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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 07:26 PM
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Hell no, he shouldn't go. At least not yet.
When Krugman, Galbraith, Stiglitz- economists whose opinions I value, start calling for Geithner's removal, I'll listen. But I'll turn a deaf ear to mobs of bloggers and repukes.

I think a DUer said it best in another thread.

alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-19-09 11:30 AM
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25. Geithner's trying the defuse a bomb, with a pack of idiots yelling "CUT ANY WIRE!!!" all around him
Lynch mobs are never pretty. When they are plying their silly trade in the midst of real crisis, they are that much worse.

He's been in office for less than 2 months. It's ridiculously premature to be calling for him to be shitcanned. And the repercussions for President Obama's agenda would likely be dire.
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