jerseyhoya wrote:Maxine Waters is from California and she's terrible

Not that it's appropriate for a president to attack any member of Congress like that

swishnicholson wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Maxine Waters is from California and she's terrible

Not that it's appropriate for a president to attack any member of Congress like that

it's funny, I had always regarded her as a clown, but I read a thoughtful interview with her a while back. Looking back on her record I don't really see any justification for that portrayal . A few statements have been misrepresented or overblown in order to make her easy to dismiss. She's partly to blame for that, but compared to the bulk of representatives she's been more committed and effective than most.

When CREW named Waters one of its “most corrupt” politicians in 2011, the group focused on her role in a federal bailout for OneUnited Bank, on whose board her husband served and in which he owned a sizable stake, during the 2008 banking crisis. Waters arranged a meeting with the Treasury Department at which OneUnited representatives sought federal bailout money. The bank eventually received more than $12 million from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

That led to an ethics investigation into Waters’ involvement in setting up the meeting. Investigators eventually concluded that she had disclosed her financial ties to the bank, recused herself from decisions involving it, and believed the Treasury meeting would involve representatives from minority-owned banks generally, not just OneUnited (PDF). The Ethics Committee found that she had not violated any rules barring the use of one’s position for financial gain.

JFLNYC wrote:

When CREW named Waters one of its “most corrupt” politicians in 2011, the group focused on her role in a federal bailout for OneUnited Bank, on whose board her husband served and in which he owned a sizable stake, during the 2008 banking crisis. Waters arranged a meeting with the Treasury Department at which OneUnited representatives sought federal bailout money. The bank eventually received more than $12 million from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

That led to an ethics investigation into Waters’ involvement in setting up the meeting. Investigators eventually concluded that she had disclosed her financial ties to the bank, recused herself from decisions involving it, and believed the Treasury meeting would involve representatives from minority-owned banks generally, not just OneUnited (PDF). The Ethics Committee found that she had not violated any rules barring the use of one’s position for financial gain.

pacino wrote:Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.

jerseyhoya wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:Maxine Waters is from California and she's terrible

Not that it's appropriate for a president to attack any member of Congress like that

it's funny, I had always regarded her as a clown, but I read a thoughtful interview with her a while back. Looking back on her record I don't really see any justification for that portrayal . A few statements have been misrepresented or overblown in order to make her easy to dismiss. She's partly to blame for that, but compared to the bulk of representatives she's been more committed and effective than most.

Maxine Waters: From ‘Most Corrupt’ to Resistance Hero

Bucky wrote:

pacino wrote:Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.

i guess they decided bernie is going to try again

pacino wrote:

Bucky wrote:

pacino wrote:Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.

i guess they decided bernie is going to try again

probably; she's a good wrangler in the Senate where he's never been a heavy lifter in that respect. she's also running for re-election for the Senate this year.

Bucky wrote:

pacino wrote:Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.

i guess they decided bernie is going to try again

jerseyhoya wrote:https://twitter.com/smod4real/status/972977475864084480?s=19

Gary Johnson is beyond parody

pacino wrote:Elizabeth Warren is not running for president.

Werthless wrote:I remember Maxine waters wanting to nationalize everything in 2008/2009. I do not view her as an ideal pallbearer of the liberal agenda, even if she and I happen to both stand on the same side with respect to Trump.

Peter Gammons @pgammo
After DeVoss interview on 60 Minutes, she should be fired tomorrow and forced to get a job doing something w/in her intellectual skill set like cleaning houses