Comments on: Plan due on February 10 now put off until … April

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Obama’s problem is not communicating; it is governing

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:15:30 +0000

[...] banks — which he should have been developing since his election — has now been delayed until April. This abject failure creates an image of incompetence, sparking fear and uncertainty in the [...]

By: Plan due on February 10 now put off until … April « Dirty Democrats

Plan due on February 10 now put off until … April « Dirty Democrats — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:36:24 +0000

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By: DSchoen

DSchoen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:14:18 +0000

canopfor The PLAN is post-poned till April, what day,the 1ST! Don’t know what day but the 1st would be a lot better for Team Obama than, say, April 15th

By: What did you expect? « The Order of Montjoie

What did you expect? « The Order of Montjoie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:35:32 +0000

[...] which was supposed to be ready in mid-February, will now be released — they promise — in mid-April. Well? It took him five years to pay his taxes. What did you expect? [...]

By: Dasher

Dasher — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:34:34 +0000

I am liking this new plan… the plan of doing nothing. Which will work… The banks will / have figured out they must save themselves.

Meanwhile Congress has been on display, and have shown themselves to be a collection of buffoons. It embarrassing to admit they are the “leaders” of this country.

By: Slublog

Slublog — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:06:11 +0000

McCain: Leave the Lying, Incompetent Tax Cheat Alone!…

But of course. The Maverick cred must be maintained.Tim Geithner, the embattled US Treasury secretary, should be given a chance to succeed, says John McCain, the former presidential candidate, who is the first prominent Republican to speak up in Mr……

By: FuriousAmerican

FuriousAmerican — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:39:58 +0000

I’m beginning to think Geithner has a stained dress with Obama DNA on it, tucked safely away just in case…..

By: Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:13:07 +0000

Quote of the Day…

The Wall Street bailout is starting to look like the most expensive tax-supported fiasco in history The president cannot afford to lose the publics confidence that his administration is a careful steward of the publics money. The public was wil…

By: DrAllecon

DrAllecon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:02:37 +0000

That picture of him makes him look like he’s 2 seconds away from smashing himself in the head with a sneaker. “That was my HEAD! I’m sooooooooo wasted!!!”

Come to think of it, that WOULD explain a lot.

By: mrveritas

mrveritas — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:59:22 +0000

The problems we are dealing with are not rocket sciece, genetic engineering or quantum physics. I simply can’t see how it is that hard to get the key people (Geithner, Summers, Volker) in a room, identify the critical issues and put together a set of actions to address them. The oldest rule in decision making is to make a decision quickly so if it isn’t the correct one you have time to recover and change direction.

This delaying would make more sense if we were holding off on any and all actions until we had a plan but we are getting the worst of both worlds: no plan and a set of actions that look like a goat rodeo (sorry to insult the goats). The ONLY two explanations I can see is that either Geithner is an utter analysis/paralysis incompetent or Obama is specifically holding him back to enable the crisis driven frenzy of legislation, regulation and protectionism. Neither is a pretty picture for now or the future.

By: Tzetzes

Tzetzes — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:45:38 +0000

He’ll probably start working on it on the 16th April.
In the meantime he’s hard at work on his 1040-EZ.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:32:34 +0000

Timorous Geithner makes molusks look spinal.

By: Grafted

Grafted — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:22:19 +0000

Good. Delay your plans until halfway to never so capitalism can work and get us back on track after your socialist mishaps.

By: pugwriter

pugwriter — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:12:33 +0000

They don’t need a PLAN…they need to stay out of the free market’s way.

Won’t happen, though.

By: MaiDee

MaiDee — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:06:06 +0000

It’s getting near April. Tiny Tim has to expend all his energy on creative accounting for his own tax returns before he turns his attention to less important issues such as the economy and our country’s financial survival.

By: DarkCurrent

DarkCurrent — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:55:46 +0000

You will need a new economic philosophy to compete.

getalife on March 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM

Clearly the new economic philosophy we need is yours getalife. Can you copy/paste your manifesto here for us?

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:20:04 +0000

The White House has become the Frat House – this is exactly what I’d expect.

“Dude, that term paper doesn’t REALLY have to be done until mid-term! Let’s go watch the video of that prank we pulled on Hillary with the button.”

Thanks for raising the bar and bringing gravitas back to the WH, Barry. Or can I call you Big O?

By: a capella

a capella — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:19:28 +0000

getalife on March 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM

Thank you. I always appreciate hearing lucid opinions from an obvious pro. Do you work in the financial world,… Wall Street, teach enonomics, finance, or business, CEO of a company? Like that?

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:16:48 +0000

Just like carter.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:15:34 +0000

Dem/Obama recession.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:14:58 +0000

Hit the ground running!

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:14:32 +0000

FDR 2

By: getalife

getalife — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:13:01 +0000

The good news is the ransom will be paid off in full in April.

The economy will get the credit it needs to move forward. Regulations will be installed to keep it from happening again.

Then, you will get your money back.

The President will earn a second term because the gop are famous for destroying the economy. You will need a new economic philosophy to compete.

By: ladyingray

ladyingray — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:08:46 +0000

OT – Mark Steyn will be subbing for Rush on Monday!

By: blish

blish — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:06:04 +0000

reminds me of the ‘Our Gang’ episode where they are going down a hill in a pedicab with no brakes – ‘We’re freewheelin’ now!’