Well This Is Awkward (Elizabeth Warren at Netroots Nation) [View all]

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Davis Bates ?@davisbates
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from PoliticusUSA

At Netroots Nation, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) had a simple message for Republicans and their corporate backers that Democrats and the left will fight and they will win.

Sen. Warren began by discussing her fight five years ago to begin the CFPB. She talked about how the big banks would hate the financial reforms she proposed. She said that the experts thought they would fail, and they won. She said, “We won, because you got in the fight…You called out sleazy lobbyists and powerful politicians.” Sen. Warren said that the CFPB is proof of how democracy can work in the 21st Century, “If we push back hard, we can win.” She added, “When we united our voices, we can win.”

Sen. Warren said, “We don’t win every time, but we are learning to win.” She added that we can’t win what we don’t fight for. Warren said that many corporations use their money and resources to capture Washington. She said that they want to tilt the rules in their favor and leave everyone else behind . . .

Elizabeth Warren arrives at #nn14 (Netroots Nation -live feed) to waving placards and chants "Run, Liz, Run" — at Cobo Conference / Exhibition Center Detroit Michigan. watch on FB: https://t.co/fPRi8JgK4i



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Emmy Bengtson @EmmyA2
"We can whine about it, we can whimper about it — or we can fight back. I'm fighting back." - Elizabeth Warren #NN14




Andi Zeisler @andizeisler
"Those with power fight to make sure every rule tilts in their favor. That's what democracy is up against." —Elizabeth Warren #NN14



Dave Winer ☮ ?@davewiner 46m
"The Internet should not be rigged for big corporations." -- Sen Elizabeth Warren pic.twitter.com/SfaCPXbpNl





Robbie Sherwood @RobbieSherwood
"A kid gets caught with a little pot & goes to jail, but a bank launders drug money and no one gets arrested."




from National Journal:

Speaking on Friday at Netroots Nation, a convention for liberal bloggers and activists, Warren got the crowd more fired up than Vice President Joe Biden was able to do the day before. (To be fair, the crowd was in a solemn mood at the time in reaction to the news of the Malaysian passenger plane crash). In her speech, Warren outlined more clearly than other Democrats the social issues that get progressives fired up . . .

"What are our values?" Warren asked the audience, some of whom held up "Run Liz Run" signs. "What does it mean to be a progressive?"

She went on to outline 11 tenets of progressivism:

- "We believe that Wall Street needs stronger rules and tougher enforcement, and we're willing to fight for it."

- "We believe in science, and that means that we have a responsibility to protect this Earth."

- "We believe that the Internet shouldn't be rigged to benefit big corporations, and that means real net neutrality."

- "We believe that no one should work full-time and still live in poverty, and that means raising the minimum wage."

- "We believe that fast-food workers deserve a livable wage, and that means that when they take to the picket line, we are proud to fight alongside them."

- "We believe that students are entitled to get an education without being crushed by debt."

- "We believe that after a lifetime of work, people are entitled to retire with dignity, and that means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and pensions."

- "We believe—I can't believe I have to say this in 2014—we believe in equal pay for equal work."

- "We believe that equal means equal, and that's true in marriage, it's true in the workplace, it's true in all of America."

- "We believe that immigration has made this country strong and vibrant, and that means reform."

- "And we believe that corporations are not people, that women have a right to their bodies. We will overturn Hobby Lobby and we will fight for it. We will fight for it!"

And the main tenet of conservatives' philosophy, according to Warren? "I got mine. The rest of you are on your own."


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