Henry Paulson kneels before Pelosi

[ck4829]

According to The A.P.Thursday, in the Roosevelt Room after the session, the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., literally bent down on one knee as he pleaded with Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, not to “blow it up” by withdrawing her party’s support for the package over what Ms. Pelosi derided as a Republican betrayal.

“I didn’t know you were Catholic,” Ms. Pelosi said, a wry reference to Mr. Paulson’s kneeling, according to someone who observed the exchange. She went on: “It’s not me blowing this up, it’s the Republicans.”

Mr. Paulson sighed. “I know. I know.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/business/26bailout.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[EFerrari]

1. Political theater will not solve this problem. n/t

[knowbody0]

2. that vision is repulsive

that she did not laugh at him makes me ponder

[On the Road]

3. Is It on Tape? Would Love to See That

Especially if it's juxtaposed with a picture of Pelosi holding the actual whip (from the days when she was minority whip).

[BearSquirrel2]

4. Paulson can return his golden parachute ...

I think I would rather see Paulson put his half billion back into the system rather than being on bended knee.

[whistle]

5. That is a Hank Paulson foreplay tactic usually played as two hours of begging

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

6. It wasn't a religious gesture, Nancy, it was CFNM

Just thank god he wasn't N.