RUBBER MEET ROAD: Obama's Chance to Kiss Wall Street Goodbye Is NOW

[kpete]

Dear Mr. President:

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I know you're sick of people always running that FDR clip all up in your grill, the one from 1936 in which the offspring of New York patroon society gets up in Madison Square Garden and says,

"They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred."


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What these various whiny hyenas are saying, quite clearly, is that they bought both halves of the American political process fair and square, and that both sides of the American political process better damned well stay bought. This isn't even the first time this week that someone from the Jean Lafitte School of High Finance has made this point. It is a bald assertion of the rights of oligarchy in the face of rising popular outrage. The only way it would be clearer is if somebody built a Bastille.

And that's your opportunity, Mr. President. Cut your ties with these people. Give back the money you've collected from the financial-services industry. That'll hurt, but you've been saying since the middle of 2007 that the future is in small donors. Prove that now. Rubber, meet road.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/obama-wall-street-6518328

[Donnachaidh]

1. He's also going to have to kick to the curb Geithner and all the other Wall Street zombies

Clean house.

Put a REAL prosecutor in the DOJ and start the perp walks.

Keep the comfortable shoes, clean out the crap. Be REALLY prepared to do BATTLE. Not just talk about it.

[mike_c]

2. GAWD I wish it were so....

You've just described the president I voted for rather than the one who was elected!

[lbrtbell]

3. +1,000,000

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[xiamiam]

4. it's not going to happen..reports are that wall street donors are not readily handing cash to obamas

campaign..who knows?..but, our president is not going to turn his back on them..its just not going to happen..that main street vs wall street slogan?..well, can't be used again or at least not by obama

[Bozita]

5. K&R