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Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Addressing a boisterous Democratic Convention crowd Wednesday night, Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took the stage to make her case for President Obama. Though she said she never imagined herself running for Senate, she was one of the main draws that night, speaking right before former President Bill Clinton and earning her own standing ovations.
Warren is widely known for her populist rhetoric and consumer protection lobbying, and tonight was no different.
"For many years, our middle class has been chipped, squeezed, and hammered," she said. "The system is rigged. Does anyone here have a problems with that? I do."
The crowd gave her a prolonged standing ovation when she lashed out at Mitt Romney for his infamous "corporations are people" comment.
"Republicans ... believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends," Warren said. "The Republican vision is clear: 'I've got mine, and the rest of you are on your own.'" President Obama, she said, demands accountability from everyone: A country "where no one can steal your purse on Main Street or your pension on Wall Street."
She did not mention her opponent, incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown, but she did give a shout out to the Massachusetts convention delegation. The latest polls show Brown with a slight lead over Warren, but the contest has been a close race all summer. Judging by crowd responses, the speech seemed a positive audition for what Washington Post's Sean Sullivan termed an "all or nothing" moment for the liberal favorite.
In a lighter moment at the beginning of the speech, the Senate candidate commended Bill Clinton for having the "good sense to marry one of the coolest women on this planet," a comment that also drew loud cheers from the audience.
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Absolutely we can't have a system where wallstreet financiers can work less and less to make more and more money while the average guy has to work harder and harder for less and less. That's good if you want a system of money changers but not if you want a society of hard workers.
what a fake Warren claimed she was Native American when at best and has not been proved she is only 1/32 native American she did that so she could claim minority status to obtain a professor job with two Universities
So if any one who gamed a rigged system it is her
Nobody rigs a system like the teabaggers, Dumbass.
Elizabeth Warren was a founder for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She was a major force behind the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. What has Senator Scott Brown done for consumers or the people in Massachusetts besides vote the straight GOP party line more than 90% of the time?
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From wikipedia:
"Bill John Baker (born February 9, 1952) is the current Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. "
"Bill John Baker was born in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, where his family has been for four generations. Of mixed ethnicity like many Cherokee citizens, he is 1/32 Cherokee by blood."
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So, being 1/32 Cherokee seems to count with the Cherokees.
Why should you have a problem with it?
I don't think there is any evidence to back up your statement about her using minority status. Back your statement up.
[I know you can't]
Ok, let's try this one more time.
Elizabeth "Cherokee Princess" Warren has never presented any evidence she has any Native heritage. Since she has asserted Native heritage, in her cv among other places, the burden of proof is on her to produce evidence to her claim. Just as it's on the Fox Fascists to prove their assertions--which they never can.
Her own personal cv is sufficient evidence to show she has used this unproven assertion to enhance her public image (until it became inconvenient), gain special AA/EEO credit for University, and enhance her progress through the university faculty.
Evidence: Her own personal cv; Result: Special treatment. QED
No amount of affirmative action will win you a seat as a Harvard professor more importantly in making this assertion you insult Mrs. Warren by implying she was not qualified however if she was not she would not have been hired by two institutions especially not one with such a reputation. Next this actually is in refference to her going ot college not working for one so you couldn't even get the propoganda story right. Warren applied for and received a scholarship for her heritage thus I find it odd to try and claim she has no native blood. Don't you think she would have had to show she was part native in the first place to get the money?
College is rather expensive and most scholarships that aren't athletic are for tiny amounts of money, a few thousand here or there if you're lucky so she'd be dumb not to get all the free money possible....not saying she lied but if she did I don't think you can blame her. Tuition is a bitch.
Here, in Oklahoma, there was some interest in all of this. The research seems to fully support Ms Warren's assertions. Besides, if the Cherokee Nation fully recognizes her, why should anyone argue
She is not and never was 1/32 and that was proven, it was based on her stating she had high cheekbones like an Indian.
She was hired by that liberal bastion of 1%'rs Hahhvaad be cause she claimed to be Native American and they did not have one of those on thier rainbow staff.
John in Tx, you are the epitome of ignorant dumb ass who is so full of the Barry chocolate koolaid you can't even come up with a decent response to a very logical comment.
And you're the reason condoms were invented. And thank you. If I can piss off a teabagger troll my day is complete. Logic from a teabagger? Thats the stupidest statement Ive ever heard out of a POS teabagger yet.
John, PLEASE move out of texas, or at least not use the texas name, You're embarrassing us.
I plan on it, and I'm embarrassed to admit I'm from Texas. Just want sane ppl to know not all Texans are ignorant as hell.
How many times have you voted for Perry?
The system is fixed it was proven that Al Gore beat Bush when it came down to Florida years ago. The country would have been a much better place of George Bush had never sat as President in this great nation.
Get a life!!!
And you voted for that moron twice, correct?
