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Geithner's Debut

Tiny Tim's appearance before the Senate Banking Committee did not receive rave reviews as he explained a "dramatic loss of faith" in the American financial system but failed to specify what he as Treasury Secretary planned to do about it. As he spoke, the Dow Jones Industrial AVerage slipped below a negative 400 points, recovering slightly at the close to a minus 382.

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danny| 2.10.09 @ 7:09PM

something tells me tiny is not long for that job.

GENE| 2.10.09 @ 8:54PM

LOOKS LIKE A NEOPHYTE PRESIDENT SENT A BOY TO DO A MAN'S JOB.
HE SAID NOTHING AT ALL. AS SOMEONE SAYS LOUDLY; WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.

stu.b.con| 2.11.09 @ 8:26AM

Why would we be surprised? Look at the rest of the cabinet...they look and sound like the chorus in a Marx Brothers movie

MattSwartz| 2.11.09 @ 1:16PM

Gene,
What would you say if you were tasked with going out in public to defend a thing like that? Being vague kept him from getting run out on a rail, I think.

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