Who's Throwing Bair Under The Bus - And Why?
You know, it's getting hard to read between the lines these days. This NY Times story about FDIC chair Sheila Bair, the only Bush official who's been looking out for homeowners facing foreclosure, has all the signs of a classic hit job: Unnamed sources (even "a representive of IndyMac" who remains unknown) expressing deep concern that Bair is a hot dog whose so-called policies don't work.
The only question remains is, who's trashing her - and why?
I read recently that the Obama team wants to dump her (more unnamed sources, of course). So is Bair as good as I've heard, and is being targeted for ruffling the Good Old Boys' feathers, or is she a self-promoting hot dog? You'd never know from reading this story. It's a masterwork of insinuation.
Boy, I wish there was a real newspaper I could read that could make that distinction, draw a credible conclusion and bolster it with facts people would back - on the record.
Hey, New York Times, here's a thought: instead of asking unnamed sources for quotes on her policies, why not do your homework?
The Faggot Bush Administration, Jeff Gannon as proof, etc. Seem to have a tendency towards throwing the women under the bus. Lyndie England, The woman general at Abu Graib, The others, etc. It pisses me off. And sorry for the derogatory term. It is only meant for the god damn hypocritical mother fuckers like Bush and his buddy Rove and the guy from Idaho etc. These people need to be called out and their hypocrisy needs to stop being ignored.
Their misogynists. Many gay men who aren't willing to accept themselves turn their hatred of themselves towards the women they encounter.
better than any explanation I've heard to date.
Why can't we appropriate the word "******" to mean right wing nut job Republicans? The English language changes all the time why not change the meaning of this word? After all the word was (mis)appropriated to be a degrogatory for gay people so why can't we make it apply to an actual deserving group for derogatory taunts? And besides it would drive the wingers over the edge. OK yeah that's right they're already well over the edge but you know what I mean.
Her true worth will be judged by the quality of her enemies.
Even a "self-promoting hot dog" can be right. It is well documented that the NYT has been blowing it on a regular basis more and more (I always enjoy the way Bob Somerby lays it out). It still shines when compared with my local paper though.
Homework indeed!
Google Brooksley Born. She tried to prevent the meltdown that took place this year by instituting regulations, but Rubin, Summers and Greenspan got Congress to strip the CFTC (see below) of regulatory authority - permanently.
Ms. Born was the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, "an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States" per its web site, from August 26, 1996 to June 1, 1999. She saw that financial institutions were playing dangerous games (lending money that was supposed to serve as collateral for insurance, for example), and tried to intervene. Are we seeing a replay with Ms. Bair?
The Obama administration is making a grave mistake by retaining Summers and Geithner. Summers helped bring about the collapse that we experienced this year, and Geithner is part of that cabal, the "oops, we were wrong about the self-regulating nature of markets" school. This is very bad news.
Very interesting. Coincidentally I just ran across an article today where she was featured and she was preaching moderation in consumption and a return to prudent banking.
Definitely a red. Definitely needs to be "taken care of."
Too many Wall Streeters running what's left of our economy now, too many in the new administration coming up. There's a whole lot of self-dealing going on and WE'RE footing the bill. Me no like. Bad medicine.
Thanks.
Bair's idea is known and excepted by Obama's team. Bair is working to keep her job as an insider for the GOP. Look G-Rod learned the pay to play by the old timers and Bair's game is old also. Most of the GOP loyalist are leaving and the GOP needs to get inside information. As you hear the Obama/Biden Cabinet announced the GOP needs for Obama to keep those Republicans who will pass on information to hurt the new Administration. Gates is only kept because he did speak up long before Obama won the election. Hayden and Muller are looking to hold on as their Departments did the most damage in Foreign Policy and if they stay those secrets wont come to Obama/Biden's attention. Petraeus is hanging on a shoe sting he's so far up Bush/Cheney's butts he can't be seen anymore. He hopes to stay and continue killing innocent people to keep the hate alive.
The people badmouthing Sheila are supporters of Tim Geitner or Geithner himself. She has been accused by Geithner of not being a "team player" and only looking out after the FDIC during this transition period. That's what I read somewhere recently (I think via a newspaper article linked on ThinkProgress). So Google "Sheila Bair" "Tim Geithner" and "team player" and see what you get. Then try and connect some more dots. That's the best advice I can offer, for now.
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