We expected Bush to go crazy nuts and talk on and on and on. Boy were we surprised.
9:40:11 AM ohbabyitsbess: bushie in the house
9:41:15 AM ohbabyitsbess: “we have a big problem” [pause for smirk]
9:41:20 AM ohbabyitsbess: “we have a problem that needs to be solved” [pause for smirk]
9:40:30 AM ohbabyitsbess: god, do you not love how he always sounds like he’s doing stand up?
9:40:35 AM ohbabyitsbess: “There is no disagreement that something substantial must be done.” thank you captain obvious. that was unclear (except to bill o’reilly)
9:40:43 AM ohbabyitsbess: “we’re workin’ hard” [pause to internally add: "or hardly workin', oh yeah"]
9:40:53 AM ohbabyitbess: “we will rise to the occasion”
9:40:57 AM equityprivate: Opinions are like assholes.
At this point the address has ended.. yes… ended. Over.
9:41:11 AM ohbabyitsbess: what the fuck was the point of that
9:41:20 AM ohbabyitsbess: “we’ll rise to the occasion”
9:41:24 AM ohbabyitsbess: thank you and good night
9:41:38 AM equityprivate: Not very pretty. Someone told him about the Sausage and Laws joke.
9:41:50 AM equityprivate: Way too busy to talk for more than a few minutes, you know.
9:41:57 AM ohbabyitsbess: why is cnbc making a big deal of how he didn’t blame anyone?
9:42:02 AM ohbabyitsbess: the person to blame is mccain
9:42:03 AM equityprivate: CNBC, they are totally flabbergasted.
9:42:06 AM ohbabyitsbess: obvi he’s not going to do that
9:42:10 AM equityprivate: They are amazed its over.
9:42:19 AM equityprivate: They need a commercial to catch their breath.
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Too long, didn’t read.
So what did Bush say? The markets seem indifferent.
too short, didn’t resolve financial crisis.
heh heh, you said “bush”
@diablo- he said we’ll rise to the occassion. seriously that basically all he said. it was 60 seconds and over.
@diablo
Bush didn’t say shit.
“We will rise to the occasion” was the longest sentence I believe; the whole of the event lasted about 4 minutes.
I think it was more for us than the general public.
EP and Bess – Please include some content. The above reads like the two of you yapping in the ladies room.
Must have been pre-booked in case there was a real shitstorm. Bushie went out, did a little soft shoe for 5 mins, then back inside.
Bess has a thing for EP
Anytime Bush says “were workin’ hard” I head out to buy canned goods and ammo.
Bush’s commentary:
“We’re into Plan B. Still breathing? Now we have to make the best of it, improvise, adapt to the environment, Darwin, shit happens, I Ching… whatever man, we gotta roll with it…”
if this from his speech the other night? or did he talk today?
He spoke today at 9:35. Shortest speech in the history of the world.
@7
EP and Bess have to rise to the occasion about live blogging. But I love Bess anyway.
The house Reps want the Dems to own this mess. Aint gonna work.
well, nothing at all is certainly better than something unbelievably stupid.
we’re so screwed…
@7 – Couldn’t agree more. Seriously, get with it girls.
@10.”we’re workin’ hard” reminds me of the hand-scrawled note I saw taped to the tire-inflation machine at the gas station yesterday: “Ain’t workin”.
bush said we have a big problem, so he wanted a big package….was he insinuating support for Obama? Because you know…his ummm. Package is more…substantial?
@raw douche– did you watch the address? all the quote are up there. THAT’S ALL HE SAID.
Mark Haines just lost his mind.
@FUN – Was that your best attempt to be funny? Yes, yes I think it was.
Can we get some RIMM action here?
I’m totally convinced that the stock is falling off the cliff because the govt is going to start seizing blackberrys from everyone in finance. they ARE the weapons of mass financial destruction. people use them to conduct high level work when they shouldn’t be, like at dinners, football games, bars. they aren’t paying attention to what they are doing because they aren’t at work, at their desks. they are out drinking or something when they are expected to sort out big financial issues. how sensible can they be when compromised?
can you imagine if Ben Bernanke set monetary policy by text?
Haines has turned into a real free marketeer this morning. Can the market slowly unwind itself while the Feds continue their DC pissing contest?
The only fair solution involves GS going to $0.00.
@ raw — then you’re not as dumb as you usually make yourself sound! Congrats.
26 -
speak truth to power baby.
Trilateral Comm, Masons aint shit.
GS uber alles!
Oh the fun in the mortageg backed dept raking over the yahoos from the S+L from dixie – then drinking at the River -
Now we can fix it it. Trust us. F*ck them.
@24
“cut rts afew bps. ttyl-BB”
At least we made it through another one of these little Presidential hugs without, ‘I would like to urge all Americans to prepare for the rapture.’
@29 brilliant!
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24,
Re RIMM,
“the stock is falling off the cliff because the govt is going to start seizing blackberrys from everyone in finance.”
If the govt starts doing that, won’t that create a scarcity without affecting demand? Won’t that increase the value of the commodity and thus of the stock?
i laughed so hard when i read bess’s “paused to internally add ‘or hardly workin…oh yeah’”. hilarious, bess, as per usual.
Don’t worry Cheney is staying in Washington this weekend to work on this thing.
How about if we send Cheney and McCain out to hunt something and see who comes back.
He pulled out faster then Ron Jeremy.
Reporter (after McCain gave a speech mentioning CDS’s): Senator McCain, do you even know what a Credit Default Swap is?!
McCain: Well, um, yes, um, it’s, um essentially, um, let me give you some straight talk, um, a credit DEfault swap is a financial tool, you see, where two people, um, essentially SWAP CREDIT, and then one of those two people hopes for a DEFAULT.
Reporter: Holy shit! You just made that up, and it was actually correct. Nevermind you left out a ton of detail. I’m sold. You have my vote, sir!
Come on, everybody knows Bush can’t string more than two or three sentences together without running into trouble.
Obama would have made us all weep tears of joy through a 30-minute story of American perseverance… ;)
These dems are horrific. All Harry Reid just did was create a situation that almost makes it untenable for the republicans to even deal with them.
This is what happens when the ones responsible try to run everything.
Wall Street has to fix this itself. Americans are speaking loud and clear for no bailout. Unless Wall Street fixes everything this is going to be the biggest mess ever created.
According to Carney, Bush made his point : Republicans in Congress have to vote the bailout, they won’t be able to default and Democrats endorse paulson at their own risk.
For anyone who doubts the veracity and completeness of the DB account [why that thought would cross anyone's mind of course escapes me] — here’s the official transcript from the White House website.
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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. My administration continues to work with the Congress on a rescue plan. And we need a rescue plan. This is — it’s hard work. Our proposal is a big proposal. And the reason it’s big and substantial is because we got a big problem.
We also need to move quickly. Now, anytime you have a plan this big, that is moving this quickly, that requires legislative approval, it creates challenges. Members want to be heard. They want to be able to express their opinions, and they should be allowed to express their opinions.
There are disagreements over aspects of the rescue plan, but there is no disagreement that something substantial must be done. The legislative process is sometimes not very pretty, but we are going to get a package passed. We will rise to the occasion. Republicans and Democrats will come together and pass a substantial rescue plan.
Thank you very much.
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Yes, that was really … it.