The American system right now rewards Wall Street money changers with their "get rich quick" money swindling schemes where profits are privatized and liabilities when those money swindling schemes go bust are all paid for by the American taxpayer who had nothing to do with any of it. We need to end overseas tax shelters. We need to force corporations to invest their money here at home in tax free bonds to build infrastructure or other such public goods or else they can just pay taxes on it at a high rate. We need to break up the five big Wall Street banks that control over 60% of all the consumer financial transactions in America including credit cards, consumer loans, and home mortgages. Banks that are "too big to fail" are exactly right for immediate antitrust actions. Elizabeth Warren needs to become Senator Warren because we need people of her caliber and intellect in public service. Wall Street is scared by her candidacy because she will fight for the middle class and won't be bought off by the plutocrats.
Elizabeth Warren's speech was disappointing. Same old, tired talking points. Nothing new here; move along.
The real shame of it is that she had the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the real, substantive diversity of the Democratic Party.
Given her Native heritage, she could have explained to the convention and all America the Democratic Party's positions relating to Native America. No one else has done this, no one is likely to. That is a shame. Native people kicked to the curb (or in this case, kicked back onto the
concentration campreservation) again.How many people out there even know what the three biggest issues are for Native Americans? How about just one??
Elizabeth Warren ------ POTUS - For - 2016 .......................................... LUV-YA .......
Elizabeth Warren did just fine, she like virtually all the speakers easily surpassed even the greatest RNC moments from Tampa.
Warren has part native blood not heritage. She is like 1/32 native she only mentioned it to get more scholarship money in college but other than that it is clear Warren does not consider herself nor does she wished to be noted for this "heritage" she really doesn't quite have.
Native America?
Rape
meth and other drugs
domestic violence
Elizabeth Warren -- for POTUS - 2016 -- WooOooooooHoooooooooooooooo ...... YES-Yes-YES !!
You are fooling yourselves, try reading the local papers in Boston to get a handle on how ridiculous this woman is and how she has no problem seeking money from Wall Street and she is Not Indian, never was, never will be not even with a blood transfusion.
She is a lying tired old liberal hag who is the best the Dems could come up with in Mass to run against Scott Brown.
@Cynical. Your post is typical of the Racist attacks we continue to endure from Amerikkka.
First, some of us say heritage or ancestry because "blood" is something they use on dogs and horses to determine their lineage.
Nice -- Native people are as good as animals. Racist!
Your claims about what goes on in Native America need be set in the context of the country and culture that surrounds us and establishes a moral standard:
America, Land of:
mass murder,
genocide,
secret sterilizations,
deliberate, secret infection of minorities with fatal diseases
Thieves -- stealing treaty land to poison for eternity with nuclear and chemical weapons
Haters -- like you, desecrating our lives and our heritage by listing the sicknesses your own country is infested with, and has given to us as your Special Gift to Native People.
Amerikkka has a disgusting, barbarian history in relation to Native America, exemplified by your post, that should cause it the greatest shame, and motivate people of good will, if there are any left in Amerikka, to right the wrongs they have committed against Native people.
I'm not holding my breath.
Yes This/OUR System IS Rigged - I Have Been Stating that For 30++ YEARS - The Wealthy Make The Rules ONLY To Benefit Themselves - Not EVERYONE - Only For Themselves ............. And Just Take a LOOK At What THEY Are Doing With OUR System TODAY !!!!!
corporations are People -- My A$$ .................................How STUPID And Ignorant !!!
I do not nor shall I ever be of the mindset to produce this interrpretation you choose to feel between animals and people. Man is an animal....just to get that out there. Natives are just as good as animals....as are blacks, europeans, asians.....ALL humans. Natives are not above animals because all humans are animals. We as a species are no more blessed with life than any other living being be it man, dog, bird, or tree in time I pray we the human race shall one day hold this to be true allowing us to achieve peace within ourselves and harmony with nature.
As to the rest I am african american so if you'd like to dictate to me about persecuted minorities in this country you can leave that bull@!$%# at the door.........don't preach to me about oppression at the hands of the US government
See Current TV-Search "Rape on the Reservation"
This shocking statistic reveals sexual assault is indeed all too common in the Native American community so if you'd like to change that trust me ignoring the problem isn't going to heal anything
We don't ignore problems we have on the rez; we work to change things for the better. Shameful that documentary doesn't document all the efforts we're putting in to heal our communities. Shameful that documentary takes a few situations and generalizes to all of Native America. We have plenty of rezs where that just doesn't go on. How about a doc on that? Don't hold your breath--making progress and healing the community doesn't pull in ratings. Or change racist stereotypes.
Another racist stereotype: that it's common in the Native American community. Big Lie. Only 20-25% of Native people live on rezs. This sort of thing is not common at all in the off-rez communities. One doc with a very limited scope tells us nothing about the larger community. This one sure didn't!
Your post sounds like you don't like other minorities to present their history of persecution. All minorities have histories of persecution in this country. I present the story of the one I know best. The only thing I "dictate" is that we all recognize that each minority has its story to tell, and trying to suppress anyone's story through name-calling and narrow, prejudicial propaganda docs no good for any of us.
Divide and conquer--that's the way they keep us down. Stop playing their game and recognize we should be acting in solidarity to stop racism wherever it appears. You tell your story, I'll tell mine. Together the stories will make all our cases, and in time may turn things around.
