A couple weeks after being laughed at by a room full of students at Peking University for his “Chinese assets are very safe” quip, Timmy did not take the bait this morning when he was asked the one question Barney Frank and Mad Max are dying to answer for him.
When asked if bankers care about anything other than compensation, Mr. Geithner said, “That is a very interesting question. I’m not going to answer that question. I think it is hard to judge motivation on these things.”
some of us also like to bang our secretaries
I despise people that answer a question with a compliment- “That is a great question…that is a very interesting question…” Just answer the damn thing. I will let YOU know what I think of the answer if you stop bloviating and get to it already!!!
It’s the only way to answer a moronic question. Pat the retards on the head and send them on their way.
@3, that is how Lyle Lanley avoided the potentially dealbreaking Lisa Simpson probe into the monorail
Ah, yes, monorail…
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You’ll be given cushy jobs.
Everythign we need to know is on the Simpsons…
The anecdote about the Peking audience guffaw is the reason I read dealbreaker.com: info I won’t get anywhere else.
He should have broke into song:
It’s grand to be an Englishman in 1910
King Edward’s on the throne;
It’s the age of men
I’m the lord of my castle
The sov’reign, the liege!
I treat my subjects: servants, children, wife
With a firm but gentle hand
Noblesse oblige!
No, I go to work everyday because everyone is so friendly…they don’t pay me anything, but who cares? Starving is cool and so is squatting.
There are no stupid questions, only stupid congressmen.
@6 hit the nail on the head