Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumElizabeth Warren Defends Bernie Sanders From Goldman Sachs Criticism
In an interview with International Business Times hours before Wednesday nights Democratic town hall in New Hampshire, the Massachusetts senator whose endorsement is coveted by both Democratic candidates slammed Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein for asserting earlier in the day that Sanders criticism of Wall Street had created a dangerous environment in America.
"He thinks its fine to prosecute small business owners, its fine to go hard after individuals who have no real resources, but dont criticize companies like Goldman Sachs and their very, very important CEO thats what hes really saying, Warren told IBT.
In January, Sanders pointed to billionaire Blankfein as a prime example of the corporate greed he says is harming the United States. Sanders also released a television ad in which he slammed Goldman Sachs by name, and he has criticized Clinton, a former senator and secretary of state, for accepting $675,000 of speaking fees and $930,000 of campaign contributions from the firm and its executives during her career. A Goldman Sachs employee has given $100,000 to a super PAC supporting Clintons 2016 campaign, and the firm has donated at least $250,000 to her familys foundation which in 2014 held a donor meeting at the companys Manhattan headquarters.
Blankfein responded to Sanders criticism on Wednesday in an appearance on CNBC, saying the intensity of the criticism created an environment that has the potential to be a dangerous moment not just for Wall Street, not just for the people who are particularly targeted, but for anybody who is a little bit out of line.
Warren, a Democrat, disputed that notion in harsh terms, telling IBT that such statements show why American voters should focus on Wall Streets power during the 2016 election.
When Blankfein says that criticizing those who break the rules is dangerous to the economy, then hes just repeating another variation of too big to fail, too big to jail, 'too big even to prosecute,' she said. That tells you here we are, seven years after the crisis and these guys still dont get it. Seven years. That crisis cost an estimated $14 trillion, it cost jobs, it cost homes, it cost retirement funds. And Lloyd Blankfein stands up and says Dont even criticize me, I ran a company that was right at the heart of some of the biggest financial frauds in history and made money off it, but dont you dare criticize me. Thats his position? Thats why we need voters to get really engaged.
Continued: http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/election-2016-elizabeth-warren-defends-bernie-sanders-goldman-sachs-criticism
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)MrChuck
(279 posts)actually I'm not sure they'll do that.
I think there's still some lingering hope, however delusional, that she'll pitch in with Camp Weathervane.
I kind of understand why she doesn't endorse but I really wish she would.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)DJ13
(23,671 posts)Kilgore
(1,733 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Either that or they've called a meeting and have stepped away to decide how to handle it.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)what will the Hillary supporters be saying then about Warren?
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)except he's a Feminist , how are Feminists Sexist anyway??
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)endorse right now. I love her and all she's done, but what she's saying and how she's saying it means a lot more. She also is saying what SHE'S ALWAYS SAID!
JMHO!
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)hope she does more of this while people are still listening only to those who either have not yet endorsed either of them or others who are endorsing the hillary machine.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)I'm just thinking out loud, but she's smart and who better to know how it feels? She walked in the same type of shoes. She KNOWS what they want and the pressure must be immense. The "system" is being challenged. Like playing poker maybe. You get in the game and get dealt a hand and nobody knows what cards she's holding.
Bad hand, she has to fold to play again. I really don't know. As I said, just thinking out loud. I'm no psychic.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)litlbilly
(2,227 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Cheviteau
(383 posts)...Senator Warren is daring the Clinton camp to come to the rescue and defend Mr. Blankfein. They have three choices: dispute Warren; defend Blankfein; or let it slide. None of the three is a good option.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)!
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erlewyne
(1,115 posts)that just can't get its hand out of a cookie jar
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,622 posts)She's unafraid and gets out there with her very clear and on-point message.
She is a national treasure!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)She is tough on crime in the 99%. She supports Prisons For Profit and they support her.
Red Oak
(697 posts)I really would like to have seen a Clinton/ Warren nomination fight.
Senator Warren would have chewed Sec. Clinton up and spit out the bones.
Maybe Sanders/Warren 2016?
INdemo
(6,994 posts)and if Bernie wins NH ...I think Elizabeth Warren will endorse Bernie Sanders soon after his NH win.
mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)Actually, as long as she stays away from that she'll be as much help to the Sanders campaign as President Obama's fulsome praise of Hillary is to hers.
As long as she doesn't support HRC I'll be happy.
dinkytron
(568 posts)step in and stop the pleading. She will become a dynamic surrogate... which is what she sort of did today.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Don Draper
(187 posts)Like FDR, the banksters hate Bernie and Bernie welcomes their hate.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)I've already seen the "She used to be a Repub" line pop up fairly often from a few Clinton supporters lately.
Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)So I don't hold that against her at this point.
There are a ton more pertinent issues about her policy positions that do concern to me though.
DUbeornot2be
(367 posts)...in the names.
