The Speech That Could Make Elizabeth Warren the Next President of the United States
12/13/2014
Early Friday evening Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the Senate floor and gave a plain-spoken, barn-burning speech that could make history and put her into serious contention to be the next President of the United States.
There are only a handful of political speeches that have such historic impact. Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention comes readily to mind. It's what catapulted an obscure Illinois state Senator into the national limelight and put him on the path to becoming President.
Warren's Senate speech was different, but just as electrifying.
Here's the heart of Warren's speech:
Democrats don't like Wall Street bailouts. Republicans don't like Wall Street bailouts. The American people are disgusted by Wall Street bailouts
And yet here we are, five years after Dodd-Frank with Congress on the verge of ramming through a provision that would do nothing for the middle class, do nothing for community banks, do nothing but raise the risk that taxpayers will have to bail out the biggest banks once again...
So let me say this to anyone who is listening at Citi[group]. I agree with you Dodd-Frank
isn't perfect. It should have broken you into pieces!
If this Congress is going to open up Dodd-Frank in the months ahead, then let's open it up
to get tougher, not to create more bailout opportunities. If we're going to open up Dodd-Frank, let's open it up so that once and for all we end too big to fail and I mean really end it, not just say that we did.
Instead of passing laws that create new bailout opportunities for too big to fail banks, let's pass...something...that would help break up these giant banks.
A century ago Teddy Roosevelt was America's Trust-Buster. He went after the giant trusts
and monopolies in this country, and a lot of people talk about how those trust deserved to be broken up because they had too much economic power. But Teddy Roosevelt said we should break them up because they had too much political power. Teddy Roosevelt said break them up because all that concentrated power threatens the very foundations up our democratic system.
And now we're watching as Congress passes yet another provision that was written by lobbyists for the biggest recipient of bailout money in the history of this country. And its attached to a bill that needs to pass or else we entire federal government will grind to a halt.
Think about that kind of power. If a financial institution has become so big and so powerful
that it can hold the entire country hostage. That alone is reason enough to break them up.
Enough is enough.
Enough is enough with Wall Street insiders getting key position after key position and the kind
of cronyism that we have seen in the executive branch. Enough is enough with Citigroup passing 11th hour deregulatory provisions that nobody takes ownership over but everybody will come to regret. Enough is enough
Washington already works really well for the billionaires and the big corporations and the lawyers and the lobbyists.
But what about the families who lost their homes or their jobs or their retirement savings the last time Citigroup bet big on derivatives and lost? What about the families who are living paycheck to paycheck and saw their tax dollars go to bail out Citi just 6 years ago?
We were sent here to fight for those families. It is time, it is past time, for Washington to start working for them!
Please take less than 10 minutes of your time to watch the speech below. Like Obama's 2004 Convention speech, it was an historic speech, a potentially game changing speech. It catapulted Warren from a potential nuisance to Hillary Clinton's coronation as the Democratic nominee to someone who could foreseeably win the nomination and even the Presidency....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/the-speech-that-could-mak_b_6319142.html
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But this is just Warren or Sanders 
McCain was running, but Obama had to keep going with pointless primary efforts because of her. I suspect it was because she wanted to keep dividing the Party (PUMA-Party Unity My Ass) so that she could cut a deal with Obama about her and Bill campaiging hard for him if he would......
And here is Clinton loyaltist, James Carville, smirking while flaunting his PUMA sneakers at the DNC convened to nominate Obama.
"And of all of them that might she has the MOST to lose announcing early on..."
For her to announce her plans too early would be political suicide. She needs to ride in on her white horse at the
latest possible time.
Meanwhile there is a movement growing to support her leadership in any and all ways possible -- one can hear the drum beating for her from all corners of this country.
For the time being, she just needs to be what she does best. She inspires trust and hope for the future of this country as she does battle with those who would ruin it in the name of greed lust.
And I not anxious for a Hillary coronation. Not even close.
K and R
Really, when it comes down to winning elections, I think what matters more than any experience is the ability to inspire. I think Warren has that. The issue is whether anyone running against her can be more inspirational (whether in the primaries or the general), and based on the names being tossed around so far, I don't think so. Barring some huge mis-step, based on the current likely field, I think if she runs, she wins.
There is so much that was hidden from the public.
A thread on this topic would help clarify. I think you're referring to Richard Corday? If so, I know that Warren was pushing for him to get into the position of the CFPB.
Forgive me if this has already been discussed here. I've been very ill for months and basically out of it at every level.
I swear, Elizabeth Warren has somehow breathed new life into me! 
On edit: corrected spelling on two words.
that I know of, although Klein and Taibbi are very good.
I live in poverty with chronic illness, but I do send Palast money when I can so he will stay as independent as possible. I know of friends who also send him money.
I've come to know that there are very few tenacious and trustworthy sources of information. Palast is a gem.
I just wish he wouldn't swear so much... but knowing what he knows... I guess I can't really blame him.
Thank you for posting this. I wish I had thought of it, as I do have a collection of his announcements, stories, etc.
I've just had brain surgery in late October, and am finally able to function. But it's slow going.
This says, "to my Mary, Greg Palast"
He has dug so deep into corrupt policies and unfathomable greed and writes so compellingly about the people who do it, that I'm amazed that someone hasn't knocked him off! He's had a few close calls.
Palast and Warren are both a very special breed. They dig and don't stop digging until they get as close to the truth and bigger picture as possible. While Warren is somewhat dour, Palast is so gleeful and humorous when he breaks through the shields of lies to get to the truth. He never fails to describe with great humor what the shields to the truth look like....usually people in high places doing outrageous things for wealth.
And then there are his stunning posts on the character aptly named "The Vulture". Read about him and your stomach will feel queasy and you will know that there are people who are willing to destroy entire countries by stealing their wealth.
This kind of greed is beyond my personal understanding. 
Just think he's the worst of all the Devils
Okay, I really rec'd cuz I want Warren for President...
