Paul Wellstone: Liberal Cassandra

In the wake of the Economic Crisis of 2008, a video surfaced of Senator Byron Dorgan lamenting the likely results of the passage of Gramm-Leach-Bliley (the FSMA of 1999). It was hailed by many as a pr

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[cshabsin]

I don't suppose there's a version of this without the guitar...

[Craig Toennies]

CSPAN has an amazing library. The original footage of this is 30+ minutes which I found there in its entirety. I just tried to cut it down. But yeah... that song repeating is annoying. I was misguided. :)

[Suzy Stone]

Well done. Very well done.

[Craig Toennies]

Thanks. All credit to Senator Wellstone, of course.



[askwhyz]

I miss Paul Wellstone so much.

[John Vollmar]

Proudly worked for him. Fought alongside him. Died a little bit when he did. Just now re-awakening to the SHIT that he warned us of. Fondest memory is sitting by a fire with him, just before he decided to run for the Senate. We all said, "GO FOR IT!" He calmly replied, "Yeah, but who would vote for ME?" We all would. Then and now, and again and again.....I miss him with ALL MY HEART.

[Utoya Crew]

9/11 Was an inside job

no plane crashed at shanksville

no plane crashed at the pentagon

no footage released by the pentagon

14/19 alleged hijackers from Saudia Arabia, and we never attacked them, instead Iraq.

[cheekieweekie]

Cassandra knew but the empire has no ears.

[babydol012]

Alan Greenspan was gravely wrong..but then he didn't have our best interest at heart but that of Wall St. and Goldman Sachs. Senator Wellstone was a great man. He has been missed in today's discussion. Government is needed to protect us from the profit scammers.

[Newtblows]

I remember telling the people at my bank NO, I wouldn't allow the to handle my investments. One of the worst things we ever did and now the Republicans want to crush Dodd-Frank.... don't they ever learn.

[nultdog]

What the hell was Bill Clinton thinking? Did these banks offer to finance Al Gore's campaign? So irresponsible. I never heard of this guy but he's a true patriot. A real one, not the guys that dress up like George Washington and do the bidding of their rich bosses.