Gold Man
Blank Fine
Uncle Joe
(58,362 posts)Thanks for the thread, Mufaddal.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Anyone who holds the economy hostage should be removed from the economy.
ErisDiscordia
(443 posts)It's like a damn soap opera.
scottie55
(1,400 posts)Cuz the $$ have gave you for your campaign right?
I know, I know, it's the system not you right?
Actually it is the system.
Bernie knows it.
Warren knows it.
I know it.
You all know it.
Who is gonna change it?
Hillary?
Buuahghha[[ghahgpagpyhahahahah........
ejbr
(5,856 posts)Screw us once, you get a pass. Screw us twice, now that's MY a$$!
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ozone_man
(4,825 posts)scottie55
(1,400 posts)Don't complain.
Especially after starving millions of people to death to make a profit in '08.
To call you scum is an insult to slime.
You are beyond scum.
Of course the people who died were poor, and powerless.
That makes it ok right?
raindaddy
(1,370 posts)and soul of the Democratic Party, it's Elizabeth Warren.. Her endorsement means more than a dozen Nancy Pelosi's....
PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)as well as the big corporate oligarchs, are parasites. They are the ones who are out of line. They are out of line with their greed, which holds that we must lose in order that they win. They are out of line because they are willing to make decisions for the sake of profit that cause people to die.
In my opinion, we should take away the Fed's charter and begin printing our own money. We should reimpose strict regulation on Wall Street and pull their fangs so we cannot be poisoned by bundled derivatives again, which is happening now.
The truth is, Lloyd, that everyday working Americans have NOTHING in common with you, and our interests are not yours. You and your ilk have got to go.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Dead right...
Hey, hey
Ho, ho
Lloyd and Co, have got to go!!!
mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)malokvale77
(4,879 posts)PonyUp
(1,680 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)The Democratic Party may splinter itself if it continues to have warring factions tearing into the fabric of what it means to be a Democrat at all...
Universal Healthcare
Environmental Stewardship
Social Safety Nets that Matter
Fair Labor Standards
Equitable Distribution of the Nation's Wealth
and most importantly - we live in a democratic republic, NOT A FREAKING MONARCHY!!!
The "crown" of power is not granted or waited for, it is earned only by supporting those precepts.
For those that only see genitalia and time "in line"... I won't waste my time trying...
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/03/goldman-sachs-chief-threatened-dangerous-criticism-sanders
"To personalize it, it has potential to be a dangerous moment," Blankfein told CNBC on Wednesday. "Not just for Wall Street but for anybody who is a little bit out of line."
Blankfein also reportedly argued "that Sanders and his ilk are too rigid to get anything done," as The Hill put it.
On the campaign trail, Sanders has criticized not only big banks, but rival Hillary Clinton's cozy ties to them.
Bloomberg notes that Blankfeinwho supported Clinton for president in 2008also "declined to endorse a candidate for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, saying his imprimatur could harm that person's chances."
"I don't want to help or hurt anybody by giving them an endorsement, Blankfein said in response to a question about whether he was backing Clinton this time around.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)So he backed her before, but now that he knows that his endorsement hurts her, he wants to hold off on that, eh?
arcane1
(38,613 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)I don't want to say who I support cause it will hurt them = Hillary endorsement.
StandingInLeftField
(972 posts)I would probably get a little "visit" from guys in black suits and ear pieces.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)If we don't reinstate Glass Steagal tax payers are once again going to be on the hook for massive losses. For we have privatized the profits and socialized the losses.
TIME TO PANIC
(1,894 posts)stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)maindawg
(1,151 posts)Did this D bag just threaten America? Because that sounded like a threat to me.
"has the potential to be a dangerous moment not just for Wall Street, not just for the people who are particularly targeted, but for anybody who is a little bit out of line"
Specifically the "anybody who is a little bit out of line" part. Not sure what type of person exactly he is referring to, but I'm assuming that he thinks Bernie, or anyone else who would DARE suggest that him or people like him were a huge part of the reason the economy crashed in 2008 and are a threat to the U.S., is out of line so....
NowSam
(1,252 posts)Then she ought to officially endorse him sooner rather than later. The stakes are very high and the future will either be run by the people or continue to be run by the Oligarchs. If she truly cares then now is the time. Time to take a stand.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I'll tell you what's dangerous. The point where people continue to put up with this shit...
This is a grotesque version of the criminal justice system where the 0.1% cannot commit crimes, and the poor are ignored to death. Throw a person in jail for stealing food during a natural disaster, or Katrina, gentrification of neighborhoods because money = control of the cost of living until people can't live anymore.
Lloyd Blankfein should have been perp walked years ago. He certainly doesn't deserve to get away with an exclusive opinion against the 99% and make threats to anyone willing to lead on America's disastrous two criminal justice system... especially with the criminal banking industry that owns Congress.