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yurbud

(39,405 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 01:59 PM Dec 2013

Elizabeth Warren Responds to Third Way Attack by Talking Directly to Their Owners

This is the smartest thing a politician has done in a while, and if it starts a trend, it could put a major dent in the usefulness of the meatpuppets and sockpuppets of the rich and corporations.

I especially like the idea of Washington usually only fencing with messenger boys of power. It's like pretending to argue with Kermit the Frog about whether muppets are real when you are in a position to see and speak directly to the guy with the hand up his ass.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is not taking the attack on her by Third Way lying down. In an open letter to the CEOs of the Too Big To Fail Wall Street banks responsible for the financial crisis of 2008, Senator Warren asks that they disclose their connections to think tanks like Third Way. That way the public will know who is paying the bill for Third Way’s attack on Warren and those asking for economic justice.

Dear Mr. Dimon, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Corbat, Mr. Stumpf, Mr. Blankfein and Mr. Gorman:..

I am writing to encourage you to voluntarily disclose financial contributions your institutions make to think tanks. In my view, policies by your institutions to conceal those contributions from public view are wrong. Greater transparency will benefit your shareholders, policymakers, and ultimately, the public.


In other words, if you want to destroy me, own it. Don’t cowardly hide behind front groups like Third Way, do your own dirty work. Which will surely scare the banksters because working for a living is not what they signed up for.

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So it seems Warren isn’t interested in playing DC’s favorite game where you only fence with the courtiers and agents of power – she went to the source. Sounds like a certain movement I can think of. Occupy the Puppet Masters.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/12/04/elizabeth-warren-responds-to-third-way-attack-by-asking-wall-street-to-disclose-ties/
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Elizabeth Warren Responds to Third Way Attack by Talking Directly to Their Owners (Original Post) yurbud Dec 2013 OP
Love this clear-headed common-sense beautiful woman. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #1
And she has the courage of her convictions. What a breath of fresh air. Scuba Dec 2013 #13
FOR ONCE! A legislator who is not a STOOGE! nt burnsei sensei Dec 2013 #2
What a treasure we have in this intelligent caring woman in a powerful office. northoftheborder Dec 2013 #3
Yeah, no kidding! calimary Dec 2013 #9
President Warren. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #4
K&R for the topic and this comment tecelote Dec 2013 #12
Speaking of sockpuppets... yurbud Dec 2013 #5
Why can't you name names? If they're posting, let us know who they are. erronis Dec 2013 #23
Search for any positive use of centrist or pragmatic, or "can't win in red states"... yurbud Dec 2013 #28
She's fearless! BrotherIvan Dec 2013 #6
where ARE our Third Way friends? yurbud Dec 2013 #7
We should speak directly to the puupet masters & expose them continuously. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2013 #8
She will continue to have my 110% support no matter what she chooses bullwinkle428 Dec 2013 #10
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #11
She continues to make me proud. Phlem Dec 2013 #14
the problem is too many of them are meatpuppets themselves yurbud Dec 2013 #20
gotta love the Third way! Phlem Dec 2013 #24
We just got to make sure we don't buy their recycled garbage. When DLC became toxic yurbud Dec 2013 #27
An American hero The Wizard Dec 2013 #15
Kudos to Elizabeth Warren. bvar22 Dec 2013 #16
I totally agree yurbud Dec 2013 #22
I wonder if she could use another husband. malthaussen Dec 2013 #17
Amazing Roarybeans Dec 2013 #18
Iread this, raised my fist above my head and shouted YES! rurallib Dec 2013 #19
Oh, other Dem. congress people know what's going on all right. It's just that they don't have Cal33 Dec 2013 #42
Love her! abelenkpe Dec 2013 #21
I can think of a lot of pols I'd trade for Feinstein yurbud Dec 2013 #26
Mr. President, take note: Brewinblue Dec 2013 #25
k&r for Elizabeth Warren. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #29
After reading Politico's indignant reaction to Warren's letter I knew she did the right thing. pa28 Dec 2013 #30
that is too funny--and sad. yurbud Dec 2013 #31
Heh. I like this lady - she's sharp. Go Elizabeth! K&R nt TBF Dec 2013 #32
I love her more each time she's in the news Ian_rd Dec 2013 #33
I keep waiting for a sour note--but it never comes yurbud Dec 2013 #37
K&R DeSwiss Dec 2013 #34
K&R! Well done, Elizabeth Warren! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #35
Hear, hear albino65 Dec 2013 #36
We don't have enough Mongols in the US--I've only met a handful. But we could use other ethnicities yurbud Dec 2013 #38
Third Way = Fifth Column Moral Compass Dec 2013 #39
UNREC brooklynite Dec 2013 #40
Yes, and Third Way people also want Wall Street corporations to continue being powerful and keep Cal33 Dec 2013 #43
ALRIGHT!! YES, TELL US WHOSE PAYING FOR THE ATTACKS! Bill USA Dec 2013 #41

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
5. Speaking of sockpuppets...
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 02:10 PM
Dec 2013

reading the original column she was responding to, it sounds a lot like the same style and EXACT WORDS some people post around here:

On the same day that Bill de Blasio won in New York City, a referendum to raise taxes on high-income Coloradans to fund public education and universal pre-K failed in a landslide. This is the type of state that Democrats captured in 2008 to realign the national electoral map, and they did so through offering a vision of pragmatic progressive government, not fantasy-based blue-state populism. Before Democrats follow Sen. Warren and Mayor-elect de Blasio over the populist cliff, they should consider Colorado as the true 2013 Election Day harbinger of American liberalism.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304337404579213923151169790#printMode


If you are getting your lines from the Third Way (formerly DLC), why not own up to it?

