Re: item #3, Warren is CLEARLY the anti-P----! Warren was a debate star at 16, finished law school when she was 9 mos. pregnant. Take that, O ditz from Homer!Top Five Things You Should Know About Elizabeth Warren
1. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was her idea. Here's why she thinks this agency is so critical: "It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance your home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting your family out on the street."1
2. The Republicans are so scared of her, they tried to pass a law blocking her from leading the agency. Republicans in Congress and the big Wall Street banks have always been against Warren leading the new consumer agency. Republicans even offered an amendment that was widely understood as designed to block Warren. That amendment failed.2
3. She is one of the most prominent, successful and fierce female lawyers in America. Coming from working-class roots, she graduated from high school as a debate star at 16. She finished law school when she was nine months pregnant. And she has repeatedly been named one of the fifty most influential female lawyers by the National Law Journal and was twice nominated as one of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People (among other honors).3
4. She spoke truth to power about the failed foreclosure program. The Home Affordability Modification Program was supposed to save homeowners from losing their homes but has left many deeper in debt than they were before. Warren used her position on the Congressional Oversight panel to bring the voices of these disaffected homeowners right to the decision makers in the administration and demand accountability.4
5. She may have actual superpowers. She once calmed the entire crowd of an NBA game with her encyclopedic basketball knowledge. She explained the financial meltdown so clearly to Jon Stewart he said it made him "want to make out with" her.
(if you click "This" in my first sentence, you'll get the references for all the footnotes and possibly a video of Jon Stewart interviewing Ms. Warren.) I dunno...the networks have been slower than molasses in January for the past 3 or so days....
Have a swell weekend!
Thanks for sharing. Good confirmation of what many of us were thinking.
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I think Obama is doing a good job. As good as could be done, given the circumstances. I'm glad he appointed her and he made it clear that she will be the creator of this new institution.
ReplyDeleteI watch US politics mostly from a distance, so I am not always up on the detail. But I was full of hope when Obama was elected, and haven't yet given up. He has done some quiet good and I think he can still do more.
ReplyDeleteWhat the Dems have not done is pay attention to Howard Dean's 50-state strategy. What's with South Carolina and not finding a substantial candidate of the Senate. And Alaska? Can't just write places off: we gotta try harder!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Warren is a bright light in a dark month.
This was pretty good! She looks like presidential material. (You heard it here first.) Maj. Reader
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