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kpete

(72,005 posts) Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:51 AM Mar 2016

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Warren: I'm Leia, not Vader

It's the latest escalation in Warren’s war against deregulating Wall Street.

In an email titled, "I won't be neutered," Warren said, "The Force is not strong" with Luetkemeyer, who went after her at an American Bankers Association conference Wednesday.

Warren said she identifies more with Leia, “a senator and Resistance general who, unlike the guys, is never even remotely tempted by the dark side.”

"Why would he go out of his way to say something so sexist and offensive?" Warren said. "Is he hostile to all women? Clueless? Afraid? And then I had a second thought: This is all about money."

Luetkemeyer is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee. Warren said he's a "Wall Street yes-man" and that "trying to land the best zinger with my name is just one more way to earn chits and try to cash in big time with that audience."

"They can call me Darth Vader or Voldemort or the Wicked Witch of Massachusetts for all I care — but I won’t be neutered. I won’t be muzzled. And I won’t stop fighting to level the playing field for working families," she said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/elizabeth-warren-not-darth-vader-blaine-luetkemeyer-220941#ixzz43GKBh3BB
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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/elizabeth-warren-not-darth-vader-blaine-luetkemeyer-220941

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Warren: I'm Leia, not Vader (Original Post) kpete Mar 2016 OP

Warren: I love my Senator, fighting for fair play. rgbecker Mar 2016 #1

So her daddy's Vader? Igel Mar 2016 #2

Elizabeth Warren rocks!! KPN Mar 2016 #3

This is why I love my senator BlueState Mar 2016 #4

I lov Liz Cryptoad Mar 2016 #5

I don't think RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #9

Worked for Obama/Biden oberliner Mar 2016 #10

Do you understand what you said? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #12

Hillary Clinton is from Illinois and was the First Lady of Arkansas for 10 years oberliner Mar 2016 #14

Delaware also borders RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #15

Maryland, like Delaware awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #21

If you say so oberliner Mar 2016 #27

Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren do not agree on fundamental issues concerning banking, JDPriestly Mar 2016 #20

There are often fundamental areas of disagreement between running mates oberliner Mar 2016 #28

Delaware is considered by almost everyone I know to be part of the Northeast. Zynx Mar 2016 #22

Whoever becomes the 45th President Staph Mar 2016 #11

but Cryptoad Mar 2016 #16

You are basing the future on TWO elections? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #17

So u dont think next two elections Cryptoad Mar 2016 #18

Agreed. we need Warren in the Senate. Sanders too, if he isn't going to be President. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #24

Warren is on track to take Kennedy's place as the LION of the Senate. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #6

Another amazing ethical person who does SheilaT Mar 2016 #7

So she's Bernie's sister? RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #23

Awesome! blackspade Mar 2016 #13

I have known Luetkemeyer for 40 years the only force he can muster is methane. gordianot Mar 2016 #19

Leia? SusanLarson Mar 2016 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #26

rgbecker

(4,834 posts)

1. Warren: I love my Senator, fighting for fair play.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:24 AM

Mar 2016

Igel

(35,332 posts)

2. So her daddy's Vader?

Reply to rgbecker (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:37 AM

Mar 2016

I'm guessing her son's not exactly a good guy so far, but that's speculation.

KPN

(15,647 posts)

3. Elizabeth Warren rocks!!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:47 AM

Mar 2016

BlueState

(642 posts)

4. This is why I love my senator

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:50 AM

Mar 2016

Not only is Elizabeth right on the issues. She is so on point when she decides to mix it up with the freaks on the right.

Sorry, Luetkemeyer when you take on Sen. Warren you are out of your league!

