Richard Reuben left the Treasury as god in 2000……he helped to run Citibank into the ground thereafter.

Nah. If it was the Bilderbergers, they’d hate an outsider like Sarah Palin.

:D

Daggett on June 9, 2009 at 3:19 PM

Which is why I wonder if she can be elected considering they probably do hate her.

Wonder if the Left will pursue THIS angle against Bush since they want him in jail so badly? I doubt it too!

Agreed…please don’t think I’m letting Obama off the hook for anything here…his disasters have already dwarfed those of Bush, in his last several months, by several orders of magnitude.

AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 4:33 PM

No worries at all!

Oh, boy. Is the whole world corrupt?

My thoughts exactly. This puts an even deeper stink on the “Oil for Food” program that is still biting the US Taxpayers in the butt.

And now that we know the DOJ is involved in this, how can we ever expect justice will see the light of day.

Cackcon: how can you say this is not a crime? Of course it’s a crime! The US President has sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect and defend the United States (that would include US taxpayers). No where is the President given the power to twist the balls of foreign businesses so the US taxpayers can get screwed one more time. The deal is not for the benefit of anyone but the US Government’s intent on socialism.

And yes, where the H*LL are the Republicans and any other government official interested in actually doing their job and protecting the people from a massive government take over of private business at the expense of the US taxpayers and their great grandchildren. What the H*LL do those people in Washington DC do anyway?

Why was the US Justice Department going after an ITALIAN Company in the first place?

What did this have to do with the US?

Apparently they were going after Fiat for messing up the Oil for Food stuff… but just HOW does the US have jurisdiction? I could see Italy going after them… I could see the UN getting involved (as it was their program)…

But why the US Justice Department?

The Chrysler loan, though, was indeed one of the lowlights for President Bush, and was yet another example of his eagerness to be liked more than to be right. It was a favor to a president-elect who had built his entire career on Bush-bashing, and who would go on to blame his predecessor for every ill known to man.

So yes, the Bush Administration set almost everything in motion with the last few months of flailing about trying to “do something”; but no, I’m not really seeing a big quid-pro-quo here.

Now, when it comes to the Obama Administration, if there was leverage to be had against Fiat because of the plea deal, you can bet that the power-hungry new president exerted himself in this way. Crime? No, but par for the course in terms of a mad king on the loose.

capejasmine on June 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM

Agreed…please don’t think I’m letting Obama off the hook for anything here…his disasters have already dwarfed those of Bush, in his last several months, by several orders of magnitude.

Yeah, I’m sure that is true…but Bush panicked on this and opened the door for Obama on a lot of these things. Paulson was a disaster.

AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM

I agree. However….Obama could have stopped the train wreck. Instead he added to it, and things are an even bigger mess, that we may never get out of. At the expense of our children, grandchildren, and far beyond that. Is this REALLY the legacy we want to leave for them? We enjoyed the freedoms, and liberties America had to offer. They won’t get to know that, and for me, that is heart breaking!

I don’t mean to sound naive, though I probably am, but for all his faults, I just can’t see Bush doing something this corrupt.

Monica,
Agree. I think it more likely this was done in the Justice Dept. The civil attorneys there reportedly voted for Obama by 80% or something like that. And by December, Obama’s people would have been crawling all over that department.

I think this was cooked up by O’s team.

But don’t pay much attention to my opining. I’ve often thought of the mafia as I watch the thuggish Chicago-style tactics of these pols. And Fiat is Italian. And Italians are….well, you get my drift.

Romeo13 on June 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM

Yeah, just call me Joe Biden…but only for the rest of today…

Paulson does seem to be more savvy than I’d ever given him credit for. Is Goldman Sachs the portal to hell? It reminds of that evil law firm in The Devil’s Advocate.

capejasmine on June 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM

Yeah, I’m sure that is true…but Bush panicked on this and opened the door for Obama on a lot of these things. Paulson was a disaster.

That’s a horrible gaffe on my part…sorry. Damn.

AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 4:21 PM

LOL… no prob… its hard to keep up with all the liars cheats and Politicians in charge….

or… is liar, cheat, and politican just different words for the same subset?

AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Uh, Tim Geithner, the EX head of the New York Fed is now Secretary of the Treasury.

Paulson was head of Treasury under Bush…

Monica on June 9, 2009 at 4:18 PM

That’s a horrible gaffe on my part…sorry. Damn.

AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Don’t think for one moment, that this wasn’t possibly a deal done by both parties. No blaming one, or the other here, until we know more, but my guess is, if this isn’t buried somehow, a lot of names are going to be named.

I don’t mean to sound naive, though I probably am, but for all his faults, I just can’t see Bush doing something this corrupt. Why wait til the very end of his run to do this and the TARP bank mess (specifically forcing banks to take money) for power he wouldn’t have. I know he was magnanimous and bent over backwards to help Obama but damn… really? Am I misunderstanding something?

Monica on June 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM

The way I see this, it’s very possible Bush was involved, however….it was, and still is a democrat controlled White House, and Congress. It’s very possible the Dems were doing this under the radar, and it went full fledge after Obama took the oath.

Either way, this is a huge issue of corruption, and criminal indictments need to go out.

AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM

Geithner has that job now.

I’d also be really curious as to what Paulson’s up to these days.

For all the folks on the left screaming about Bush’s war crimes I’m convinced this was his biggest mess and the blunder he will be remembered for.

Hmmm… just did a quick search but didn’t find anything…

Anyone know what Hank Paulson is doing now? ie…

What Boards is he on?
Is he working for someone?

Romeo13 on June 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM

You mean aside from being Secretary of the Treasury?

Here’s some general info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson