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UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:13 PM Mar 2015

Upset By Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Banks Debate Halting Some Campaign Donations

Big Wall Street banks are so upset with U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren's call for them to be broken up that some have discussed withholding campaign donations to Senate Democrats in symbolic protest, sources familiar with the discussions said.

Representatives from Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, have met to discuss ways to urge Democrats, including Warren and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, to soften their party's tone toward Wall Street, sources familiar with the discussions said this week.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/elizabeth-warren-campaign-donations_n_6953858.html

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villager

(26,001 posts)
1. Good. The center/right in the Democratic party can't wean itself from these toxic donations.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:16 PM
Mar 2015

So let the donors wean them from the poison, instead.

UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
2. Banks just want to rip off the voters (tax payers) by silencing democrats especially Liz!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:23 PM
Mar 2015

Banks just want to rip off the voters (tax payers) by silencing democrats especially Liz!

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
3. I think it would be a matter of pride for candidates declared exempt from bank donations.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:49 PM
Mar 2015

It might even serve to boost their support if used in a well designed TV add.

zyn

(1 post)
4. Jeb Bush, Israel’s Netanyahu, and Clinton all against Warren
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 01:54 PM
Mar 2015

Netanyahu, US 2016 elections.
zyn, 03/28/2015
Jeb Bush learned this week just how hot the issue of Israel’s Netanyahu has become, when he had to distance himself from one of his own advisers who criticized Netanyahu’s post-election comments. Not only did a spokeswoman for the former Florida governor state that he “disagrees with the sentiments” that former Secretary of State James Baker expressed, but an op-ed published in the National Review on Wednesday made things extra clear. “This is no way to treat an ally... this is no time for schoolyard antics,” Bush wrote of Obama chastising Netanyahu.
Clinton will be challenged to make stand on Israel’s Netanyahu’s crazy attempts to destroy every chance for peaceful dialogue on Palestine or Iran. As secretary of State, she went far enough in supporting the hawks while making lib service in support of the president’s policies.
The Republican nominee will likely be backed by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, and be ardently pro-Israel and hawkish on Iran. At a gathering of Israeli Americans in November, Democrat Haim Saban, a media mogul, joined Adelson in a commitment to supporting Israel and taking a hard line against Iran. He made it clear Clinton has earned his support and that he will do whatever it takes — read: spend — to get her elected. But Saban has criticized the negotiations with Iran and supports legislation to ensure any deal with Iran is submitted to Congress for a 60-day review. He is clearly not interested in the continuation of Obama’s administration policy on Israel.
Throughout the 2016 primary, the GOP will take aim at Obama and the Democrats on Israel, and, therefore Obama is facing the wrath of both his usual haters and the make-believe Democrats like Haim Saban and many others. Even liberals in Israel are circling the wagons to launch a frontal assault on the president.
Team Clinton is taking note of the rise of Jewish Republicans. A relatively new phenomenon, but not surprising since the pressure of money does not recognize what is good for the country any more. The Democratic process is in a state of free fall, but the likes of “Saban” and “Adelson” always get their way. It seems unlikely that in 2016, a grass-root Democrat will get money or media support. When Democrats stand on principal that is not acceptable to the AIPAC (Israel’s Lobby), this unholy alliance is immediately going to manage and influence the issues in the same way it did for 60 years.
Republicans have already sunk their teeth into this opportunity. And they won’t let go.

Clinton will struggle with this but indeed she will tow the line, or, she will lose the contributions and media support. This will again bring her to become hawkish as she was on Libya and Syria.
Elizabeth Warren, who seems to be the grass-root “hope-nominee” is yet to get her massage out, a massage that seems to resonate with the voters across ideologies: “holding the money influence back to make for good election”; but the Democratic leadership do not seem to understand that they need somebody like Warren to get out the vote. As of now, it seems like we are going to have a government made up totally of Republicans Neo-cons, the illusion of “tea-party” not withstanding.



UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
5. The Bankers Own The GOP!
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 02:16 PM
Mar 2015

All of them will take the Bankers money and do as the bank masters say. The US Tax payers will end up with the bill.

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UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
8. Let's see if the GOP Candidates return campaign contributions they receive from the bankers
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:13 PM
Mar 2015

More importantly let's see if the GOP or it's candidates will stand up and fight the bankers agenda!

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