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

5. I lov Liz

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:02 AM

Mar 2016

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

9. I don't think

Reply to Cryptoad (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 12:41 PM

Mar 2016

that as unwise it would be to have Clinton as president, running another person for VP from the north is just plain stupid!
And no, I was never an advocate for the Sanders/Warren thing either.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

10. Worked for Obama/Biden

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 12:49 PM

Mar 2016

I think Warren would play well in the crucial swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

12. Do you understand what you said?

Reply to oberliner (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 01:14 PM

Mar 2016

That a presidential candidate from Illinois with a VP from Delaware are the same as a Presidential candidate from NY and one from Mass?
It was not the same. Delaware is considered by many a Southern state. It is at least Nearer the South than is NY and Mass.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

14. Hillary Clinton is from Illinois and was the First Lady of Arkansas for 10 years

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #12)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:15 PM

Mar 2016

Elizabeth Warren grew up in Oklahoma and went to college in Houston. She moved to Massachusetts when she was in her forties.

Delaware is not considered a Southern state by anyone. It borders New Jersey and Pennsylvania (which is where Biden grew up).

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

15. Delaware also borders

Reply to oberliner (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:24 PM

Mar 2016

Maryland but I guess that you do not consider that a southern state either. Funny, people I know in Virginia and Maryland consider Delaware a "semi-southern" state.

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

21. Maryland, like Delaware

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:11 AM

Mar 2016

Were not part of the CSA

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

27. If you say so

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #15)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:29 AM

Mar 2016

Personally, I don't really see Joe Biden as being from the South.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

20. Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren do not agree on fundamental issues concerning banking,

Reply to oberliner (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:19 PM

Mar 2016

and consumer rights. Hillary is much more pro-banks than Elizabeth Warren.

They disagree for example on the Bankruptcy Bill (although at one time, before the banks started paying her off, Hillary agreed with Elizabeth Warren on these issues).

Please read Elizabeth Warren's book. She does not play the banks' game like Hillary does.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

28. There are often fundamental areas of disagreement between running mates

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #20)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:30 AM

Mar 2016

That happens pretty frequently.

Zynx

(21,328 posts)

22. Delaware is considered by almost everyone I know to be part of the Northeast.

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #12)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:13 AM

Mar 2016

Yes, maybe in 1907 I would have considered it Southernish, but that's changed. Anything to the northeast of DC is considered part of the Northeast.

Staph

(6,252 posts)

11. Whoever becomes the 45th President

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 12:50 PM

Mar 2016

will need Elizabeth Warren right where she is -- leading the Senate in the ~~right~~ correct direction.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

16. but

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:05 PM

Mar 2016

no southern states are in play this time,,,,, ah but u say FL,,, FL is no longer a southern state or VA. It will be the same Blue states that put Obama in the WH the last 2 election. and Warren plays well in all those states.

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

17. You are basing the future on TWO elections?

Reply to Cryptoad (Reply #16)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 04:16 PM

Mar 2016

Please stop with the nonsense.
Thanks.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

18. So u dont think next two elections

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #17)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 04:56 PM

Mar 2016

will affect the Future.
and u call my opinions nonsense.

funny

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

24. Agreed. we need Warren in the Senate. Sanders too, if he isn't going to be President.

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 03:11 AM

Mar 2016

PatrickforO

(14,586 posts)

6. Warren is on track to take Kennedy's place as the LION of the Senate.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:14 AM

Mar 2016

She's really good for all of us.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

7. Another amazing ethical person who does

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 11:52 AM

Mar 2016

not change her positions to kow-tow to power. What a novel concept!

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

8. So she's Bernie's sister?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 12:40 PM

Mar 2016

Cool!
If she is Leia, and Bernie is Luke, than they are brother and sister!

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blackspade

(10,056 posts)

13. Awesome!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 01:44 PM

Mar 2016

gordianot

(15,242 posts)

19. I have known Luetkemeyer for 40 years the only force he can muster is methane.

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Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:27 PM

Mar 2016

SusanLarson

(284 posts)

25. Leia?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 04:33 AM

Mar 2016

Leia would have called out the emperor no matter what the cost. Why hasn't Warren called out the candidate who is clearly bought and paid for by Wall Street; instead she is keeping her mouth shut, like a good little girl, playing ball. She's letting Luke (Sanders) fight the battle without her at his side.

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