I engaged in zero name calling. You didn't watch the documentary because it does document the responses and treatment of the issues....if you don't value your own people enough to bring awareness that 99% of this country has no concept of so be it. It is of no consequence to me.
You assumed falsely my intention was to attack and have refused to acknowledge my statement that explains and directly contradicts what you claim to you I think
You can't change the fact that one in three native americans, not native americans on reservations, who are female are victims of sexual assault. A percent greater than, or rather slightly greater than, the prevalence of sexual assault on women in the country which is a shockingly high 1 in 5. If you think raising awareness which is the intention of what Vanguard does or that I actually believe isn't the path to changing that so be it. You are overly defensive to comments which were, are not, and should not be interpreted in any way attempting to attack. You can't seem to get around the idea that this is not an issue of superiority or blame, it is about awareness.
You made the assumption I was a white american with no understanding of the struggles of minority communities, in a way I can not blame you since you had no way of knowing the color of my skin through a screen. Now if I was like you assumed your response would have been logical. The point is that you do not and did not need to educate me on the struggles of minorities as you thought. You were wrong, I don't not blame you tremendously for that, but just admit you were mistaken about the nature of my comments. You can say you simply wanted to speak about but come on I think we both know your intent was to try and toss these things at me as if I was unaware of them. Not a big deal, just admit it and move on.
If bringing attention to this makes me racist so be it I will be the greatest racist in world if that's what it takes to spread this truth to ends of the world. This is no different than AIDS in Africa would you dare suggest that anyone not african can help or care about this issue or that people in every part of the world knowing about these tragedies does nothing to help. You're simply wrong. Drag my name through the mud all you like but just know for some of us this is a small price to pay if it ends in positive change.
You just can't get around the idea that no one is attacking. This is intended sincerly to help so that maybe, just maybe if enough people here these shocking stories that perhaps we will actually come to gather to fix them.....this is wanting to help not to hurt why don't you get that?
Is talking about the fact most blacks on average are more destitute than whites? Is that a hateful stereotype? Does admitting or denying that make it any less true? Should we just pretend it isn't happening because we don't want someone to falsely accuse us of being racists? When did perception become more important than real suffering. I don't care what you or anyone else calls me I have and will continue to spread this knowledge.
This is a great discussion!
Let's see, is there any proof of Warren's statement "The System Is Rigged"? Well, there is proof, and it came yesterday at the DNC, when the democrats held the vote to restore references to God, and Jerusalem to their platform. After three failed attempts to get the amendment passed, Villaraigosa just pushed it through. It was very obvious that they didn't have a majority to pass the amendment, in fact one could argue that the majority was against it.
Rigged? I think so!
Funny! Democrats disenfranchising their own voters!
Hey CONS, let's do some ARITHMETIC...
Name the Obama policies that added trillions to the debt and the amounts.
Then deduct that amount from the current $16 TRILLION.
The rest is GOP spending.
Spending to fix the GOP F'ups is still GOP spending and NOT Obama's fault so do not count those.
INTEREST ON the GOP created debt DOESN'T count either.
All progressives should start asking that question and doing that ARITHMETIC.
The CONS will NEVER have those numbers because they DO NOT exist.
I bet all you will get is NOTHING but insults and ridicule.
She doesn't want to talk about her real estate business in Oklahome where she preyed on people losing there homes, flipping them and making big time profits.
The "System is Rigged", this coming from Elisabeth Warren, a woman that took advantage of the Housing Crisis created by the Democrats to buy foreclosed homes in Oklahoma and made massive profits. Obama has been president for nearly four years and yes he has rigged the system. Obama has Redistributed Wealth from the Tax Payer to the UAW, Public Sector Unions, Solyndra, Beacon, ENR-1, Brazil, Mexico, France, Australia, Finland, etc.... You are dam straight the System is Rigged. Its time for "Change".
Warren the same person that lied about being an American Indian.
Empty suit with no platform except lying about Scott Brown. Sadly, she'll still have strong support in Mass. b/c people no longer think past the letter next to a person's name (D/R)
She is 5 points down, give the folks in Mass a little credit, they are "Moving Forward". It started in 2010 with the election of Scott Brown. By the way have you heard Romney's new campaign slogan? Its "They Couldn't Do It". I agree with Clinton and Obama on this one, think it applies.
Elizabeth Warren Former Students Refuse Comment
Imagine taking a college course and having Elizabeth Warren as your professor ? In hundreds of pictures in the news she always looks mad at the world ! It's hard to picture Elizabeth Warren as a teacher with that plastic sardonic smile on her face.
Are there any former students of Elizabeth Warren? Did she actually ever teach a college course? While teaching what did her students think of her teaching methods ? Did she mock her students and talk to them in a sarcastic way to put her students down ?
The professor had said recently with a scowl she has always been a teacher and worked hard at that job.
It has been reported that the professor won awards from her students.Who, What ,Where and When and How were these awards given to Elizabeth Warren ?
We need to hear from of the former students of the professor ! Why hasn't Elizabeth brought a few students up to talk about the great job she did as a teacher ?