Mass. GOP Urges (Harvard University President) Faust To Withhold Warren's Pay

[kpete]

Source: The Harvard Crimson

The Massachusetts Republican party has urged the University to withhold Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren’s salary while she runs in the upcoming election for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently occupied by Scott Brown.

Warren, who announced her candidacy last week, has alternated between teaching contract law at the Law School and campaigning around the Boston area.

In the most recent polling data from Public Policy Polling, Warren, a Democrat, was leading Brown, a Republican, by 46 to 44 percent.

In a letter to University President Drew G. Faust, Nate Little, executive director of the Massachusetts GOP, expressed concern that Warren’s Senate run would detract from her academic work at Harvard, and that her ties to Harvard may suggest that the University endorses her.

Read more: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/9/22/harvard-university-warren-campaign/

[Kennah]

1. They must be worried she has really small feet ...

... for when she puts one up Scott Brown's ass!

[meegbear]

2. You mean like faux news people running for office ...

I'm sure that's no issue for you guys.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wow, is he ever grasping at straws!

Is she doing her job?

Yes.

He needs to STFU.

[CTyankee]

4. Oh, please. Just stop. Really.

Do you really want the ENTIRE world laughing in your face?

[SteveM]

18. I think he's holding out...

for a fart.

[CTyankee]

20. Oh, that gave me a good laugh!!!

[SteveM]

24. God, we need a few. nt

[Angry Dragon]

5. Did Nate Little also send a letter to Texas and tell them to

withhold pay for Go. Perry??
Write a letter to the House and tell them to withhold pay for Bachmann??
He might be on to something, withhold pay for elected officials running for office...........

[Bozita]

6. So the GOP thinks Warren could damage Harvard's reputation?

Have they forgotten about George W. Bush?

[Iliyah]

10. Oh my gawd

the gopers aka tea brats are becoming more like the nazi party, taking away worker rights, women rights, voting rights, changing maps, and so forth, to anyone who isn't one of them. My way or the highway. All this dumping on democracy will backfire on the gopers aka tea brats, I'm pretty sure of that.

[spooky3]

7. Stupid me, I thought Harvard was a PRIVATE ( sector) university.

I didn't realize that managing their internal affairs was any of the GOP's business.

[Blue_Tires]

27. i was about to mention that...

[valerief]

8. Can we stop the pay and benes for that "only 400K" congressman who runs a Subway? nt

[indepat]

9. Yeah, and all those repugnant candidates for national office will all have their

pay withheld, at least betcha Ms. O'Bachmann will insist her pay be withheld. Yeah!

[rurallib]

11. "expressed concern that Warren’s Senate run would detract from her academic work"

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[CTyankee]

16. Yeah, really! You'd think they'd realize how stupid this makes them look! nt

[aggiesal]

28. I'm sorry, but ...

she can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

[tpsbmam]

12. Ya know, for people who want to limit government's reach, WTF is what her employer chooses to pay

her any of their damn business? These people have gargantuan balls that unfortunately use up all of the oxygen needed for their brains. Unbelievable.


:banghead:

[SoapBox]

13. HEY, GOPBaggers...here, I have an answer for you!

*FINGER*

[unblock]

14. isn't this tortious interference? harvard is a private university.

nevermind that this is completely ridiculous. university presidents have run for public office while retaining their university jobs, woodrow wilson's 1910 run for governor of new jersey while president of princeton university comes to mind, i'm sure there are others.

plus it may be really stupid politics. it may just give harvard an opportunity to say, "yeah, we DO endorse her!"

[karynnj]

15. Warren works for Harvard implying they endorse her, would be equivilent to

saying the US Senate backs Brown - when I suspect 53% do not.

I thought the Republicans wanted people from the private sector - I have never heard anyone call for any nominee to quit their private sector job. Obviously, she may well take a sabbatical rather than teach in Fall 2012. Now, her teaching responsibilities would seem to require fewer hours than Brown's day job - and they are in Massachusetts, making it reasonable for her to have plenty of time, outside the hours she works, campaigning.

