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portlander23

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Mon Oct 12, 2015, 09:16 AM Oct 2015

The WSJ is Still Mad at Elizabeth Warren

WSJ: In the Tank for Elizabeth Warren

L. GORDON CROVITZ

The Brookings reality is that Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded the scalp of economist Robert Litan for daring to point out the downside of a new federal regulation she backs. Brookings delivered the head of Mr. Litan on a platter, ending a 40-year affiliation in Twitter time.

Instead of substantively challenging Mr. Litan’s analysis, Ms. Warren sent a letter to Brookings claiming he’d been “vague” in disclosing that he was a paid consultant. In fact, his testimony clearly asserted: “The study was supported by the Capital Group, one of the largest mutual fund managers in the U.S.”

Where does this all end? Should Mr. Litan have somehow expunged his decades of service at Brookings from his 35-page curriculum vitae to prevent Ms. Warren from pressuring the think tank? The trustees of Brookings include top executives at private-equity firms such as Carlyle Group and Silver Lake and banks such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan. Will Ms. Warren also agitate for their resignations??

If Brookings declines to defend the integrity of its scholars, it will endure endless attacks on their ability to do their jobs. As for the scholars, they’re free to join earlier generations of mugged liberals by embracing neoconservatism and its quaint support for free speech.


Yes Virginia, covertly towing the corporate line to influence public policy is all about free speech. If only some group nine super intelligent people could invent some sort of doctrine out of whole cloth that corporations were people and money is free speech this would seem like a rational argument ...



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The WSJ is Still Mad at Elizabeth Warren (Original Post) portlander23 Oct 2015 OP
One of the keys to the RW's success is that they never give up n2doc Oct 2015 #1

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
1. One of the keys to the RW's success is that they never give up
Mon Oct 12, 2015, 09:23 AM
Oct 2015

No matter how badly they lose, they whine and whine like a 4-year old spoiled brat. They still whine about Bork to this day. They still whine about Goldwater to this day.

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