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In reply to the discussion: I agree with Peter Daou re Sen Warren [View all]JCanete
(5,272 posts)93. toughest reforms on wall street since FDR amidst the second crisis almost as big as the one
FDR was dealing with, and the reforms this time around weren't so tough. I don't put that all on Obama, but nobody was calling for bankers heads, including him, save for a few voices in the wilderness. Nobody went to jail. Crimes WERE committed. This wasn't a whole lot more than clean-up and stabilization. I'm sure it was hard to get even that done, given how dysfunctional our Government is...but money continues to be a problem in government. A Huge fucking problem, and when we cannot distance ourselves from the appearance of possible quid pro quo with any credibility, it makes it harder for us to hang the GOP with it.
Is Obama a good guy? Did he do amazingly difficult work? Did he come in and stabilize what the GOP had broken...again? Yes, and none of that makes this not harmful to our cause. I don't know who Peter Daou is, but me thinks after this tweet that
He's.
toxic.
for.
Dems.
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Me too. He should get whatever they are willing to pay him. He has an agent, that's where those
monmouth4
Apr 2017
#1
Al Gore got kicked around here, as did John Edwards before we even knew about his sins
Hekate
Apr 2017
#75
You mean the one the Russians helped with our are you going to ignore then too?
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#111
You're very special. I'm sure you know how to do research into primary sources. Go to it! nt
Hekate
Apr 2017
#84
He was President of the United States. There aren't but a handful of those on the planet...
brush
Apr 2017
#82
Participation in what? News interest, press coverage, and good publicity to what end?
ZX86
Apr 2017
#133
I have no beef with the former President speaking to Wall Street for a lot of money
DefenseLawyer
Apr 2017
#51
toughest reforms on wall street since FDR amidst the second crisis almost as big as the one
JCanete
Apr 2017
#93
well shucks...that is a very loose accusation, and I'm not even sure what the accusation is.
JCanete
Apr 2017
#107
I'm genuinely interested, and if off-board is better for this material that's fine. I'm moving so
JCanete
Apr 2017
#113
Pres Obama is a young man with ambitious plans to build an innovative 21st C library
Cha
Apr 2017
#110