Should Geithner go, too?

Yes, but not until the general public has had a chance to rough him up a bit first (metaphorically speaking). Then he should go.

(What are public officials there for, after all, except our own amusement?)

Its not about removing saddam so much as its about when we did it. The decision it do it in 2003, while we were already in the middle of a just war, was inadvisable at best. Regardless of the fact that any and all prior justification was found null and void, couldn’t we have waited until we had done a better job in taliban country?

Given that Iraqi nuclear weapons scientists were building nuclear bombs in Libya in 2003, close to finishing at least two of them (w/one reserved for Saddam) by mid-2004, with more on the way – and the program was only disclosed + halted by Libya because of pressure brought about by the Iraq war (by Gaddafi’s own admission) – when were you planning on holding the invasion?

After we had done a better job in Taliban country, you say? When was that? (Like, say, 2008?)

That would have been four years after Saddam went nuclear.

Next topic:

Given that reasoning, why haven’t we invaded russia to find those missing suitcase bombs?

ernesto on February 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM

First: Do you not know the difference between facts and reasoning?

Second: Do you not understand that Iraq was under obligation to disclose their WMD information, while Russia was not?

True, If he had any personal integrity, a shred of honesty, he wouldn’t be in trouble like this.

NO MORE QUESTIONS, ED! Make up your mind before you write the piece. Every post by Ed Morrissey has a question mark in it. This is yet another reason why conservatives are sucking so much lately. Don’t postulate. Pontificate. Man up. You know what’s right. Just say it.

Here’s an alternate title to your piece:

Geitner Should Also Go

See? It’s not hard. Just be direct. No more question marks, Ed.

Since apparently Democrats never pay taxes.

Should Geithner go, too?

Um…in a word… YES!!!!!

Will Obama backtrack on Geithner? Absent a huge push from the Senate and the media, I’d doubt it.

Exactly, which shows the truth of the matter. In Obama’s mind he didn’t screw up by nominating a tax cheat; he screwed up by nominated a guy who wasn’t going to get confirmed.

My question, did Geithner also pay his STATE Taxes he would have owed as well?

Because if I get this correct… he was “reimbursed” by the IMF for the taxes he didn’t pay… and since he never paid them in the first place, its both fraud, and becomes INCOME… which the State could then tax.

One is done for national defense (whether mistakenly or not); the other is done for personal financial gain.

He must now wait until April 1st before he can attempt to fool the public again.

Do these democrats have to prove their incompetence “every” single time they open their mouths.

Baxter Greene on February 4, 2009 at 10:29 AM

I certainly hope so…pass the popcorn, please.

All of those who show a pattern of cheating on their taxes, need to do time.

If not, we should all find a way to avoid paying our own.

Whats good for the Goose and all that.

Let’s not leave this to the GOP politicians. This is a grassroots battle. Raise enough stink that Geithner becomes so toxic that Obama has to ask him to go.

Let’s roll, people!

He is a poster boy for Ogabe’s bad judgment and total disregard for this country’s future.

SKYFOX on February 4, 2009 at 11:49 AM

Yes. and use him to put a thumb in eyes of Barry and Nancy in 2010…

- Daschle had worn out his welcome in “the club”, had made too much money as a lobbyist as a non-lawyer in a law firm, and had made too many bold public statements on taxes for what was essentially a purely political cabinet post … plus opening up the “limousine liberal” tag to the nth degree wasn’t helpful either

- Geithner had the advantage of 1) being first, 2) being viewed as “non-political” and 3) being viewed as a strong candidate by the markets. Essentially very few people wanted to rock that boat given the alternatives, even though his tax cheating was as egregious as Daschle’s (if not more so)

Let Geither focus on the job, groom a successor, and be the first one out the door in 18 months…

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