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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2013, 10:09 AM Sep 2013

Bernie Sanders To Larry Summers: more or less go to hell [View all]

In a statement Sen. Sanders said, “I applaud Larry Summers for withdrawing his name from consideration. The truth is that it was unlikely he would have been confirmed by the Senate. What the American people want now is a Fed chairman prepared to stand up to the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, not a Wall Street insider whose deregulation efforts helped pave the way for a horrendous financial crisis and the worst economic downturn in the country since the Great Depression. The Fed now must help develop policies which create millions of decent-paying jobs and rebuild the middle class.”

As Summers wrote in a letter to the president, the simple reality was that he was never going to be confirmed,

http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/15/bernie-sanders-larry-summers-door-hit-backside.html


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I love Bernie Stargazer09 Sep 2013 #1
Repealing Glass-Steagall will come back to haunt anyone from the Clinton administration. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #2
Well removing Glass/Steagall was inserted in a VETO PROOF BILL. SugarShack Sep 2013 #4
So you dislike Summers for his role, but you're attempting to defend Clinton ProSense Sep 2013 #6
If the bill was veto-proof, what difference would it have made? n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #8
I don't know, maybe he could have done something crazy... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #17
Summers, (and Geithner too) were Clinton's creatures Vanje Sep 2013 #14
Nothing really "changed". bvar22 Sep 2013 #16
And will be on the next Clinton team... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #18
Unless we can overcome Citizens United, I dont see a chance to keep rhett o rick Sep 2013 #20
Very true. It has probably... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #22
I love Bernie too! The question here is a character flaw in the president to even suggest Summers. SugarShack Sep 2013 #3
Summers wasn't the nominee. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #5
who said he was? corkhead Sep 2013 #10
That is undeniably true... ljm2002 Sep 2013 #11
You are 100% correct. But what point are you trying to make? That Pres Obama didnt love him rhett o rick Sep 2013 #21
Do you eat Energizer batteries for breakfast? cui bono Sep 2013 #24
See it as nothing more than fortifying the establishment by maintaining the status quo of indepat Sep 2013 #19
Summers is a "Disaster Capitolist" FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #7
Thank you Senator Sanders!!! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #9
K&R NealK Sep 2013 #12
Bernie Sanders sounds like the guy who not only can tell you to go to Hell... KansDem Sep 2013 #13
K&R................nt Enthusiast Sep 2013 #15
PREACH IT BERNIE Skittles Sep 2013 #23
And what does that tell you about the man who would consider him for that position? cui bono Sep 2013 #25
Bernie is Thomas Jefferson . orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #26
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