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Tim Geithner Suffers Through Late-Night Meeting With Angry Democrats

Yeah not fun.Eek, would you want to be locked in a room getting yelled at by Henry Waxman for hours and hours? Because that is how Tim Geithner got to spend his Monday night, hooray! He has the worst job in America, worse even than those people who clean up murder scenes or give Rush Limbaugh enemas.

A meeting that ran “late into the night” featured a bunch of angry Democrats screaming at Tim Geithner about how he wasn’t fixing the economy fast enough. He explained that these things take time, world’s biggest economy blah blah blah, plus he has nobody to help him.

(Speaking of, faithful tipster Karl Rove Jr. — we assume that is his real name, of course — suggests Geithner hire the delightful Simon Johnson, who was on Fresh Air recently making all kinds of sense about bank nationalization. We heartily second this suggestion, except that Geithner would never in a million zillion years hire some dude who wants to nationalize the banks.)

Anyway, so. Tim Geithner will probably quit or just die of a heart attack soon because jesus christ, what an awful job.

Geithner Briefs Dems: “We’re Doing In Weeks What Countries Did In Years” [Huffington Post]


11:36 AM on Tue March 10 2009
By Sara K. Smith
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  1. Gopherit says at 11:41 am, March 10th, 2009

    Haha. I wonder if he could see the blizzard of harshly worded memos being thrown at him. That group of impotent, moronic buffoons in congress couldn’t organize a weenie roast.

  2. snideinplainsight says at 11:42 am, March 10th, 2009

    Mr. Geithner, the Klingon Navy is on line three. They’d like their forehead prothesis back.

  3. Toomush Infermashun says at 11:42 am, March 10th, 2009

    Tim, Tim, grow a pair….just tell Waxman to jes’ fix it hisself if he don’t like it….

  4. snideinplainsight says at 11:44 am, March 10th, 2009

    Drat - too quick at the mouse! PROSTHESIS, I meant.

  5. NoWireHangers says at 11:45 am, March 10th, 2009

    The American people were mislead by Mr. Geithner! We thought his giant five-head suggested a giant brain with which to lead us out of a global recession, not a giant forehead that wrinkles in befuddlement.

  6. The words “Rush Limbaugh” and “enemas” should never NEVER be in the same sentence together. Ever.

  7. Colander says at 11:47 am, March 10th, 2009

    Tim should hire a young Suge Knight-type to be his personal assistant. These meetings would probably go more smoothly.

  8. WadISay says at 11:49 am, March 10th, 2009

    Tim has been spending about 75% of his work days blogging, and I’m OK with that.

  9. AngryBlakGuy says at 11:49 am, March 10th, 2009

    …he shouldve just declared “Executive Privilege” and told them to f%ck-off!

  10. snarkattack says at 11:53 am, March 10th, 2009

    So, which is worse: being yelled at by for hours by Henry Waxman or giving Rush Limbaugh an enema? Your article fails to address this crucial question.

  11. CARCUNTZ!(tm)-R-Us says at 11:58 am, March 10th, 2009

    cal: Especially side-by-side with no words in between.

  12. WickedWitch says at 11:59 am, March 10th, 2009

    But let us not forget:

    Geithner is willing to go into the Democrats’ den and take their comments/abuse/shit/whatev…

    Leader Limbaugh hides in a Florida studio and throws shit against the glass.

    Who has more balls, I ask you?

  13. DoctorCulturae says at 12:00 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Soon Raygun will swoop down from the heavens on a fat steed. He will spread sparkly fairy dust as the hovers over the masses saying “Hi there mommies, just thought I’d help with more free market unregulation! I hath spake with Wall St. and teh Bankerz and they sayeth greed is the only way out of the wilderness.” Then the Limpbaws, Gingriches, and Palins didst clap like giddy children saying “See we wuz right, socialistas!” And lo, the bootstraps already made low, waiteth to be pulled up and there was evening and morning, the second month.

