Nobody else comes close to Elizabeth Warren’s courage and credibility in the asking-tough-questions-to-powerful-people department. Nobody.
I’m all in for her and no reason every Democrat and many Independents age 50 and under can’t be either. Nothing against Hillary Clinton but screw Hillary Clinton. She’s four to eight years too late. Electing her president would be a step backwards for the country because of her long-time relationships with those in the status quo.
Not what we need. Sen. Warren has been there just two years and she sees Congress, the fedeal judiuciary and of course Wall St. as a rigged game.
So sign up with these people and work this thing. We need her to run.
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Have you been down Boylston Street near The Fenway recently? WTF is going on? Where did the street go? It’s all tall glass non-descript buildings. Talk about ruining a neighborhood.
BTW, the Red Sox have interests in a few of these developements which included sweetheart deals for street access. And don’t forget the life time give away of Yawkey Way and Lansdowne St. to the Sox from the City.
Reason I bring it up is we know now from Deval’s eulogy that the ole buckaroo was heavily medicated at differnt times the past year or so. You don’t supposes Lucchino, that two time cancer surviving bastard, got Menino to sign-off on all this when he was doped up? I picture Larry disguised as a doctor sneaking into Menino’s hospital room late at night and having him unknowingly sign the papers giving the Sox ownership of the entire neighborhood.
Hey, the gave him a cane made from a baseball bat. What more do you want from them?
Admit Larry, you know what you did.
Anyway, a great couple of city blocks are gone the way of The First National, Almy’s, and Major Mudd.
You wanna talk about character. Other than five or six hours on 81 days a year the area was old school charm.
Anyome remember Rocky? He was a popular homeless guy. In fact the liquor store at the corner of Boylaton and Jersey St use to put a picture of Rocky in the ads they ran in The Fenway paper. A big picture of old Rock with a huge grin showcasing all of his three teeth, a dirt encrusted unshaven face, stained ripped coat, and God awful shoes.
You could smell the stench coming off the newspaper seeing him stretched out on the sidewalk, with a fifth of Wild Irsih Rose held firmly ove a caption that proudly proclaimed the store as Rocky’s official packy.
I ain’t chittin you.
Now it looks like a mini Park Avenue. Fucking expect to Joidi and Buffy walking out of there with Mr. French right behind carrying an umbrella.
Peter Porcupine says
…are waiting for the new penthouses on Morrissey Blvd. before they move back from West Roxbury.
JimC says
… with the Lucchino bit.
judy-meredith says
At last we’re not talking about issues.
Christopher says
There was a time you railed against socialism, which would make me peg you as not a Warren fan. In my own mind I’m committed to Hillary if she runs, but EW would make a great Secretary of the Treasury or even VP.
markbernstein says
Seems to me that the obvious place for Warren is the senate. But, if we’re going to put her in the cabinet, isn’t Attorney General the natural place?
It now seems possible that we’re headed for a true train-wreck, in which the Supreme Court rules 5-4 to make the ACA unworkable, followed by one or two retirements. It seems unlikely that any appointee who is satisfactory to Obama and to 41 Democrats could be confirmed by this Senate.
The routine prescription for this situation in the past has been to nominate a Great Statesman whose stature guarantees confirmation. Bill Clinton might qualify, but of course he’s impossible if HRC is going to run and difficult anyway. Bush 43 would never do it and would never be confirmed, Bush 41 is too unwell.
So: Obama might face his second or third rejection, or Hillary might arrive in the White House with vacancies to fill and (even with the new Democratic majority in the Senate) the likelihood that any acceptable nominee will be fillibustered. Under those circumstances, Warren for Supreme Court might be a very interesting move.
Christopher says
…that neither President Bush is a lawyer and therefore couldn’t be AG or be a good choice for the Court. I saw an interview with 41 just today. I didn’t realize how much he had aged.
Peter Porcupine says
…a lawyer?
Clinton was disbarred, so he’s not a good fit.
There are fifty gazillion Democrats who are attorneys.
Christopher says
I think there was also an anti-nepotism law enacted after RFK.
jconway says
Until she, the voters, or Father Time determines she is no longer fit to be.
How many times must she endorse Hillary and say she isn’t running for this story to die? I want a left wing challenger to Hillary in the primary, preferably an electable one like Jim Webb, but Bernie has my vote if he is the only one with the courage to stand up to the Clinton machine. Liz has made it quite clear she doesn’t want to be the one.
Christopher says
He’s the epitome of a centrist it seems.
jconway says
To me a centrist is someone who doesn’t have any core principles, but is always splitting the difference down the middle. Both Clinton’s are centrist. Clinton co-opting welfare ‘reform’ from the GOP, being pro-free trade, and executing that mentally challenged prisoner are all examples of this. Hilary voting for the war, staying away from gay rights, and voting to ban flag burning are also prime examples. Romney’s entire career and ideological evolution is a case study in centrism.
Webb has been nothing but consistent. He has always been a working class Scot-Irish populist Democrat. He is not only a union member, but he has his unions logo tatooed on his arm. He has always been for single payer, a revised CCC/New Deal jobs program, reinstating Glass-Steagall, and having the working class get a fair shake. He has always been a realist in foreign policy, this means standing by Scowcroft and Reagan in the 80s and being to the right of the Dems on Soviet policy, and standing by Scowcroft and Reagan alum in the 2000s and being to the left of the neocons (and Hillary Clinton) on Middle Eastern affairs. Not to mention his work on criminal sentence reform.
Unlike Schweitzer, no shady ties to oil companies or over the top rhetoric on guns to scare off the base. He definitely is my dark horse going in, and is an interesting mix of economic populism and social and civil libertarianism that could be a potent force as that article of mine demonstrated.
Christopher says
There’s not necessarily anything wrong with splitting the difference as that’s often where sound policy is made. I lived in VA during part of Webb’s term and I don’t recall a leftist vibe and I don’t think my fellow activists did either.
jconway says
And earlier. This editorial is instructive regarding his world view. He was a harsh Clinton critic, a one time foe of women in combat roles, and un-apologetically worked for Reagan-that may be where a lot of activists part ways with him.
So did Wesley Clark, who was the netroots darling after Howard Dean, and who I considered a strong presidential candidate during his time. I think Webb combines that kind of macho small c-conservative impression with a true commitment to economic populism, foreign policy realism, and restoring social and civil liberties. He could be the Clark or the McCain of the 16′ cycle, hopefully with more success.
His website is a real treasure trove of archived material, which I also appreciate. He definitely rubs a lot of people the wrong way.
And I think there are principled moderates, folks that are genuinely in the middle ideologically and like to make compromises. Your Howard Baker’s or Dan Boren’s. But to me, a centrist is always where the polls are. I may be wrong though.
edgarthearmenian says
I read the editorial. I did not realize how much he does have in common with those who want to provide equal opportunities to all. And the fact that he is not considered a “flaming liberal” would enable him to have very strong appeal to many voters. Like me, lots of people prefer a real Union person talk about economic inequality and make proposals for change.
jconway says
Frankly, the way he gets white working class voters, he could be a far more potent candidate than Hillary or Warren. Warren has surprised me with how well she has been received on the campaign trail in place like South Dakota, Kentucky, Georgia, and North Carolina. I still think the national media would crucify her as a Harvard MA liberal, same way they always do. But it is very hard to do that to Webb.