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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-12 10:36 AM
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Elizabeth Warren on Chris Christie's RNC keynote speech

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, delivering keynote speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 28, 2012


Elizabeth Warren responds:

August 28, 2012 at 23:25:47


New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gave a speech tonight at the Republican National Convention about the Greatest Generation.

Let's talk about what really made the Greatest Generation so great.

Coming out of the Great Depression, America was at a crossroads. The future of our economy -- and our democracy -- was at stake.

We made a decision together as a country: To invest in ourselves, in our kids, and in our future. For nearly half a century, that's just what we did.

And it worked. For nearly 50 years, as our country got richer, our families got richer -- and as our families got richer, our country got richer.

And then about 30 years ago, our country moved in a different direction. New leadership attacked wages. They attacked pensions. They attacked health care. They attacked unions. And now we find ourselves in a very different world from the one our parents and grandparents built.

We are now in a world in which the rich skim more off the top in taxes and special deals, and they leave less and less for our schools, for roads and bridges, for medical and scientific research -- less to build a future.

Tonight, Chris Christie and the Republicans told the American people that we're to blame for our broken economy. He told families to tighten their belts. He told seniors to live on less. He told teachers to stop fighting for fair pay.

He never, ever mentioned how much more the richest have taken, and he had no mention that those who broke our economy still haven't been held accountable.

The Republicans believe in an America that is rigged for the big guys -- giant corporations that can hire an army of lobbyists, ship jobs overseas, and take their profits to the Cayman Islands.

That's not who we are as a people -- and that's not the kind of country we want to be.

We built America together, and that's what makes America great.




I have not heard a clearer voice for the truth in quite some time now.


And that is why Republicans despise her.


In case the GOP hasn't noticed, the Party's over.



Signed,

We The People





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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-29-12 04:00 PM
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1. Christie is a bloviating, blowhard thug.
The Massachusetts polls in the Warren-Scott race are scaring me, though.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-30-12 12:38 AM
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2. Thank you, seafan.
I read that earlier. Elizabeth is right on, as usual.

Just look at that picture. Doesn't Christie look self reliant? :rofl:
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-12 12:43 PM
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3. I love this post.
Thanks!
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