The man who will be charged with flying around America and throwing money out of a helicopter to hopeful bank executives was confirmed by a 60-34 vote in the Senate today for what is now the second most powerful position in the federal government.
So, let’s get this straight: Linda Chavez, George W. Bush’s choice for Secretary of Labor, withdraws her name for consideration 8 yrs. ago because she allegedly employed and illegal immigrant when in reality she was doing what any good liberal would do by letting this women who was facing domestic abuse at home, stay at her residence while providing her some emergency cash on the side.
Timothy Geithner did indeed briefly employ an illegal immigrant after her visa expired. An honest mistake. We get it. You wouldn’t believe the admin. nightmare it’s become to stay up with the paperwork of the staff here at BwD headquarters.
The bit with not paying taxes, on the other hand, leaves us dumbfounded that not more of a stink was made when this is the guy that is now tax collector-in-chief.
And to be sure, not paying taxes for the years he was audited (’03-’04) is bad enough but his most egregious offense was that he knew he had shorted the IRS by essentially the same amount in ’01 and ’02 and didn’t come clean about it until informed of this other little oversight by the Obama vetting team.
Sorry – this is an outrage. The man responsible for collecting this nation’s taxes is a cheat and a bald-faced liar.
But, it’s cool. You wanna know why? Because Chris Dodd said it is.
"To suggest that Tim Geithner is unqualified because of this tax issue is to fail to understand his contribution to this country," said Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
To suggest that Chris Dodd has any credibility whatsoever in this matter is to fail to understand his contribution to this country's financial crisis.
Chris Dodd must find it very difficult to be able to walk around carrying those basketball-sized onions of his.
You might be interested to know that one of the crown jewels of the “most ethical Congress in history” has his own clock. As of this posting, it has been 186 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 40 seconds since Dodd promised to release his mortgage documents that would detail the extent to which he received a sweetheart deal from Countrywide back in ’03… and for which he attempted to arrange a financial bailout as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
So, you can see how it is that Dodd felt an immediate kinship and affinity towards wacky Tim, right off the bat.
After all, what good is sacrificing your professional life to public service when you can’t game the system.
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This one, I don't understand.
In a week where everything else went off pretty much like clockwork, this one stands out as an example of what not to do when you are looking to set the tone during Week I.
I don't believe him on this matter, and I certainly would have pulled him off the Hill for the mere appearance of impropriety. He could be Moses Parting the Economical Red Sea, and I wouldn't care. This is the kind of stuff I expect the other side to pull.
He isn't the only Economic Mind out there. Go find a Jed Bartlett-Like Nobel Econ Prize Winner, Mr. President.
- Mongo Doesn't Listen to The Message When The Messenger Has a Tremendous Booger Hanging Out of His Nose
I forgot to mention that Sen. Tom Harkin, fellow Dem, does have it right in this matter.
- Mongo
Mongo, I appreciate your candor in this matter and though I'm not trying to start a partisan shit-slinging storm here... pulling the "other side" card doesn't square with reality when you've got the likes of Chris Dodd, Chuckie Rangel and Barney Frank calling the shots in key committee positions on the Hill.
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