.

All of this, all at once? It's a coordinated counterattack by Wall Street Democrats spooked by the party's embrace of politicians like Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Tammy Baldwin and Jeff Merkley.

They should be spooked. The future of the Democratic Party is a populist one, all that's left is to whittle out the dead weight.

Sign the petition to let Wall Street Democrats know where you stand: I come from the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party.

Petition Text

Our Message to Third Way, the DLC and Wall Street Democrats:
Good to know you are scared of the rise of populists in the Democratic Party. You should be. The future of the Democratic Party is a populist one, all that's left is to whittle out the dead weight.
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Sign the petition: I come from the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party (Original Post) G_j Dec 2013 OP
I was #25605 of 25000 Vincardog Dec 2013 #1
Kick, Rec'd, Signed think Dec 2013 #2
Signed. FiveGoodMen Dec 2013 #3
Not to mention MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #4
you can't miss it G_j Dec 2013 #9
Exactly... blue14u Dec 2013 #26
+1 Corporate tentacles are deep, slimy, and well-funded. nt woo me with science Dec 2013 #11
k&r for Elizabeth Warren. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #5
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #6
This is eye-opening and explains a lot. Old and In the Way Dec 2013 #7
Several people in this administration were connected with Third Way ... slipslidingaway Dec 2013 #34
K&R and signed newfie11 Dec 2013 #8
You think they're scared? This is too funny. BKH70041 Dec 2013 #10
well yes, Cecil is certainly one of the good ole boys G_j Dec 2013 #12
Bill is a big contributor. BKH70041 Dec 2013 #16
Think the good people of Massachusetts will end her tenure? MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #17
She's helping to pull the conversation left... Jasana Dec 2013 #21
She raised more than anyone else running for Senate last year MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #24
You would be correct about the small donors but... Jasana Dec 2013 #25
We Are the Borg. You Will be Assimilated. Resistance is Futile. Lasher Dec 2013 #28
Which is why we need Warrens, not liar-populists MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #13
you make an excellent argument for not voting for these shitbag "centrists" anymore.. frylock Dec 2013 #18
you sound scared fascisthunter Dec 2013 #22
Kick. wilsonbooks Dec 2013 #14
Signed, and forwarded to 38 others Scuba Dec 2013 #15
don't call it a petition, call it a mailing and donation solicitation list NightWatcher Dec 2013 #19
I signed... Jasana Dec 2013 #20
I signed just a bit ago!! RiverLover Dec 2013 #23
K & R democrank Dec 2013 #27
Liz Warren is a true progressive! Utopian Leftist Dec 2013 #29
^ Wilms Dec 2013 #30
Do not recall the exact date tiredtoo Dec 2013 #31
knr nt slipslidingaway Dec 2013 #32
but but Elizabeth isn't Running! She said! She PROMISED! Whisp Dec 2013 #33
 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
4. Not to mention
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:43 PM
Dec 2013

A sudden and huge number of posts on DU belittling anyone who wants Sen. Warren to run for President.

Whether it's the unbelievably-well-funded Third Way crowd, or earnest individuals on DU, it will fail. America needs FDR Democrats to pull us from disaster once again, and Sen. Warren is in the vanguard.

blue14u

(575 posts)
26. Exactly...
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 09:50 PM
Dec 2013

and to wake up!

Thank you for the post. I have been bating the naysayers all week.

They just won't listen or see the wave coming.

It's going to be like a tsunami if EW throws her hat in.

I don't think the RW will be able to stop us. If she is going to

run, announce it in 2014 so we will see a rush to the polls to be

sure she has a House and Senate to back her and her progressive

agenda for the next 8 years..

slipslidingaway

(21,210 posts)
34. Several people in this administration were connected with Third Way ...
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 01:23 AM
Dec 2013

there were several posts on the old DU.





BKH70041

(961 posts)
10. You think they're scared? This is too funny.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:14 PM
Dec 2013

What is there to be scared about?

