Ken Lewis: If I’m Going Down, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke Are Coming Down With Me

New York Magazine ^ | 2/4/10 | Jessica Pressler

[FTJM]

No WAY is Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis going to be the only one to answer for the acquisition of crappy Merrill Lynch and its crappy bonuses, "a person close to Lewis's defense team" (who may or may not be Ken Lewis himself) tells Charlie Gasparino today on the Daily Beast. NO WAY will he be a scapegoat, alone, for the people who twisted his arm to go through with the Merrill deal by telling him he would be fired if he didn't. "If this thing goes to trial you can expect both Paulson and Bernanke to be on the witness list." If he's going down, he's bringing them down, too. Bringing them down to Chinatown. Order in the court!

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“Mr Lewis is going to have a heart attack”

Nah. More likely an auto-erotic asphyxiation.

[mojitojoe]

Expect more of this in 2010. Obongo has lost his cool, next they turn on him. Spill the beans Blago and others.

[Marysecretary]

he’ll commit suicide by shooting himself 6 x in the back of his head...

[truth_seeker]

Bank of America was started in San Francisco in 1904 by Amadeo Giannini, American born son of Italian immigrants, as Bank of Italy.

Among many accomplishments, it was the originator of VISA card (initially BankAmeriCard). To compete a consortium of other California banks started Mastercard.

Today THE largest financial services company in the world.

Example of a major company moving Hq. out of California.

If you value American free enterprise capitalism, this is a success story.

Lewis can assemble massive resources to battle the Obama administration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_america

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_Giannini

[SunkenCiv]

for the acquisition of crappy Merrill Lynch and its crappy bonuses

I'll take mine with extra butter.

[TexasTransplant]

Hey Ken two words “Swimming Lessons” find a course that includes “How to swim with concrete over shoes” it may be a 200 series course.

TT

[TexasTransplant]

PS Ken, Long walks at Fort Marcy Park should be avoided.

[Moe Tzadik]

Future headline: "Committed suicide in Ft. Marcy Park, federal investigators unable to explain three shots to back of head..."

[La Enchiladita]

Ken Lewis looks like a guy I wouldn’t mess with.
Just sayin’......

[Marty62]

He is going to end up like Ken LAY. Goes to vacation house and has a massive heart attack. HUMMMMMMMM

[ladyjane]

Unfortunately some freepers suffer from class envy. They hate the banks and the bankers and are perfectly content with the Obama administration demonizing them. This is supposed to be a conservative forum but the knee jerk reaction is anything but.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Take all of the penis slurpers down!

[cranked]

Good.

Any one with common sense knows that there were and are many unnamed here that should be going down just like Lewis. Expose them, investigate them, drag them through the mud, and convict them...ALL.

[jackibutterfly]

I HOPE to God he takes Bwarney Fwank with him!

[StopObama2012]

I’m guessing “aspirin overdose” like that Blago witness.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Expect more of this in 2010. Obongo has lost his cool, next they turn on him. Spill the beans Blago and others.

Doesn't help that Obie is trying to settle some Chicago business with a Las Vegas family either.

[gogogodzilla]

As long as all his information is backed up and hidden... and his enemies know it... they won’t be able to touch him for fear of that info getting released.

I just hope he’s smart enough to do that.

[Siena Dreaming]

You are correct about the huge strain of socialism-lite that is far too prevalent on this forum.

I'm rooting for Ken Lewis, myself, and can't wait to see him take on Cuomo.

I'm hoping the end result of all this is that Cuomo gets trashed so bad he limps away from the Nov. race; Lewis could be the catalyst which allows the NY economy to heal as a result.

[SaraJohnson]

Now we are talking! Paulson and Bernake need to take down some corrupt politicians with them.

[hinckley buzzard]

Careful Kenny boy. That's dangerously close to what Ron Brown said to Billyboy Clinton shortly before his plane had an unscheduled stop on some Serbian mountainside.