Treasury's Top Candidate to Run TARP Drops Out

The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 25, 2009 | Deborah Solomon

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Marvelous.

[Senator_Blutarski]

Too bad the MSM won't ask Obama why he can't fill the Treasury posts.

The stench at Treasury must be overwhelming.

[Eighth Square]

Hey, that ex Governor from Illinois is looking for a job, he sould fit right in with that mob!

[Moonman62]

These people are ALL crooks.

Could you be more specific about "these people?"

Do you mean Wall Street people, Obama people, or something else?

[Bean Counter]

Let’s be clear...Mr. Brosens did not want to take the pay cut accepting this position would entail. His hedge fund no doubt stands an excellent chance of paying him a large bonus, where I can assure you a position at Treasury most definitely will not...

So it goes. And Congress is considering giving Geithner increased powers anyway...

[gargoyle]

...The Obama administration has Bubonic Plague...

[gargoyle]

...The Obama administration has Bubonic Plague...

[henkster]

This whole charade is to mask a scam organized by certain big democrat bankers and big government democrat politicians bureaucrats to rip off the taxpayer.

They are killing the Golden Goose, and don’t give a damn.

[Rennes Templar]

“...was considered the top contender to run the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program. “

I thought the TARP program was already administered because the nation was going to implode if these companies weren’t rescued immediately from the emergency crisis six months ago.

[April Lexington]

Smart people are known for not stepping in dog poop!

[Nick Danger]

100 families gave at least $10 million to the O... and how many now have government jobs?

Is that a serious question? Why would anyone who can afford to donate $10 million to anything want a frickin' government job? What, they're unemployed and need the $75,000 salary?

[CitizenM]

Here's the scoop for this administration in Washington and how they pick their employees for the DC jobs:

Requirements and Qualifications to work for the Government in 2009:

1)All applicants must first take an IQ test - the one with the lowest score becomes president.

2) The others with the next lowest scores get considered for high appointments in the government.

3) If any of those has committed a crime - that gives them bonus points. Especially if they caused a financial problem, or run a business into the ground, or has not paid their taxes they will be next selected to hold government positions.

4) Weed out anyone who believes in the Constitution. The govt. can't have anyone working for them who opposes government take-overs of business, banks, freedoms.

5) A big plus for their employment by this administration is if they are convincing liars. The bigger tale they can tell and get away with it, the better. This administration needs qualified, professional liars most.

6. Make sure they know how to whine and point fingers and create diversions. You do not want people who can handle the heat and accept responsability themselves. They have to be cowards who blame everyone (particularly the Republicans) else.

Ok folks, add your own qualifications for Obama administration jobs.

[GeronL]

I mean like Ambassador, Undersecretary and those who now have power to throw themselves a little manna

[TribalPrincess2U]

In other words, Allison will be just another puppet
like all the rest in that administration.

They’ll all have teleprompters.

[Diogenesis]

"Where's the FBI? CIA? Why isn't Obama and all the rest of these crooks, Democrat party in prison? "

[hiredhand]

But of course! It's a new trend whereby arsonists have infiltrated and taken over the fire department. They burn your house down while you're not looking, and then charge you to put the fire out.

It's a lot like RNs who OD patients and then "save" them, but these jokers are a lot less sophisticated and sneaky. They're pretty much in your face with it.

[BuckeyeTexan]

That book hasn’t even been published yet. It’s not due out until May 2009. I guess Obama got an advanced copy.

Here’s the Amazaon book description: “This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” So begins Fareed Zakaria’s important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm cultures. He sees the “rise of the rest”—the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others—as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, largest-selling movies, and most advanced cell phones are all being built outside the United States. This economic growth is producing political confidence, national pride, and potentially international problems. How should the United States understand and thrive in this rapidly changing international climate? What does it mean to live in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.

[Kakaze]

Seems like anyone successful, doesn't want anything to do with Obama.

[cake_crumb]

"No one wants to take these jobs, because the public hates TARP and the bailouts and they know Geithner will be pitched overboard soon after the majority of Obama’s dirty work is done."

Hmmm....how could the Big 0 know the public hates the bailouts when the media hasn't even reported on the tea parties? Could the Big 0 have ORDERED the media to be silent, while they watch and assess and formulate plans to counter it?

[Ooh-Ah]

These nominations must give new meaning to it being lonely at the top for Geithner!