Less than 24-hours after Elizabeth Warren’s complete destruction of the entire Morning Joe crew, their co-propagandist is trying to take her out. They are up with a big piece entitled: "Warren's TARP panel under scrutiny." Oooohh, the timing, the scandal—the shame! Here’s their opening punch:
"Elizabeth Warren became a hero of the left for her unrelenting pursuit of accountability and transparency with big banks and Wall Street firms that took billions of dollars in federal bailout money in 2008.
But when it comes to how her own bailout watchdog committee spent more than $10 million in taxpayer money, Warren has been a lot less forthcoming."
So I put on my best reading glasses, placed my finger on my monitor because I first needed to know "who” has her under scrutiny and for what?
…”it is very disturbing that they [the oversight panel] did not disclose how they spent the money, much less simple and basic things that I asked about in a hearing a few years ago, like making public a telephone number for citizen watchdogs to call in, to disclose some very basic things on the website, which they never did,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a member of the Financial Services Committee who pressed Warren on this issue repeatedly.”
Oh I see-- a few years ago, a tea party republican wanted Warren to post a telephone number for right-wing nuts to call in because—um, I guess they didn’t have the Google. And um, Politico is mad about that now??? Hmmm.
So, what about the disclosures Politico has to have the day after her Morning Joe beat-down?
“TARP didn’t require Warren’s oversight panel to provide a budget, nor did it limit the amount of money it could spend.” http://www.politico.com/...
Hmm, so TARP didn’t require a report so I guess that means she didn’t do one right?
“The oversight panel ended up issuing 30 reports on the TARP program during its 27-month existence.”
What? Seriously Politico? What’s really going on here? What's the real problem here:
"Warren was criticized by some for using her position to publicly push her own views on the financial crisis and how government should react to such situations, although the oversight panel also won plaudits from many in the financial community and from liberals for its aggressive pursuit of banks.
http://www.politico.com/...
Huh? So “some” criticized her for her “view” that banks shouldn’t be ripping off the middle-class, investing in exotic paper and then begging us for a bail-out?
Is that their complaint with her?
This attack makes me love her even more because the right is terrified that this dragon-slayer might actually get real power. Expect a boat-load of money to flow to Scott Brown from all over the country and Politico and Morning Joe to try to take her out.
Yes she can!!!