  14. Monsieur Grumpe says at 12:01 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Ingredients for a Limbaugh Enemaâ„¢

    Limbaugh urine
    Old Folgers coffee
    400 mg Oxycontin
    200mg Viagra
    Blood from a 14 year old virgin Republican Boy
    One Hungry Man TeeVee dinner
    Tobacco chew spit
    Tabasco sauce
    Salt and pepper to taste.

  15. V572625694 says at 12:11 pm, March 10th, 2009

    All I can say is: Dinga dinga dee!

  16. x111e7thst says at 12:11 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Maybe Mr. Geithner should apply for a job giving Rush his enemas.

  17. Nationalize ‘em. All the economists worth listening to say so. Hell, Jim Baker says so. Besides, the resulting head explosions in the wingnutosphere would make it worthwhile for that alone.

  18. norbizness says at 12:28 pm, March 10th, 2009

    A young Peter MacNicol from Dragonslayer (?) called, he wants his several hundred billion dollars you threw down the shitter to buy toxic assets back.

  19. NewAlgier says at 12:29 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Geithner just gave $50 billion of your money to the fucking Euros . Without so much as a by-your-leave, or disclosure over who’s getting the money. (cough cough Goldman).

    I bet he’s not overly concerned over who’s yelling at him. If I got yelled at for giving billions of taxpayer dollars away, I’d feel really bad. And give them billions again tomorrow, because, hey, why not?

  20. Lincolns pissed says at 12:33 pm, March 10th, 2009

    snideinplainsight: We got it…dont worry, maybe we have a few Eng. Lit majors who would chastise you for the mis spelling….Funny nontheless!

  21. They also serve who take the most shit. “BLAH BLAH BE BRILLIANT FASTER BLEE!”

  22. Hooray For Anything says at 12:45 pm, March 10th, 2009

    I’m all for nationalizing the banks just as long as I get to go to those swanky parties the banks throw too

  23. emmasue says at 12:50 pm, March 10th, 2009

    why can’t anybody besides this simon johnson fellow make any sense?

  24. Fear of a Black Reagan says at 12:53 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Capital gains tax cuts and Scarlett Johannson’s gonorrheic boobies. I forget what the question was, but that’s most certainly the answer.

  25. Uncle Glenny says at 12:58 pm, March 10th, 2009

    DoctorCulturae: Which horseman of the apocalypse is he? And who are the others?

  26. King of Pants says at 1:09 pm, March 10th, 2009

    WickedWitch: That is because Geithner is a confirmed Cabinet secretary in a presidential administration, and Rush Limbaugh has no responsibilities, as drinking the heroin-laced blood of Thai boys is actually a privilege.

    cal: I take it, then, you’ve never heard Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh?

  27. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 1:11 pm, March 10th, 2009

    And then i ram my ovidepositer down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest . . . but im not an alien!

  28. Texan Bulldoggette says at 1:15 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Barney Frank was there also. I guarantee if Barney threatened to strip down, Timmy would think of a solution muy pronto. He just needs the right incentive; Barry is obviously too nice.

  29. NoYou' says at 1:23 pm, March 10th, 2009

    Ha! How is he supposed to save the economy when he’s testifying before Congress all the time?

  30. DustBowlBlues says at 1:35 pm, March 10th, 2009

    I just the heard the little boy I used to take to Mariner games is doing press for Tim. My little pal is all growed up to be a big cheese who doesn’t know much about economics, but is great with communicating in the English language. Maybe he can make sense of what Geitner is saying and explain it to the rest of us.

  31. DustBowlBlues says at 1:36 pm, March 10th, 2009

    snideinplainsight: Maybe the US could make some spare change renting out billboard across Geitner’s forehead.

  32. Jazzman says at 4:40 pm, March 10th, 2009

    I hear he still gets royalties from Clapton’s “Foreheaded Man.” Inside musician joke. Sorry.

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