• 22 Jan 2010 at 1:45 PM

What Did Tim Geithner Think Of The Obama Bank Plan?

By Dealbreaker

timgeithnertweaking.jpgSources tell us that Timmy is “not enthused” with the proposals, and getting “increasingly frustrated and overwhelmed.” But let’s actually put some words in the Treasury Secretary’s mouth. Paul Krugman will start:

Various news reports that Tim Geithner is privately opposed to the new Obama bank plan — which isn’t that much of a surprise, but he should not be talking about it (if he is). What we do have is this PBS interview, in which he certainly isn’t doing much to back the concept. The correct answer to “In essence are you saying that big banks need to be broken up” is “Yes”; add some qualifiers if necessary — “we’re not talking about a sudden disruption, but about new rules of the game, but the eventual goal is smaller banks that aren’t engaged in inappropriate activities” or something like that.
As it was, Geithner might as well have had a chyron underneath as he spoke, with the words DON’T WORRY, WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY REAL ACTION.


Comments (15)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    Tim Geithner = M. Danny Wall of the FLHBB
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM

    Obama is out of his cotton pickin' mind…..

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    Have a nice vacation Greg?
    -Guy who doesn't believe Yaël Bizouati is a real moniker

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    "Let me start with a confession. I
    don't know much about poultry.
    But I do know something about
    people. And let me tell you: I
    like you people. So when you have
    something to say about poultry,
    I listen. Thank you very much.
    "

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    Obama's economic plan will do as much for the economy a Rosie O'Donnell will do for an erection…..

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    @5 either you haven't seen her naked and rolled in flour or else you're giving props to BHO.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    @3 – I almost named my first child Yaël, but at the last minute I went with Jane.

  8. 8
    Posted by latino | January 22, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    is this Yael dude Greg's younger strep-brother?

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    @2 FTWFTWFTWFTW fuck that cotton pickin' super-tan bastard

  10. 10
    Posted by CoveredLong | January 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    "…and they were all Yaellow…"
    "Yael-bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop…"
    "Bulldog, bulldog, bow-wow-wow, Eli Yael!"
    "I'm on the highway to Yael…"

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    This pretty boy does not inspire confidence.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM

    "I say Yaellow and you say Goodbye"
    "With a rebel yael she cried "more, more, more""

  13. 13
    Posted by mrpink | January 22, 2010 at 10:38 AM

    @12 ftw

  14. 14
    Posted by HAM05 | January 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM

    ftw has jumped the shark
    in all seriousness, "chyron" – great vocab word – had to look it up

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | January 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM

    I see the makings of an exit strategy for Timmy.

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