Take pride in sharing the ideas of your wealthy masters.

If you get paid to write for them, you should be even more proud to hold that over the heads of the rest of us idiots who type like monkeys for free.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
28. Search for any positive use of centrist or pragmatic, or "can't win in red states"...
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:09 PM
Dec 2013

"and I want a pony"

I don't keep track of their names, just their glib talking points.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
6. She's fearless!
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 02:13 PM
Dec 2013

I hope she gets to make her mark in history as a Teddy Roosevelt who kicked some major ass. We so desperately need her to win this fight against these bastards.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
10. She will continue to have my 110% support no matter what she chooses
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 03:21 PM
Dec 2013

to do with the rest of her career and life.

K&R.

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
14. She continues to make me proud.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 03:44 PM
Dec 2013

The Dem's need to start reading her playbook and watch her do her magic. They all need to be doing what she does best.

-p

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
24. gotta love the Third way!
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:03 PM
Dec 2013

not.

We need to start weeding them out every election and make the Turdway vanish.

-p

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
27. We just got to make sure we don't buy their recycled garbage. When DLC became toxic
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:05 PM
Dec 2013

with activists, they morphed into the "Third Way."

When they change names again, we have to keep treating them as exactly what they are.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
15. An American hero
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 03:45 PM
Dec 2013

with guts and integrity. Very dangerous to the Washington shysters with Cayman Islands accounts.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
16. Kudos to Elizabeth Warren.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 04:00 PM
Dec 2013

She truly speaks for me.

The only sad part is that she is so outstanding and noticeable.....
for just doing her job.
There should be so many Democrats doing their jobs,
and saying the same things that this Freshman Senator would be hardly noticeable or noteworthy.

She is shaming most of the rest of our Party by their inaction, venality, and meek submission to BIG MONEY.

 

Cal33

(7,018 posts)
42. Oh, other Dem. congress people know what's going on all right. It's just that they don't have
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 05:15 PM
Dec 2013

her integrity and guts.

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
21. Love her!
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 04:57 PM
Dec 2013

REspect her more each passing day, too.

Wish she was my senator. Hey, wanna trade for Dianne Feinstein?

pa28

(6,145 posts)
30. After reading Politico's indignant reaction to Warren's letter I knew she did the right thing.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:14 PM
Dec 2013

They said she was being "intemperate" and then went on to accuse her of McCarthyism in the same piece. Really.

She has a special way of exposing hypocrites, criminals and malefactors of every stripe.

 

albino65

(484 posts)
36. Hear, hear
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 11:00 AM
Dec 2013

I am rapidly becoming an Elizabeth Warren Democrat. She is smart, sincere and a fighter. I say that we call out all the shadow figures. Name names loudly and very publicly. Occupy their places of business, their home towns, their streets and their lawns. Publish where they live. Bring on the hoard of Mongols! (I got a little carried away there)

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
38. We don't have enough Mongols in the US--I've only met a handful. But we could use other ethnicities
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 11:26 AM
Dec 2013

Moral Compass

(1,521 posts)
39. Third Way = Fifth Column
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 11:48 AM
Dec 2013

If our government is by the people for the people...then these well funded front organizations are actively against the people. Extend that logic just a tudge and you end up with sedition and treason.

These groups (Third Way, Fix the Debt) are subversive organizations that are actively working against the interests of the people of the U.S. and by extension against the U.S itself (as the people and the country are one).

The reason they desperately don't want their names revealed is that it would rapidly become a PR nightmare (bad optics in Washington-speak).

While we cannot constitutionally dismantle the right wing infrastructure we can insist that donors be made public. In essence, if they want to pay then they gotta play. We must insist that everyone that is funding these groups be made public whether individuals or our artificial immortal citizens (corporations).

We need few more like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders who are not owned by the moneyed elite. Let's support them in every way we can and work to elect more like them. They are our only hope.

brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
40. UNREC
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 12:44 PM
Dec 2013

Senator Warren's letter says nothing about contributions to Third Way, and there is no reference anywhere to an attack on Senator Warrent BY Third Way. The only link is the FDL authors suggestion that the individuals contributed to Think Tanks "like" Third Way.

I will acknowledge that Third Way is not progressive in terms that people here understand, and you're welcome to disagree with their policy advocacy. But they ARE a Democratic Party-aligned group. Their membership includes notorious "conservatives" such as John DIngell, James Clyburn, Chris Coons, and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. They support marriage equality, reproductive rights, ACA, responsible gun control, the Iran nuclear agreement, defense spending cust and a host of other issues many people here would support.

 

Cal33

(7,018 posts)
43. Yes, and Third Way people also want Wall Street corporations to continue being powerful and keep
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 05:24 PM
Dec 2013

on doing what they always do -- this makes it an impossible situation, doesn't it?

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