Posts tagged “Tim Geithner”
Will The Uniquely Qualified Timothy Geithner Please Stand Up?
It’s been more than six weeks since Timothy Geithner was sworn in as Treasury Secretary. Despite being caught red-handed cheating on his taxes. Because he was so uniquely qualified that no one else could possibly fix the economy as brilliantly as he could and would. So when exactly does Timothy start walking on water? Isn’t [...]
I’ll Take the Over…
…but just a little over. July 4th weekend? The only problem is that Tweedle Dee Summers will probably take over. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Hypocrisy Watch
Think Progress gets all triumphant with regards to this bit from Obama‘s speech: [W]e have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity; where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election. A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the [...]
Depends on the Definition of “Make Sense”
Obama: Nationalization “Wouldn’t Make Sense” – TPM (2/10/09)” “[Sweden] took over the banks, nationalized them, got rid of the bad assets, resold the banks and a couple years later, they were going again. So you’d think looking at it, Sweden looks like a good model. Here’s the problem — Sweden had like five banks,” he [...]
Reality Check
Yesterday, Sarabeth caught me by surprise with this: Everyone simply assumes that the tax cuts were inserted to attract Republican votes. But there’s really no evidence of that, is there? None whatsoever. We assume they were inserted for that reason, because we assume that no one on the Democratic side of things believes they have [...]
Smooth And Savvy Hypocrisy (Contd.)
(1) There is a much higher level of dishonesty at work in Obama‘s statements yesterday than I went into my first post. Returning to one of those statements, Obama said: …it’s important for this administration to send a message that there aren’t two sets of rules — you know, one for prominent people and one [...]
Taking Responsibility
After Daschle‘s surprise withdrawal yesterday, President Obama is receiving widespread applause for promptly taking responsibility, and acknowledging that he screwed up. What is being celebrated is the enormous contrast to the previous incumbent of the Oval Office. A contrast that Obama himself carefully underscored: I’m here on television saying I screwed up, and that’s part [...]