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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren, Not Hillary Clinton, Should Be the Next President of the United States [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... as this video shows of a lecture she aired before he got elected the first time. It shows someone that understood and still understands the fundamentals of the crisis of what Americans have been facing since the meltdown more than just about any other politician and not only understood it, like arguably many others on Wall Street, but unlike those on Wall Street which infect our government in so many places epitomized by Larry Summers who in her book she notes warned her not to criticize "insiders", she is working FOR us the people, and not the crooks on Wall Street. In addition to providing us the qualification of understanding the economics, she also combines that with demonstrating she's trustworthy more than anyone else in Washington now.
On other issues, with the feeling of trust she gives us that so many other pols, Dems, Repubs and even some independents have a problem with, I TRUST her to fill her staff with those who we can trust to shore up the areas where she's less experienced with those who will do the right things.
The economics are at the core of so many other issues that the corrupt lobbyists really care about, but don't want talked about, because they'd rather Americans get focused on other issues they don't care about and can distract us from these fundamental issues. However you characterize the financial issues as a "fraction" of her portfolio, her unique trustworthy fundamental understanding of them is THE essential quality we need in a leader to bring back an FDR style of leadership that this country absolutely NEEDS now, and quite frankly the world needs to get us going the right direction with climate change perhaps deciding the world's fate in the next decade.