[SteveM]

17. "detract from her academic work"? Hell, that's called real-world experience. nt

[SpankMe]

19. Those Republicans must be OK!

So, Republicans are worried "...that Warren’s Senate run would detract from her academic work at Harvard". How sweet of them. I'm impressed that Republicans can put aside politics and assure that our institutions of higher learning maintain their focus. They've always been advocates for strong education. Perhaps I've been wrong about them all this time.

[alp227]

33. well Republicans bash colleges as liberal but NOW they're concerned?

so hypocritical, typical thoughtless Republican BS

[Mz Pip]

21. SO every GOPer

who is running for office should have their pay witheld as well.

Why single out Warren?

[notadmblnd]

22. Is Harvard a public school or a private university?

Cause I'm thinking it is a private for profit school. What business is it of the GOP to interfere with her and her employer?

[Sgent]

26. Private

but non-profit, like most private schools.

[No Elephants]

36. Not for profit, not non-profit.

Harvard has more money than God.

[MBS]

38. actually, they're a close second to God.

Some story about 5-10 years ago reported that the Vatican was the richest private entity in the world. But Harvard University came in at #2 . As I remember, the figures were pretty close, too.

[SpiralHawk]

23. sigh. Republicons have such LITTLE souls

kinda pathetic, Americans agree.

[Scottybeamer70]

25. I'm thinking someone has already detected the

handwriting on the wall.........and knows how badly Warren will beat Brown.

[tropicanarose]

29. I have never heard of such a request before.....This is absurd.

[tcaudilllg]

30. I'm sure Harvard takes this seriously

NOT

[Fool Count]

31. By that logic any incumbent congress person running for reelection

shouldn't receive his/her salary, since the run would detract them from legislative work and their ties to Congress may suggest that US Government endorses them.
So if Warren's pay should be withheld, so should Brown's.

[applegrove]

32. No little detail gets by these GOP ****ers!

[marasinghe]

34. GOP & "academic work" on the same piece of paper = limbaugh like oxymoron

apparently, all these fascist freaks are good for, are 'Starburst' commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtVkI8ddLCg

[eppur_se_muova]

35. I'm sure Warren worked things out with Harvard BEFORE running...

this is standard practice in academia, and usually spelled out in University regulations (or her contract). This will no doubt be counted as some sort of extended leave or sabbatical. If she is far enough along the tenure track it won't matter.

Situations like this have come up before, and obviously will come up again, so people who believe in intelligent planning have worked out the necessary guidelines and modified them as events have warranted. But don't expect Repubs to understand that. You can see their approach to advance planning in the Katrina debacle. Besides, they expect all decisions to be based on cronyism and corruption, and are always surprised to learn that other people have worked out better alternatives -- or that alternatives even exist.

[CTyankee]

39. You'd think they would at least do a cursory check on this before running their mouth.

It shows you how little they have against Warren. They are completely effed and they know it, deep down...

[No Elephants]

37. Let's see,. what could turn people against Brown? How about the GOP cutting off Warren's paycheck?

Why yes, I think that would do it.

Bring it, fuckers. :evilgrin:



Yes, I'm sure running for office in the same state where you work makes it impossible to teach. And I definitely know the Harvard students would not have the least interest in hearing about Warren's Washington experiences of about what it is like to run for Senate.

Go on, Harvard. Make my day. Cut 'er off.

(Psst. Liz. Not to worry about the grocery bill. I'll take up a collection, starting with the Kennedy clan. Betcha it'll be several multiples of your salary before I'm done.)

[underpants]

40. Why.... it sounds like a Faustian Bargain

:evilgrin:

[lsewpershad]

41. None of their shenanigans

will stop her.

[hifiguy]

42. I went to Harvard Law and the chances that the

president of the university will do this two and slim has just left town. When I was at HLS Susan Estrich rearranged her teaching schedule for two months after she was named head of the Dukakis campaign. I know because I was in her sex-discrim class at that very time. We didn't miss any classes, either.

And in an case Harvard is a PRIVATE university that can do as it wishes. Whatta bunch of maroons.

[CBHagman]

43. Contact info for the Massachusetts GOP.

website:

http://www.massgop.com/

Mass GOP
p: [phone] | f: [phone]
85 Merrimac St., Suite 400 | Boston , MA 02114

MA State Party Contact Information

Massachusetts Republican Party

p: [phone]

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website: http://www.massgop.com