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Treasury Secretary Blames Congress for Economy, Excuses Obama
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 31 March 2012 | John Semmens

Posted on 04/01/2012 2:50:10 PM PDT by John Semmens

The Obama Administration’s Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner upheld his boss’ mantra that others are to blame for the current sorry state of the economy.

“Really, it was the guys who were in office prior to President Obama’s ascendance that are responsible,” Geithner maintained. “If any fingers are to be pointed there’s where we should look.”

When he was reminded that Obama was a member of Congress during that period, Geithner acknowledged that “some may try this ploy to shift blame to him, but the fact is, he was hardly ever present for any of the deliberations or votes in the two years he nominally served as a senator. If you’ll recall, he spent the bulk of his time campaigning for the presidency. To be fair, you have to admit his hands are clean.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: blame; obama; richardsimmonsblog; satire

1 posted on 04/01/2012 2:50:13 PM PDT by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

Stinky Harry’s do nothing Senate.


2 posted on 04/01/2012 2:51:25 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to WEAN the government off of our money.)
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To: John Semmens

I would suggest that obumber hasn’t really been present in the WH ether. He is an empty suit just doing what his mentors say.


3 posted on 04/01/2012 2:53:32 PM PDT by JoSixChip (santorum is Mr Rogers without a spine. Check his record, not his rhetoric.)
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To: John Semmens
"To be fair, you have to admit his hands are clean.

That must be a joke, no intelligent life form could believe that.
4 posted on 04/01/2012 2:57:02 PM PDT by JoSixChip (santorum is Mr Rogers without a spine. Check his record, not his rhetoric.)
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To: John Semmens

While a cute April Fool’s Day joke, this is so CLOSE to the kind of arguments coming out of the Administration right now that it could be easily mistaken for fact.


5 posted on 04/01/2012 2:58:23 PM PDT by TexasGreg ("Democrats Piss Me Off"M)
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To: JoSixChip

Lol. Wonder how they have to say about Obamacare, the stimulus, the GM/Chrysler bailouts, etc. etc. I guess like any thief, he can try to claim that he is innocent but his “fingerprints” are all over them.


6 posted on 04/01/2012 3:01:42 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: dhs12345

Wow. The best fibs are the ones that have a ring of truth to them.

I fell for it!


7 posted on 04/01/2012 3:05:41 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: John Semmens
“some may try this ploy to shift blame to him, but the fact is, he was hardly ever present for any of the deliberations or votes in the two years he nominally served as a senator

Okay, I get it, lol.
8 posted on 04/01/2012 3:11:00 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: John Semmens
OBAMA ECONOMY STUPID, IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID
9 posted on 04/01/2012 3:22:24 PM PDT by FrankR
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10 posted on 04/01/2012 3:34:19 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: John Semmens

Timmy boy, what a d-bag. I personally hold him responsible for the mess in the last 4 years especially being a former executive with the Fed and Goldman Sachs. If zero is not re-elected, I will be happy to see him go away !


11 posted on 04/01/2012 4:04:42 PM PDT by CORedneck
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