Holly Robichaud
The Boston Herald
1/30/2012
…While Marsha Coakley and Lizzy Warren share the same personal flaws of being out of touch with the Massachusetts middle class, the Harvard professor also has a potential deadly political sin in her background…
…One of the Harvard professor’s many well-compensated part-time gigs included consulting for Travelers Insurance. I know that it is hard to believe that on one hand, Democrats would be bashing an industry, and on the other hand they are making money from it. To be a Democrat is to be a hypocrite.
What did Lizzy do to earn $44,000 in compensation from the insurance company? She made it harder for claimants to collect. Warren helped establish the bankruptcy strategy for companies to avoid crushing lawsuits. In short, go bankrupt to avoid paying victims.
In court briefings, she supported the effort to protect Travelers Insurance from future lawsuits after agreeing to a $500 million settlement with asbestos plaintiffs.
That sort of destroys her image as consumer advocate, doesn’t it?…
Read the complete article at The Boston Herald.
H/T Jammie Wearing Fools, “Gee, this should really help the ‘Mother of the Occupy Movement’ burnish her street cred as being a champion of the little guy, huh? It’s no wonder Obama never put her up for a Senate hearing…”
