Obama: I have “complete confidence” in Geithner
posted at 3:00 pm on March 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
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A ringing endorsement on a day marked by the first demand from a GOP congressman for Geithner to resign. Skip ahead to 10:00 of the clip unless you want to sit through The One droning about the need for new regulations amid sporadic reiterations that the buck stops with him. A quick survey on Twitter reveals that I’m apparently the only righty in America to have a shred of sympathy for Geithner. Granted, he’s a tax cheat; granted, he wouldn’t have his job if Larry Summers could survive a confirmation hearing; granted, he announced his economic recovery plan before he had a plan in place; granted, he didn’t know what was going on with AIG until it was effectively too late to stop the bonuses; granted, he’s given to saying creepy things about capitalism that make conservatives shudder; and granted, he has the high forehead and squirrelly look of a vintage comic-book villain. Even so, he’s got an extraordinarily difficult job and people screaming from all directions for immediate results. No sympathy for someone facing that challenge? Teeny tiny bit? Come on — make Ron Rosenbaum happy!
Speaking of AIG, I think we’re just about at the point where the Democrats’ demagoguery starts to backfire, either by scaring away the private investors the feds need to help save the banks or by handing the GOP a hot-button issue to hammer The One with. And sure enough, here’s Eric Cantor hammering away now. Exit question: Will AIG’s proposal to have its employees voluntarily return half of the bonuses quell the populist anger? (Exit answer: No.)
Update: As is true of everything that impedes his agenda, Obama evidently regards the AIG uproar as … “a distraction.”
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The very best part of this comic opera (or at least it would be, if it wasn’t so pathetic)…
The reporter who asked about Geithner ALSO asked about the $100,000 or so that TOTUS received from AIG as campaign contributions. In fact, he asked about the money first. BUT, Barry didn’t even mention the AIG contributions. Not once. Sang the praises of Tax Cheat Tim, conveniently “forgot” about the rest of the question. Go figure.
uncivilized on March 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
You always have sympathy for liberals, Allah.
Riposte on March 18, 2009 at 4:13 PM
From the Weekly Standard, worth a minute or two:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/03/this_is_your_treasury_secretar.asp
BuckeyeSam on March 18, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Watch it Timmy…Barry threw his grandmother under the bus…he is just waiting for a fully loaded bus for your a$$
Passionate-Conservative on March 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM
IT’S NOT MY FAULT!!111eleventyone
spmat on March 18, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Heh….
This administration parodies itself.
Timmay!… Livin’ a lie…
darkpixel on March 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Can we just IMPEACH THEM ALL NOW and start over PLEASE!
CynicalOptimist on March 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Sorta like the 1990s.
Del Dolemonte on March 18, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Better dust off that resume, Tim. Here’s another one that Obama had complete confidence in.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqzNl1lfRS.I&refer=worldwide
Christian Conservative on March 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
He knew the state of the economy, yet he talked his way into this job. He claimed to know how to fix it. He ridiculed his opponents. He wanted the job before he was ready. He feely accepts the worship of people around the world, as though he deserves it.
So…no.
capitalist piglet on March 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Geithner has been at the top of the Fed system for years. THis is not a matter of “immediate results”. If he could show that he had any idea what he was doing (results or not) then people would be okay. But Geithner doesn’t know what he’s doing and he allowed himself to be put into a position that calls for someone who knows what he’s doing. Geithner is a total failure.
And, if that’s not good enough for you, then you should have nothing but disdain for Geithner for his shilling for that moronic budget of The Precedent.
Sorry Allah. There’s no reason to feel sympathy for Geithner, or to support him staying at Treasury. He’s an azz and he’s happy to parade his incompetence for everyone to see.
Geithner needs to resign, but even moreso, the moron who nominated him (and claimed that he was the only man able to do the job) ought to be forced to resign (and then tried for treason, if there were any real justice in this world).
progressoverpeace on March 18, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Well, if he says so that’s good enough for me!
Dr. ZhivBlago on March 18, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Maybe Obama should stop dealing.
Johan Klaus on March 18, 2009 at 6:41 PM
“Heckuva job, Timmy.”
sulla on March 18, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Financial incompetence.
Johan Klaus on March 18, 2009 at 7:04 PM
The wheels of the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.
The wheels of the bus go round and round FOUR YEARS LONG!
omnipotent on March 18, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Timmy’s in the
well!swamp!chunderroad on March 18, 2009 at 8:12 PM
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Everything is a distraction when your standing up to your ear lobes in a cesspool.
N4646W on March 18, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Sympathy for Geithner?
Sure, why not. Doesn’t cost me anything and I can pretend to be a northeastern elitist too.
Just don’t try to measure that sympathy, AP. It’s pretty small (no manhood references, please. If my wife’s insults don’t bother me, yours won’t).
SKYFOX on March 19, 2009 at 5:30 AM
That’s one.
MarkTheGreat on March 19, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Great that makes everyone feel better now. that is a weight off my shoulders. Dumbo thinks idiot boy is awesome.
Tremmy on March 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM
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