After Summers is in place at the Fed's helm, I think

[MannyGoldstein]

that the President should reach across the ailse and tap Michael "heck of a job " Brown(ie) to become Secretary of the Treasury. And name a drunk weasel to head his Council of Economic Advisers.

Then Larry can be Larry.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. It's all that eleventy-dimensional cheese...um I mean chess.

[Aerows]

2. Can I just say

that I support the drunk weasel at the helm of the Fed over Larry Summers?

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Hmmm... well at least the weasel will get things right *sometimes*

So I gotta agree with you.

[spanone]

3. a pre-emptive shit on the President...classy.

heck of a job manny

[Aerows]

4. Anyone that thinks Larry Summers

needs to be anywhere near the helm of the Fed needs their head examined.

[spanone]

8. summers is a turd in the punchbowl of life.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. You think I'm falsely accusing him of considering Summers for a position?

Or you think that Summers isn't a bringer of financial devastation to the 99%?

[snooper2]

59. are you asleep already?

[trumad]

16. Preemptive comments from Citizens of the United States?

Seems to working lately. ya think?

[PoliticAverse]

40. Indeed - "Summers Withdraws Name for Fed Chairmanship"...

See DU thread for WSJ article: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023672728

[Broward]

23. At the very least, Summers is under serious consideration

for the position. Should we just keep our mouths shut?

[spanone]

50. he's toast....

[msongs]

7. well there's lots of republicans looking for work nt

[Chan790]

9. I though Obama was already tossing test leaks to gauge public position on Ron Paul for TSec?

[MannyGoldstein]

10. No, Paul is (we're told) the candidate favored by Liberals like me.

Obama's got this guy teed up for TSec:

[delrem]

11. Ron and Rand Paul are stuck like barnacles to the Republican Party.

This gives them the advantage of doing piss all, while showing that the Republican Party is a "big tent".

[GeorgeGist]

12. What's wrong with ...

Moe and Curly?

[BuelahWitch]

34. Moe has a funny haircut and pokes people in the eye

And would you want a Fed chairmen who used phrases like "nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!" all the time?

[KG]

13. oh, hell. why not kissinger? respectable elder statesman and font of relevant information.

[xchrom]

14. +1

[deutsey]

15. He had such a smashing success with helping to initiate the "Chilean miracle" after all...

http://www.theguardian.com/business/1998/nov/22/observerbusiness.theobserver

[KG]

18. not to mention saving East Timor from the evils of self rule.

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. I can't wait to hear the President waxing eloquent, with a straight face,

about all the great things good ol' Larry has done for the country. Like he did for Harvard.

[MineralMan]

19. Attack President Obama on a Presumption.

Classy, Manny.

Summers has not been appointed to anything. Will he be? I don't know, and neither do you.

You've bested yourself here in this OP. Must be a slow news day...

[MannyGoldstein]

20. Hasn't Obama said that Summers is one of three candidates?

And doesn't he know Toonces Summers well?

So he must believe that Toonces is extremely qualified, no?

[KG]

22. gasp! you 'attacked' the president! i'll bet you you have an 'agenda', too!

[MannyGoldstein]

25. I do have an agenda.

Restoration of the middle class.

[MineralMan]

29. I'm not certain that is actually your agenda, Manny.

In fact, I'm not sure what your agenda is. This OP was a very weak attack, though, and easily ridiculed.

[MineralMan]

27. What he hasn't said is that he's going to nominate him, though.

You're presuming that he will. And you're basing yet another attack on President Obama on your presumption.

That's really weak, logically, Manny. You can do better, I'm sure.

I do not know who he will nominate, and neither do you. Obama has made no statement about it. We will find out when he makes a nomination.

[MannyGoldstein]

31. So you think he's not considering Summers? nt

[MineralMan]

33. I am not in a position to know.

I've never even met the President, nor do I know anyone on his staff. I'm sure Summers is one of those under consideration. Your OP says that it's a sure thing. There is a difference, Manny.

I believe you are in the same position, exactly, in terms of what you know.

Yet, you presume to know that Summers' nomination is a given. It is a wonderment, truly. C'est pour rire, Manny.

[MannyGoldstein]

35. So when Obama said that Summers was one of the three candidates

he might have been bluffing?

And Summers was fooled into suspendung his job with BoA because he's under consideration?

You really think those things?

Even *considering* Toonces for the Fed would evidence either staggering stupidity or a deep-seated love of transferring more wealth to the wealthiest, who've already done fantastically under Obama.

[MineralMan]

37. Please proceed, Mr. Goldstein.

You're on a roll. Proceed at your pleasure...

