Comments on: Wait a minute: Politicos grandstand?

by: RLR

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:20:50 +0000

Regarding TARP/stimulus ==> political haymaking, the whole thing stinks to high heaven. We can all agree that Cuomo is a slimeball looking for advantage. Problem is, he’s not the only one, by far.

Glad to know that “prick” is OK in WAW-land. I’ll try to resist the urge to push the boundaries.

by: jim

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:52:58 +0000

to-may-to/to-mah-to

by: G.D. Gearino

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:22:48 +0000

RLR: I point out those things not with approval, but as simple matters of fact. If Cuomo wishes to allege wrongdoing, he needs to round up all the alleged evildoers. The fact that he hasn’t is what makes the whole effort reek of political expediency.

By the way, “prick” is fine for this blog. Unless you’re referring to me.

by: RLR

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:08:50 +0000

Cuomo is a prique, but I find these sorts of comments rather unsettling, GD:

“Besides, the very last thing federal officials needed at the time was candor. […] Well-informed shareholders could only have scuttled the plan.”

You dutifully cite the standard economy->abyss bugaboo, too big to fail, etc.. The final implication is that we needed Federal shepherding more than we needed transparency.

That is why Dubya’s TARP and Obama’s stimulus have become opaque oceans of taxpayer largesse.