Geithner: Nice committee, you guys are hilarious

[jaxx]

Geithner: Nice committee, you guys are hilarious
Posted by Cardiff Garcia on Feb 17 18:35.

<..> We remember a time when Geithner would sit in front of a Congressional committee and he actually gave a crap and would keep a straight face throughout, even when he was once accused of being the “chief of staff” of Goldman Sachs.

<..> So yesterday, after pouring an extra dollop of Awesome Sauce on his lunch, he spoke to annoyed Republicans of the House Budget Committee about Obama’s 2013 budget proposal. And, well…

– “You are right to say we are not coming before you to say we have a definitive solution. What we do know is we don’t like yours.”

<..> – ”Wanna keep going?” Geithner said, smiling, at the end of his hearing.

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/...hilarious/

I love it. After them riding his ass for 3 years he is now laughing in their faces and giving it back. Paul Ryan is a mofo.

The video is here, but it's over 2 hrs long....there have to be clips somewhere.
http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Budge...737428334/

[pappy]

I rather like these two outtakes:

Quote:Geithner said that if Republicans can come to the table and accept significant revenue increases, then progress on long-term problems can be made. Accepting the Obama budget, which has $1.5 trillion in new taxes, would be a first step, he said. “If we can’t agree on the next 10 years, why are you are so focused on the next 100 years or millennium?” he asked.

Quote:Geithner punched back claiming the GOP had just spent six months trying to renege on U.S. debt obligations by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. “If you call that leadership that is fine with me,” he said.

Knowing his time in the post is limited seems to have allowed him some freedom of expression. I'm hoping that once he is reelected the President will feel that same freedom to express what he is really feeling and smack those self-righteous idots down. We could use more plain talking.

[jaxx]

I've been wondering about the World Bank and that PBO will nominate the leader of the bank. I thought of Austan Goolsbee as a prospect. Or Geithner? LOL heads would explode.

[janedrake]

Quote:Geithner punched back claiming the GOP had just spent six months trying to renege on U.S. debt obligations by refusing to raise the debt ceiling. “If you call that leadership that is fine with me,” he said.