The One has had a rough week. On Tuesday (2/3), I blogged about the little voice in my head (OK, one of many) that kept screaming, "He doesn't know what he's doing!" Well, it turns out that I'm not the only one with a nagging internal voice. Or, the voice in my head has gotten so loud it's now communicating with Beltway pundits. Yeah, probably the second one.
The Recap:
Award for Most Energetic and Frankest - Lindsey Graham on Fox News calling BO "AWOL" from leadership. There's video here.
Award for Snarkiest (in a good way) - Andrea Tantaros of Fox News, calling the first two weeks "amateur hour."
Award for I Told You So - Dana Milbank asking if the Obamara honeymoon is over. He documents the President and First Lady's flight to their favorite child's class to escape the White House. Escape? It's gonna be a long four years. Oh, and, yeah, they dote on their youngest child, the one who looks happy. The older one seems to be an afterthought. If I've picked this up in cursory reviews of pix on the interwebs, I can't imagine what it must be like in person. Note to BO PR: try to get the Mrs. to look like she cares about her firstborn.
Award for Having the Nerve to State the Obvious - tie and both go to RedState. First up is Jeff Emanuel examining why the Majority Party is acting like the Minority. Next, is Ken Taylor stating up front that BHO is "In Way Over His Head and It Shows."
We knew the halo would slip but who had "2 weeks" in the office pool? I mean, other than Hillary.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
(shhhh ... The One doesn't know what he's doing)
I realize that we're only two weeks into The One's presidency. (Have the oceans ceased to rise yet?) But, I sense a trend forming. AND IT SCARES THE SHIT OUT OF ME!
When BO propped up his Turbo Tax-challenged "financial whiz" for Treasury Secretary, I had a sneaking suspicion that The One had no fucking clue about economics, finance, Wall Street, or sub prime mortgages. My sinking feeling was that Geithner, the "wunderkind" who couldn't read the gazillion or so reminders from the IMF that he had to pay the taxes for which he'd requested reimbursement IN WRITING, was BO's great plan to save the US from bankruptcy. It looked to me like The One was outsourcing his economic plan to "an expert" because he couldn't tell a credit default swap from a swap meet. And, I believe I'm right.
That's not the scary part.
How many times have we been told by both Democrats and Republicans that Geithner is THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE THE ECONOMY? Yeah, well, it turns out he's been involved in every bad economic government decision made since Lehman's sent out a gold-threaded SOS this summer. Oops.
So, now I have a new sinking feeling. Maybe Geither has no fucking clue, either? Maybe he's just a pawn of the Wall Street crowd? Maybe he didn't pay his taxes because he's a tax cheat with a wonky moral compass instead of a wonk who can't read basic English? Maybe he subscribes to the Helmsley school of tax thought?
Let's recap:
When BO propped up his Turbo Tax-challenged "financial whiz" for Treasury Secretary, I had a sneaking suspicion that The One had no fucking clue about economics, finance, Wall Street, or sub prime mortgages. My sinking feeling was that Geithner, the "wunderkind" who couldn't read the gazillion or so reminders from the IMF that he had to pay the taxes for which he'd requested reimbursement IN WRITING, was BO's great plan to save the US from bankruptcy. It looked to me like The One was outsourcing his economic plan to "an expert" because he couldn't tell a credit default swap from a swap meet. And, I believe I'm right.
That's not the scary part.
How many times have we been told by both Democrats and Republicans that Geithner is THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE THE ECONOMY? Yeah, well, it turns out he's been involved in every bad economic government decision made since Lehman's sent out a gold-threaded SOS this summer. Oops.
So, now I have a new sinking feeling. Maybe Geither has no fucking clue, either? Maybe he's just a pawn of the Wall Street crowd? Maybe he didn't pay his taxes because he's a tax cheat with a wonky moral compass instead of a wonk who can't read basic English? Maybe he subscribes to the Helmsley school of tax thought?
Let's recap:
- President with the financial acumen of your average high school freshman but we taxpayers are the parents he's hitting up for cash.
- Treasury Secretary who can't understand a form that says "you owe this much money."
- Treasury Secretary who paid up his taxes when he got caught, not out of legal and moral obligation like the rest of us chumps. (Note to TG: there's no statute of limitations on owed taxes if you intentionally didn't pay what you owed.)
- TS who has the financial acumen of your average college freshman but we taxpayers are the parents he's hitting up for cash to pay off his poker debts to pals Hank, Ben, Bob, and John.
Two weeks in may be a little early to panic. Or not. I'm switching to Panic Mode Plan M: First, we're going to need a harder mattress. Then I'm going to convert our savings into gold, silver and copper pipe, and stash it all between the box spring and the mattress until the economy recovers or we get an administration with a clue. Yeah, we better get used to sleeping with a piece of metal up our ... never mind. Many Americans are going to have that feeling soon.
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