This video was actually kind of painful for me to watch. I mean, when all is said and done, Timmy McTurboTax is obviously completely unqualified to do the job he’s been tasked with, and I really think I can hear his voice crack a little when he’s getting reamed up and down by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX).
Here’s some of the spanking chatter:
It’s been a year since the President was elected,” the panel’s ranking Republican, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, said at a hearing this morning featuring Geithner. “It’s appropriate for the American people to assess how well the administration’s economic policies are working. They are not. They have failed.”
“Unemployment has skyrocketed far past the White House’s projections and promises. America continues to shed jobs: more than 2.8 million since the stimulus was enacted,” Brady said. “We’ve had a series of embarrassing investigations about all the wild stimulus claims, the latest fake jobs from fake Congressional districts… You are the point man on the economy,” Brady said to Geithner. “The buck, in effect, stops with you.”
Translation: You suck, dude. Time to step down already as you’re an inept failure.
Yes, I at first felt a bit sorry for little Timmy – that is, until he started backpedaling and blamed Bush (YAWN). At that point, he just reminded me of a 15-year old kid who just wrecked his Dad’s car and then blamed it on some other 15-year old kid who wasn’t even in the damn car when he ran it into a ditch.
Wow, Mr. President. You sure do know how to pick them. I’m almost getting tired of saying this, but BRAVO once again.
Remember when the stories broke months ago that Timmy cheated on/forgot to pay/didn’t care about his taxes? We were told by every media outlet (including Fox at the time) that hey, we’re in a really big financial mess as a nation here, and this is the ONLY guy that is qualified for this job. Nobody else can pull us out of this, so cut his some slack on the felonious tax filings.
Now, back then, even with all the Chairman Oba-Mao euphoria going on, I thought there was no way this was the only guy who can run the economy/joblossulus package. I mean, this guy wasn’t inventing the light bulb or the internet (Al Gore did both, I think), he was just tasked with monitoring money, essentially. I can do that just fine, thank you. I know I can do that better than ANYONE on Capitol Hill.
And now, we have today, and Timmy goes and blames Bush for Oba-Mao and Timmy being stupid. Ahhhhhh…..I love watching democrats self-destruct.
“It is a great privilege for me to serve this president…” (0:25)
Are you friggin’ KIDDING!!! Jack@ss, you don’t serve the PRESIDENT, you serve the AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Bitter, “serve this President” is a phrase that is used by all cabinet and staff members. It’s a matter of custom. Of course, you’re right on with the sentiment and it does seem that serving the President is NOT a good way to serve the people…lately, but that phrase is a matter of custom, really.
“You gave this President an economy…”
Did he not bust his skinny a$$ spending millions of dollars begging to get this job!? Don’t act like someone did this to you! You knew the job was dangerous when you took it! Don’t sit there and act like you didn’t know you little turd!
And, “What post were you holding when President Bush left office?” You can almost see his little pants get wet. That was a gut-shot of a question. And a fair point! Geithner helped screw things up!
He’s totally full of crap, but the bank bailout was a Must-do. It’d be nice to restructure things so it never has to happen again, but…
I was watching this clip on the Fox Business news channel last night and Charles Payne commented that while yes he is a failure and should step down, you never know who this administration might nominate next. It is sooo true. He is totally inept but the next guy by be a complete total left wing marxist nutjob, you know like the rest of his cabinet.
Whelan: My thoughts exactly!
If you guys want restructuring and reform it begins and ends with the Congress and those all powerful corrupt banking committees in both houses.
MD; It might be a matter of protocol but the problem is they say it so often they believe it.
It is long past time to remind them whose lives they are playing with and who they do actually serve. Right now it is just lip service.