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Geithner to stay on as Treasury chief
Reuters ^
| 8/7/11
Posted on 08/07/2011 12:08:36 PM PDT by truthandlife
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told President Barack Obama that he intends to stay on the job, Treasury said in a statement on Sunday afternoon.
"Secretary Geithner has let the president know that he plans to stay on in his position at Treasury," Assistant Treasury Secretary Jenni LeCompte said. "He looks forward to the important work ahead on the challenges facing our great country."
Geithner had indicated he might leave after a debt-limit increase was approved, but administration officials indicated that both Obama and the White House chief of staff had urged Geithner not to leave now.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: geithner; incompetent; obama; obamadowngrade; treasury
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To: truthandlife
Who would be willing to succeed Timmy? Maybe Obama could kidnap someone and make him be treasury secretary.
To: truthandlife
Good one, Timmy
What do treasury secretaries do these days that press secretaries can't already do?
To: clintonh8r
Typical liberal...no shame or embarrassment over being a complete failure. That's because the only criteria for a liberal is that he MEANT well.
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posted on
08/07/2011 5:11:18 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: CitizenM
Obama might have wanted to oust Timmy, but when he called around, no one would take the job. Who the heck would want to be in that hot tub with Obama and the dirty crowd in his administration? Reminds me of Obama's veep search. And he finally wound up with...
Hey! Maybe THAT's the solution! Send "Bite Me" over to Treasury!
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posted on
08/07/2011 5:15:06 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: truthandlife
If I were king, Timmy would be in prison.
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posted on
08/07/2011 5:19:59 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(All Democrats are equal but some Democrats are more equal than others.)
To: Iron Munro
LOL
(Identify the one with the least experience in that picture)
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posted on
08/07/2011 5:24:43 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(GeithnerGate .,,, as in "show him the")
To: truthandlife
What difference to the obozomess could his staying on could it possibly make?
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posted on
08/07/2011 5:46:39 PM PDT
by
IbJensen
(God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made politicians.)
To: sunmars
well we have to hang it round obamas neck like an albatross.While it is tempting to cross out a few of those words to change the meaning, I fear the post would be removed and I, your humble correspondent, exiled or banished. That's all I gots to say bout dat.
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posted on
08/07/2011 6:06:44 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
To: truthandlife
Of course, if the stock market keeps on tanking, Geithner will be punted out of his Cabinet post in no time flat, in my humble opinion!
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posted on
08/07/2011 6:27:05 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: truthandlife
A mis-direction for dramatic effect, it’s a play on Republicans
70
posted on
08/07/2011 6:28:58 PM PDT
by
Son House
(The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
To: truthandlife
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posted on
08/07/2011 7:03:47 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(WSJ, Krauthammer, Rove et. al., STFU. Thank you.)
To: truthandlife
Timmy hyas TOO MUCH on the Child Marxist.
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posted on
08/07/2011 7:21:19 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: truthandlife
Timmy was told to stay in place to serve as the WH whipping boy should things turn ugly...I mean really ugly.
Also, the last thing Barry wants is to have to nominate and confirm a Treasury Sec. right now. Just imagine all those embarrassing questions regarding the WH economic policies.
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posted on
08/07/2011 8:24:06 PM PDT
by
mojito
To: clintonh8r
Typical liberal...no shame or embarrassment over being a complete failure.
You guys are completely missing the point, there's no embarrassment or failure here, these guys are high five'ing each other, this was the plan all along, I'm serious, things are going better than even they could have hoped.
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posted on
08/07/2011 8:40:07 PM PDT
by
Scythian
To: Scythian
I’ve been thinking that, too. It has to be the plan, nobody could be this ****ed up by accident.
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posted on
08/07/2011 8:57:42 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West (this tagline under review))
To: truthandlife
Obama needs him to stay until mission accomplished.
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posted on
08/07/2011 10:00:51 PM PDT
by
topfile
To: sinanju
The sewage rises to the top?
To: truthandlife
Well, who the F*** would want to take the job under Obama? He’s stuck, you couldn’t get a homeless crack addict to take that job now.
To: truthandlife
Good job, Brownie. I mean, Timmah.
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posted on
08/07/2011 11:18:45 PM PDT
by
ponygirl
(Okay, so you're not a racist. Who are you going to vote for in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot?)
To: truthandlife; Revolting cat!
Did he pay ALL of his taxes this year?
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posted on
08/07/2011 11:54:38 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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