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 Obamas keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention comes readily to mind. Its what catapulted an obscure Illinois state Senator into the national limelight and put him on the path to becoming President. Warrens Senate speech was different, but just as electrifying. Obamas rhetoric was lofty, high-minded, and general, with a feel-good unifying message that theres no blue America or red America but only the United States of America. Warrens rhetoric is more down to earth, substantive, and frankly, angrier, unafraid of calling out by name the institutions--the big banks and Citigroup in particular--which tanked the economy, cost millions of Americans their jobs and homes, were bailed out with half a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, and then used their fortunes to buy Congress and make it more likely theyll be bailed out again. Moreover, she was unafraid to take on the President of her own party, and the numerous members of his administration drawn from Citigroup and other big banks through the endless revolving door between Washington and Wall Street . . .
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:55:42 +0000
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