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Mon Nov-23-09 10:11 AM
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Anybody else want to see Eliot Spitzer as Treasury Secretary? |
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I was watching an address by Spitzer on CSPAN over the weekend and my mind wandered to think how nice it would be to have someone at treasury who wasn't a Wall Street toady.
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:12 AM
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1. Course, it might be nice to have someone who knows about finances, not just crime... |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:13 AM
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6. Experience is the best teacher. |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:19 AM
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12. Setting aside the "Client #9" stuff... |
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Edited on Mon Nov-23-09 10:19 AM by brooklynite
his experience as AG didn't help much during his term as Governor...
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:12 AM
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2. With or without whore-mongering? |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:13 AM
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3. Well, there wouldn't be any question about his morals. |
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... or lack thereof.
No. Spitzer would be a hideous choice.
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:13 AM
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4. Robert Reich ..... or Dean Baker. |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:15 AM
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8. great minds think alike! |
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(see below) & be sure to congratulate the Cleveland Browns for winning the Toilet Bowl by losing to the Lions!
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:16 AM
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10. Somebody had to win that game..... |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:13 AM
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But can I nominate Robert Reich for Geithner's position & he can appoint Spitz to replace Summers?
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:14 AM
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7. No, I'd rather have someone trustworthy in there. |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:16 AM
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That's exactly what I would do if I ruled America. Plus, he could have all the prostitutes he wants.
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:16 AM
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:22 AM
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13. How soon one forgets Spitzer suddenly... |
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kissing up to Wall Street the day he decided to run for Governor.
(I don't have such a big problem with New York politicians kissing up to the largest industry in New York, or even paying to get laid, but I can't take seriously any suggestion one who does both, and knows little about economics or finance, should get such a job.)
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:26 AM
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14. You need someone who knows how global finance actually works |
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Not a lawyer or an economist.
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:42 AM
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17. His expertise is limited to interstate commerce, and only in one "trade" |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:32 AM
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15. NO! Spit zer is a creep. |
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Edited on Mon Nov-23-09 10:33 AM by invictus
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:34 AM
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16. He couldn't be confirmed. |
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Mon Nov-23-09 10:47 AM
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18. Economics aren't really Spitzer's area. |
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Though I would support putting him in at Attorney General, because I don't think Eric Holder is going to go after those criminal bastards.
If Spitzer actually got some of these Goddam Sucks criminals convicted, I'd start a fund raiser to buy him all the hookers he wanted.
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