William Cecil, the guy who owns the Biltmore House and Estate and a good friend of mine, is a big donor to the Democratic Party. Who do you think the party leader's are more likely to listen to; you (or even a group of you) or him?

Warrens speech serves a purpose, and that's all it does. Let me explain it to you the way Bill Cecil would if he were here. You have a role to play as a member of the party. The big money contributors will decide who gets to make the grade, the candidate can say whatever populist rhetoric they need to say to get you to vote for them, you vote, then STFU because you're done. If you don't understand your role, then get the hell out of the party.

But that's Bill. I'm much more polite.

Just vote for the Democratic candidate. It'll be handled from there.

Take it either way. The ending is the same.

G_j

(40,367 posts)
12. well yes, Cecil is certainly one of the good ole boys
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:20 PM
Dec 2013

him and Don Yelton have a few things in common in that sense.

BKH70041

(961 posts)
16. Bill is a big contributor.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:37 PM
Dec 2013

Bill gets what he wants or the money dries up. Lots of others just like him. Lots.

If Warren is serious (which I doubt), then she'll have the ways of the world explained to her, and she'll abide. Senator Schumer (and others) has a way with words.

Candidates either play correctly or they get disappeared. The choice is theirs up to the point they chooses incorrectly, then their ability to choose ends.

You'll see.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
17. Think the good people of Massachusetts will end her tenure?
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:44 PM
Dec 2013

Think again.

Think Warren will shut her mouth?

Think again.

The 99% have a beach head now, and more actual Democrats are being elected every day. Even a Socialist in Seattle! Short of unlawful violence instigated by our afflictors, we will win.

Jasana

(490 posts)
21. She's helping to pull the conversation left...
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 08:39 PM
Dec 2013

That's a big step right there. Plus Liz has some big funding right here in Mass. Not Wall Street size but enough to keep her independent and doing her own thing in the Senate.

Jasana

(490 posts)
25. You would be correct about the small donors but...
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 09:48 PM
Dec 2013

Senator Warren does have some big Mass. devotees. My former boss is one. I signed heavy duty non-disclosure agreements before I left so I can't just come out and say who but I can guarantee you, my former boss is no big fan of Wall Street.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
13. Which is why we need Warrens, not liar-populists
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:21 PM
Dec 2013

I suspect that Americans have had enough of the Liar Populists you seem to be so proud of. This time, instead, we'll vote for an actual Democrat.

If the Predator Class wasn't so afraid of Warren, we wouldn't be seeing these attacks. They don't go after others like this.

Game on.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
19. don't call it a petition, call it a mailing and donation solicitation list
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 07:50 PM
Dec 2013

That's all any of these petitions are. They change nothing, but they open you to solicitations for donations. I'm not saying it's a horrible thing to give, but these are thinly veiled attempts to get money and email addresses and little else.

Jasana

(490 posts)
20. I signed...
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 08:26 PM
Dec 2013

I also put this special little message in the comment section... "I hope Senator Warren and those like her keep kicking over the rocks you've been hiding under."

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
23. I signed just a bit ago!!
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 09:12 PM
Dec 2013

Thanks for posting here. Hope many, many more sign! I'm tired of fake democrats in office. Go EW!! And S Brown!!

Utopian Leftist

(534 posts)
29. Liz Warren is a true progressive!
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:23 PM
Dec 2013

And without a truly progressive leader in this party, will we ever get reform on the climate and environment? Will we ever see the sun set on the plutocracy and the corrupt form of capitalism that now dominates us? Without a progressive leader, we certainly will not.

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
31. Do not recall the exact date
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 11:45 PM
Dec 2013

it was probably in 2003 but may have been in 1999. Presidential debate, Ralph Nader said "I am from the Democratic wing of the Democratic party."
However, i did sign petition to third way asking for divulging the names of donors. Just a few things to muse over in the upcoming turmoil.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
33. but but Elizabeth isn't Running! She said! She PROMISED!
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 01:14 AM
Dec 2013

-This message is probably brought to you by the chief honcho Wall Street Thirders - the Clintons.

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