So, we're happy to see that Secretary Geithner has gotten a bit more comfortable with regard to public speaking and being in front of the camera. It's been quite the awkward trip for a while but he really seems to be coming into his own. And that's nice. Before this morning's hearing got underway he looked downright giddy having his picture taken. Ear to ear smile and asking those up front to get his good side. The mics weren't on but we're pretty sure we saw him mouth "Brooks Brothers," having mistakenly thought the paparazzi wanted to know what he's wearing today. But the li'l fella is possibly getting a bit too comfortable with his newfound celeb status as evidenced by this overstepping just now.
Senator Corker: "Thank you Mr. Chairman--uh-- Mr. Secretary."Geithner: "I'm not 'Mr. Chairman.' Yet."
Excuse me? Excuse YOU, T. Geith. A) Know your place. Bernanke's been on the scene longer, and, with all due respect, in comparison you're just some guttersnipe. B) Have we not learned that B-nanke, and not really Paulson, was the one threatening to bring the noise on Ken Lewis's house, and that one more of these little slips--ONE MORE-- and he will fuck you up with some truth? You'd be wise to backpedal before answering the next question. You meant no disrespect and all that jazz. Just a suggestion.
Posted by EvilBuzzard , Jun 18, 2009 11:32AM
Timmy's beard will take just about anything.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 11:45AM
Is there any way you can make me feel like i've been fishing when I come home from work??
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 11:52AM
Geithner sleeps with the fishes.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 11:52AM
Fuck that noise
T. Geith
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 11:57AM
Overcompensating ever since Jimmy Cayne referred to him as a clerk.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 11:58AM
@5- very possible.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 11:58AM
@5- he didn't just call him a clerk, he called him a gay clerk "with hard on."
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:00PM
I miss Bald. Bald and Beard were a great team.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:00PM
Giethner is showing Bernanke how to unsnap a bra.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:01PM
@8- right? they were such a good couple.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:02PM
Don't call me Chairman, friend.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:02PM
@8 any chance they'll get back together?
Posted by EvilBuzzard , Jun 18, 2009 12:04PM
Abstain from calling me friend, Mr. Chairman.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:05PM
@9 FTW
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:07PM
@9/14 on what planet does that gesture look like taking off a bra?
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:09PM
Don't call me Mr. Chairman, Senator.
Don't call me Mr. Goldman Sachs, Maxine.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:11PM
@11 I'm not your friend, pal.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:24PM
I'm not your beard, Ben.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:24PM
I'm not your beard, Ben.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:27PM
Why is there a shark pounding my secretary in the ass with a $5 footlong?
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:30PM
@15, 14 here, OK fine, I suck, 9 made me laugh.
T Geith is actually emphasizing the importance of remembering which glass you put the roofies in. Beard is forming a mental image.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:34PM
T. Geith: "dogs use their paws like this to swim. Sharks can't, they don't have paws"
Bernanke: "ahhhhh"
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:37PM
Uncle Ben, do I have to sit on your lap again? Something keeps poking me and I don't like that look in your eye.
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:45PM
@22 you just cracked me up
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:50PM
wicky wicky wicky DJ T. Geith on the 1's and 2's!!!!
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 12:50PM
@15.....do I have to draw you a picture?
~P. Picasso
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 1:22PM
Bess,
Thanks for thinking of me. I would like to finger you with my penis sometime.
- K. Powers
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 1:32PM
I am pounding the 10 yr. treasury in the ass today.
Regards,
Ben S. Bernanke
Posted by guest , Jun 18, 2009 1:52PM
This is Tim bringing back his much loved "chillin' with the weeeeaaaazzzzzzeeeelllllll" routine.