[grantcart]

56. snort

[MineralMan]

55. Perhaps you heard about the announcement today?

[MannyGoldstein]

57. So Summers withdrew, but was never being considered.

That's what you seem to be saying.


OK then.

[MineralMan]

61. No. that was not what I was saying, Manny.

What I was saying is right in the thread . Please proceed, I beg of you.

[bvar22]

21. NOW is the time for raising the Voices of Opposition.

If we had waited until After the Fact,
we would be bombing Syria now,
and YOU would be scolding,
"STFU, you should have said something sooner!!!"

[MineralMan]

28. Indeed. Nothing wrong with opposing that nomination.

Presuming that the decision has already been made and attacking the President for something he has not done, based on a presumption, is a very weak attack, and should be ridiculed.

Which, in fact, I have done.

[MineralMan]

30. Actually, I commented early in opposition to an attack on Syria.

I even posted a reply that raised the possibility that Obama and Putin would cook a solution up at the G20 conference, before that actually happened. In addition, I posted more than one OP stating my objection to any military support for any Middle Eastern country.

You're way off base with this criticism, frankly. Almost as far off base as Manny is by presuming that President Obama has already made a decision on Summers. I think he has not. I think we will not name Summers, partly because there is so much opposition.

Personally, I think there are better choices than Summers, too. The Fed, though, isn't that interesting to me, really, so I haven't participated in those discussions.

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. heh

STFU, you should have said something sooner!!!

[SidDithers]

26. It's what Manny does...

it's his schtick.

Sid

[jsr]

24. Great choice!

[Autumn]

36. K/R for a drunk weasel

You do have a way with words Manny.

[PoliticAverse]

38. "Summers Withdraws Name for Fed Chairmanship"

See DU thread for WSJ article: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023672728

[ProSense]

39. Good news:

Summers Withdraws Name for Fed Chairmanship
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023672728

[Aerows]

41. Thank heavens

Good lord that man would have been a disaster in that position!

[hatrack]

42. I was going to say "a ferret on crack", but drunk weasel might get the job done . . .

Maybe a 2016 slate - Ferret/Weasel 2016?

[Aerows]

43. Either a ferret on crack or a drunk weasel

would have been a better pick than Larry "I lost Harvard 1 Billion dollars" Summers. Good God, the last thing you need to do is put the man in charge of 3 Trillions dollars.

Thank goodness he withdrew his name. He should be in a prison cell instead of behind a desk.

[SidDithers]

44. Wrong again, eh Manny?...nt

Sid

[warrior1]

45. lol

[pnwmom]

46. When? When pigs fly? n/t

[JaneyVee]

47. Another perfect example of why it's hard to take the Obama haters seriously.

HAIR ON FIRE! HE'S CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY! HE'S STARTING WWIII! HE'S SPYING ON US ALL! HE WON'T CLOSE GITMO! HE'S NOMINATING LARRY SUMMERS!

Nope.

Nope.

Nope.

Blocked 96-4 in senate.

And

Nope.

[JI7]

54. the OP in particular posted a bunch of things claiming elizabeth warren was not going to get support

and she was going to be kept off of certain committees .

when none of that happened nothing from the OP. just move on to something else to be "outraged" over.

[Cali_Democrat]

48. Manny

You have a tremendous amount of egg on your face.

[Scurrilous]

49. Hahahahahaha...

[DCBob]

51. Manny, have you ever been right about anything?

[dkf]

52. Lol!

[OregonBlue]

53. Manny looks kinda silly now that Summers has withdrawn. He tried to pick a fight and ended up

on the ropes.

[Vanje]

60. Um.

He won.
Manny won this one.

[msanthrope]

63. Really? How? nt

[Vanje]

64. Summer's withdrawal from Fed Chair consideration was a win for the left.

Big win! One of very few.
I may be presumptious in assuming that Manny is leftish?

[msanthrope]

65. Well, that's moving the goalposts a bit. Is this a personal win for Manny, or a

collective win for the Left?

[Vanje]

67. The left

I'm talking about the goalposts that really matter.

Big picture, here, not just some dumb little semantics squabble on the daily DU.

[msanthrope]

68. Well, it did seem a bit grandiose to claim that "Manny won" so I am glad that you

rethought that claim.

Tell me....what did we win?

[Vanje]

69. Do you NOT see Summer's withdrawal as a win for the left?

[msanthrope]

70. Oh, I never had an opinion on Summers for fed chair, since he'd never actually

been nominated, and I did not think that he would be. I think it's always been Yellen, who I think will have a very easy confirmation.

[snooper2]

58. The 18th way tripped you up again

I crack me up

[Bobbie Jo]

62. lol

The streak continues....

[MineralMan]

66. Kick...

[SidDithers]

71. .

Sid