Comments on: Panic! At Tedisco http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:56:53 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861759 Teddy Partridge Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:45:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861759 <p>And education funding! With her eldest a high school dropout!</p> And education funding! With her eldest a high school dropout!

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861754 Teddy Partridge Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:39:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861754 <p><strong>Yay!</strong></p> Yay!

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861654 bigbrother Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:49:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861654 <p>Governor Eliot Spitzer was getting close to the bank fraud when they busted him…wall street knew he had the goods on them so they went this route and got saved by Bush/Obama. Cost us trillions…saves them trillions. Yeah NY is corrupt beyond imagination.</p> Governor Eliot Spitzer was getting close to the bank fraud when they busted him…wall street knew he had the goods on them so they went this route and got saved by Bush/Obama. Cost us trillions…saves them trillions. Yeah NY is corrupt beyond imagination.

]]> By: GregB http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861653 GregB Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:47:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861653 <p>Oneonta, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains?</p> <p>Oh, sorry, that’s Oklahoma.</p> <p>-G</p> Oneonta, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains?

Oh, sorry, that’s Oklahoma.

-G

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861652 Petrocelli Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:46:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861652 <p>Spot on ! The malaise is so deep that Schummy got smacked down for daring to depart from the standard talking points. Marcy had a great post today, about BO’s analogy of the Bankers with suicide vests - <a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/president-obama-warns-americans-about-threat-from-financial-terrorists/" rel="nofollow">Linky</a></p> Spot on ! The malaise is so deep that Schummy got smacked down for daring to depart from the standard talking points. Marcy had a great post today, about BO’s analogy of the Bankers with suicide vests – Linky

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861651 newtonusr Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:43:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861651 <p>I was struck but not surprised when Shumer was panned for telling truth about banks, only to see them fail, and get blamed for the run.</p> <p>I don’t know how to feel about this - it is so much worse than can be comprehended that in this case, the truth may be the enemy of the recovery.</p> <p>And tomorrow I will wonder why I just typed the above. But there it is.</p> <p>Edit: I love it when Shumer gets blamed for anything/everything, whether he was there or a million miles away from it.</p> I was struck but not surprised when Shumer was panned for telling truth about banks, only to see them fail, and get blamed for the run.

I don’t know how to feel about this – it is so much worse than can be comprehended that in this case, the truth may be the enemy of the recovery.

And tomorrow I will wonder why I just typed the above. But there it is.

Edit: I love it when Shumer gets blamed for anything/everything, whether he was there or a million miles away from it.

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861650 Petrocelli Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:39:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861650 <p>Nice summary, and I concur.</p> Nice summary, and I concur.

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861649 Petrocelli Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:38:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861649 <p>Did y’all see this - <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/house-gop-candidate-nothing-i-said-should-be-construed-as-criticizing-rush.php?ref=fp2" rel="nofollow">One day after Tedisco declared, “Rush is useless to me !”, he rejoins, “Nothing I Said Should Be Construed As Criticizing Rush”</a> - these guys are putting comedy writers out of work … - <em>from TPM</em></p> Did y’all see this – One day after Tedisco declared, “Rush is useless to me !”, he rejoins, “Nothing I Said Should Be Construed As Criticizing Rush” – these guys are putting comedy writers out of work … – from TPM

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861648 newtonusr Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:37:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861648 <p>In truth, Geitner may be the least lucky guy on earth. His task is impossible, just impossible. It is thankless, fraught with new threats daily, unceasing criticism from all corners, and it is quite possible that someone kind of smart decided that lying his ass off is the only path to sustaining any confidence in the remaining markets.</p> <p>Having been there at the inception of this mess however, this could be his just desserts. It will probably kill him if he fails <strong><em>or</em></strong> succeeds.</p> In truth, Geitner may be the least lucky guy on earth. His task is impossible, just impossible. It is thankless, fraught with new threats daily, unceasing criticism from all corners, and it is quite possible that someone kind of smart decided that lying his ass off is the only path to sustaining any confidence in the remaining markets.

Having been there at the inception of this mess however, this could be his just desserts. It will probably kill him if he fails or succeeds.

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861647 Petrocelli Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:31:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/20/panic-at-tedisco/#comment-1861647 <p><em>Then Leslie … to complete the trifecta ?</em></p> Then Leslie … to complete the trifecta ?

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