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Posts Tagged ‘larry summers’

BILL CLINTON'S THIRD TERM

Obama’s Staff Of Clinton Hacks Is Insufficiently Change-y

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Meet your new SecDefHa ha, remember back in that debate when Barack Obama was asked how he can represent change if his advisors are a bunch of Billary cronies, and Hillary laughed at him meanly, and he said, “I’m looking forward to you advising me too, Hillary”? He wasn’t lying. He has decided to reconstruct the entire foul Clinton repository of hacks, brick by brick, until his presidency culminates in a hasty under-the-desk blow job from a fat chick. Many Obama supporters find this objectionable! MORE »


THE UNICORN'S CABINET

Fat, Hated Burnout Considered Leading Candidate For Treasury Secretary

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

It's Trig!Barack Obama’s first major administration appointee was the biggest dick in Washington. How can he top that with his second pick? Why by picking the biggest dick in various academic and economic circles, of course! All of the “murmurs” surrounding Treasury Secretary possibilities center around Lawrence “Larry” Summers, who held the post under Clinton from 1999 to 2001 and then ran off to be President of Harvard, where everyone hated him for his awful management style and overt disgust for all ladies. He was forced to resign. But now he might get a shot at redemption! MORE »


OUR FLOURISHING ECONOMY

Who Will Be Obama’s Treasury Secretary?

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Bean Counter in ChiefMoney and numbers dorks are all excited this morning, speculating about who Barack Obama might select for the most thankless job in America. Will it be Larry Summers, again? Your editor would kind of like to see the very competent FDIC chairman and level-headed Kansan Sheila Bair get the post, but that’s mostly because Bair was so great on Charlie Rose that one time and Warren Buffett likes her. [Bloomberg]