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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:53 PM Original message |
Why Geithner Has To Go, And Who His Replacement Should Be, Sheila Bair of the FDIC |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. With Republicans calling for his resignation right now |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And without staff, thanks to Congress, we shouldn't have Geitner? He has an impossible job. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Geithner Was At The Fed When The First Bailout Was Given To AIG |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Perhaps Congress has a reason for being careful. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No, He Is Being Fairly Blamed |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. What if a Republican said that about Karl Rove or Alberto Gonzales back in the day? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Works for me. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sheila Bair? The former Bob Dole staffer? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I Cannot Find Any Articles Tying Bair Into Being a Tax Cheat or Ibogaine |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It helps whose cause? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The Cause of Reform |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So we should be appointing republicans to the treasury... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Wrong. We Should Put A Reformer In Charge of the Treasury |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Right, And Brooksley Born. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. About Sheila Bair: |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. "the smartest people on planet" - just the greediest people on the planet. |
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Bold Sea Captain (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obama will not sacrifice Geithner on Bush's altar |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Geithner Is Part of the Problem |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Absolutely! |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Sydney Herald in Australia knows quite a bit about Geithner |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. The difference between DU hate of Geithner and Repuke hate of Geithner is |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't know Sheila Bair, but I would nominate Robert Reich. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. How many times must it be said that Krugman does not want any job |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not even as an advisor? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I doubt it. I think he wants to be an objective outsider. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Folks here should learn about Sheila Bair. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. He should just say "Fuck it" and appoint Ralph Nader. nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. I agree, but only if the next person can be a real ball-buster. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bair is a toxic liability at FDIC |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Sounds like you could tell a tale or two. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Yeah. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I had followed that story here on DU but didn't know |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Indeed ... |
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TayTay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is vastly over reaching |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The "Guy" Was At The NY Fed And Was Deeply Involved With Paulson And Bernake |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. How about Harry Markopolis for Treasury Secretary? |
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bajamary (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. Timmy and Larry need to go |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. It was wrong to appoint someone |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Bill Siedman's still around. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. I was wondering who handled the S & L cleanup |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. Bair is incapable. I read some of the crap she wrote about |
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Genoveseboy (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
40. It's too early for anyone to go |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
41. Well, if you have all of the answers you should run for President then |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. They could replace him with any republican and get the same |
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