Kucinich: "Is This The United States Congress Or The Board Of Directors Of Goldman Sachs?"

Posted by Bess Levin, Sep 28, 2008, 7:12pm


Speaking of Kuciniches and shit, here's the elder K losing his this afternoon.

Also, 60 Minutes is running a bizarre little special recapping the last few days that you would expect a month or a year after the fact. Paulson and Pelosi were interviewed about the Down On Your Knees heard round the world, and they were both super awkward about it. She started out by denying it had happened, and he immediately went on the defensive claiming it didn't mean anything, that it was a joke and he was merely injecting some much needed "levity" to the situation. I'm not saying they've got something to hide. But I'm not not saying they've got something to hide.

Best part: when Paulson says that the American taxpayers are concerned about the bailout and notes that "I would be too," perhaps implying that he is not in fact a tax paying citizen, which I think we can all agree would add an interesting twist.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 7:21PM

I'd like to see that motherfucker dance with a bear

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 7:27PM

He should be charged for exposing government top secret in which undermining national security

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 7:34PM

I can answer that, Dennis. It's a self-important collection of gutless, pandering liars, owned by special interests money who let the latest poll do their heavy thinking for them. Don't kid yourself, Dennis, neither you nor any other blowhard there in the Rotunda is GS caliber. You got your 60 seconds of grandstanding, now go back to Parma.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 7:41PM

Why is this moron doing nothing more than repeating populist soundbites?
Why doesn't he take a look at the many companies about to go bankrupt because of their inability to refinance maturities due in this frozen credit market?
Why doesn't he think about what portion of taxes are paid by these soulless people from "Wall Street"?

Really, why doesn't he just shut up and realize that he will never be the President of the U.S.?

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 7:54PM

Nomura pays only $2 for Lehman Brothers European unit
http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nomura-pays-only-2-for-lehman-brothers-european-unit

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 7:59PM

I wish goldman ran the country, they might be pompous dbags but they would do a better job than the retards that get elected.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 8:04PM

Ah, Democrats!

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 8:05PM

@4 I think he already realizes that. The guy was homeless and living in his car and now is a congressman. I think he's content with his progress in life. As for the "Goldman Caliber" it sure is easy to turn a profit when you have your old CEO rigging the system for you. There's no caliber involved, just old fashioned dealing from the bottom of the deck. This isn't even liar's poker, its three card monte.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 8:09PM

I beg your pardon- there is no one in Congress, let alone the general populace, who measures up, in terms of sheer brute strength stupidity, than Christopher Dodd.
Why do east-coast states elect all the freaks??

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 8:13PM

@9:
Larry Craig.

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Posted by Suits, Sep 28, 2008 8:30PM

DK: Like a real congressman, only smaller!

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 8:46PM

@10 - trust me, I live in CT, the freaks are everywhere... ust seems like the 13 original colonies elects the bulk of the knobs, nitwits, and dopes.... I forgot about the perverts!

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 9:09PM

Obama said in an interview (and I paraphrase) that if the bill included a bunch of other things that it does not (protection for homeowners in bankruptcy etc.), then he would support it "in principle understanding that [he] does not like it." That is more CYA sh*t than I can handle. So you support it, sort of, but if things don't work out, you can always say that it was not exactly what you wanted, and, oh, you didn't like either. Join the club asshole.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 9:12PM

@10: Gerry Studds.

I'll give you a moment while you look it up on Wikipedia.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 9:13PM

@9 and @10: Maxine Waters

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 9:16PM

Maxine at her best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-7_ZVsRrng

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Posted by Joseph di Jersey City, Sep 28, 2008 9:59PM

8: He also has a good looking, 30 year old, 6' tall wife. He must pinch his 61 year old gnomish skin every morning to ensure that it's real.

The suspicious timing of this bailout, coming just as GS was going the way of Bear, Lehman and Merrill, is going to keep conspiracy theorists going for decades.

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Posted by guest, Sep 28, 2008 10:45PM

@4: "the many companies about to go bankrupt because of their inability to refinance maturities"

That's why they call the carry trade picking up nickels in front of a steamroller. Sometimes the steamroller wins. This bailout is just redirecting the steamroller at innocent third parties.

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Posted by guest, Sep 29, 2008 12:36AM

Didn't Michael Lewis write that Paulson avoided paying any cap gains taxes on this divestment of Goldman Sachs stock upon accepting his current government position?? He is not a tax payer like the rest of us.

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Posted by guest, Sep 29, 2008 12:36AM

Didn't Michael Lewis write that Paulson avoided paying any cap gains taxes on this divestment of Goldman Sachs stock upon accepting his current government position?? He is not a tax payer like the rest of us.

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