nothing to treasure from geithner
Well if there were any doubt how the markets reacted to Secretary Geithner’s speech – hyped up numerous times last night by President Obama – just turn on CNBC. In a new poll, 65% do not believe Geithner’s plan will work. And the Dow is tanking.
Why did the Secretary make a speech when he had so little to say?
One could ask the same of our President, who last night was long on eloquence and short on specifics. Business likes specifics and so do ordinary Americans like me.
Wall Street is now frighteningly in synch with Main Street in its opposition to the government’s stimulus plan. For weeks Americans urged their leaders to send the proposed bill to the fat farm. Instead it landed on Canyon Ranch.
The Commander-in-Chief is now sauntering on stage in sunny Florida, clearly relishing his former role as Campaigner-in-Chief. (Is this the Dems’ version of swagger?) As a citizen, I don’t want my President in a Townhall meeting today. I want him back in Washington working 15-hour days solving this crisis.
Geithner’s confidence-busting speech, along with President Obama’s cozily-staged Townhall are just more examples of an Administration (and former campaign) more consumed by style
than substance.
on February 10th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
No MORE speaky, Mr. Sec– your bank test speech caused enough stress! Good lord. 7888.88… well perhaps the Asian markets will consider that number lucky with all those eights… but I’m thinking most folks aren’t feeling so lucky right now.
And please don’t send us any of those dumb pajama grams either (unless of course you’re sending one from la perla).
on February 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
we are so screwn…not kissed.just screwn…
on February 10th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
“Why Obama’s new Tarp will fail to rescue the banks”
http://tinyurl.com/dcq2vw
on February 10th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Zactly. Well, if all you’ve ever done in the past 2 years is fly on jets, have a host of bodyguards running interference for ya and the big moment is entering a room, leaving a room or waving from the step truck of an airplane…..
on February 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
What a mess. What happened to “change”? Obama is not only a hypocrit, but he is an awful leader who has made something bad, worse. He should have proffered a bill with spending to get people back to work, refusing to add pork. Instead, he – a dirty politician – allowed politics to rule and now his cover is blown.
Too late for us, thanks to the media’s failure to vett this man.
on February 10th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
berrys used to rideing th wave popularity but this time there no wave & hes sinking fast . . as far as change i dont see any . but then again its did change for the worse . or mabey he ment thats all we would have left in our pockets is some change.
on February 10th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
princess. Campaigner-in-Chief. thats a good one im going to have to remember that one
on February 10th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
well, boogie, we know he’s more than qualified for that job — no candidate has more experience than he…
on February 10th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
princes your right berrys the slickest con man around.& but this time hes falling into a deep dark hole & no matter how much KY hes uses hes stuck
on February 10th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Welcome back ladies and gents. It’s so nice to see in the hh closet!
on February 10th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I enjoyed your post, although I know nothing about finances, but I do know stupid when I see it and think this whole stimulus sham is just that.
I totally agree with you on Obama’s swagger. That guy can strut sitting down. And yes, he should be in D.C…..ya know, like, at the office? where all responsible executives should be? Jeeze.
And by the way, I thought it was shocking that in his first press conference, Obama acted like Biden was a joke. I thought the dim-ocrats scoffed that Sarah Palin could not possibly be VP because she lacked “gravitas”. Well, if they define “gravitas” as “being goofy”, as Obama seems to be doing, then they have (had) a point.
on February 10th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
good point on biden cindy….it’s as if the entire room was saying to us…the laugh’s on you! meanwhile…there’s a bit of a turf war brewing btwn he & hill…if you believe dick morris:
on February 10th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Nothing substantive changed between the campaign and now. BO is still an inexperienced, Chicago thug, and that is what will be running the government. Pelosi and Reid are still what they were, power hungry, self-absorbed very limited politicos, who have extemely limited vision.
The really scary part is not even what they are doing with our financial future. The scary part is how they intend to continue the power grab into the future. When we didn’t stop ACORN, they knew they had won the battle. They are planning to move control of the census into the White House. That will leave census figures in the control of BO and Rahm Emanuel. It doesn’t take much to imagine what they can do with that… redraw congressional districts, change monetary payouts as rewards, stack voter rolls. The problem is,,,there is no good reason for doing it. So, why?
I ;am not a conspiracy nut, but after watching what they did in the primaries and general election last year, it is hard to put anything past them.
By the way, it might not hurt for people to sign up for e-mail updates from Sarahpac, if we are serious about supporting strong, intelligent women in politics.
Good to have all of you back, you were sorely missed.
on February 10th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
princess,
yea i saw that artical earlier looks like there’s going to be a real
power power struggle going on between those 2
on February 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Re: Dick Morris. Meh. I never take too much stock in what the toe-sucker has to say.
Did anyone see this guy from today’s town hall?:
WTF with the “praise-be-obama’ attitude? He’s a second semester college student complaining about not finding a better job like he’s a engineering grad. And what benefits does he expect from working at McDonalds? A gold watch? Jeez.
Great to see hh back on the blogosphere where it belongs. You all look fabulous! (Sista, I was so hoping for a fashion review of Michelle at the inauguration.)
on February 10th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
piper its good 2 see ya back
on February 11th, 2009 at 12:21 am
maybe it’s just me, but i think that guy may have been a plant
on February 11th, 2009 at 10:09 am
boogieman—-yes, I too, wondered if that whole thing was staged. It was like a bit that David letterman used to do with Chris Elliott, remember….Chris would pretend to be some random guy in the audience?
on February 11th, 2009 at 11:12 am
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on February 11th, 2009 at 11:44 am
on February 11th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
townhall meetings are just blatant photo opps of the obama connecting with the little people – you’re right, he should be rolling up his sleeves (like hillary is at the state dept)….not jetting around wasting taxpayer money…
how much do you think these town hall meetings cost (fuel, staging, staff, etc…?)
on February 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
hmmm staging town but barrys used acorn so much in the past they probley gave him a buy one get one free deal
on February 11th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
58% Say Most Congress Members Won’t Know Stimulus Plan When They Vote On It
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/february_2009/58_say_most_congress_members_won_t_know_stimulus_plan_when_they_vote_on_
on February 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
i keep thinking maybe this is just a nightmare and i’ll wake up soon…
on February 11th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
if this has already been mentioned, forgive me; but if not, it may or may not surprise you to know that there are no female senators or female representatives on the stimulus bill conference committee.
There’s a great article from Jill Miller Zimon over at “the Moderate voice” about this.
Unbelievable, but not really.
on February 11th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
foxyladi14 i wish it were just a nightmare
on February 12th, 2009 at 10:21 am
good morning everyone so how are all my HH buddys doing
on February 12th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Gregg withdraws as Gregg withdraws as commerce secretary /
and another one bites the dust… lets see the was number 3 right.
kinda reminds me of the song from Queen