Tim Geithner: Prone to ‘Odd Fits of Giggling’

NY Mag ^ | 9/6/10 | Nitasha Tiku

[Nachum]

"Tim was organized and low-key, although given to occasional bursts of profanity and odd fits of giggling." —Ex-car czar Steven Rattner dishes on the Obama administration's views of Detroit during the bailouts in his upcoming book, Overhaul. No one was spared. According to Rattner, Obama asked, "Why can't [GM and Chrysler] make a Corolla?"

[philman_36]

I think the outburst of inappropriate laughter is called hebophrenia.

ICD-10 Criteria for Hebephrenic Schizophrenia
A form of schizophrenia in which affective changes are prominent, delusions and hallucinations fleeting and fragmentary, behaviour irresponsible and unpredictable, and mannerisms common. The mood is shallow and inappropirate and often accompanied by giggling or self-satisfied, self-absorbed smiling, or by a lofty manner, grimaces, mannerisms, pranks, hypochondriacal complaints, and reiterated phrases. Thought is disorganized and speech rambling and incoherent. There is a tendency to remain solitary, and behaviour seems empty of purpose and feeling. This form of schizphrenia usually starts between the ages of 15 and 25 years and tends to have a poor prognosis because of the rapid development of "negative" symptoms, particularly flattening of affect and loss of volition.

Sounds more like the epilepsy described in my other link to me, but I'm not a physician so YMMV.

[righttackle44]

But so was Baron Bomburst.

[philman_36]

Undesirable Language
Compulsive cursing, or coprolalia , is often the result of neurological conditions such as Tourette syndrome (TS), frontal lobe damage, epilepsy , schizophrenia, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and mental retardation.

Who knows? So many things fit.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Maybe he was just punch drunk? Ask Steve Kroft.

[SERKIT]

Timmy

[philman_36]

Maybe he was just punch drunk?
I'm still going with demonic possession.

Ask Steve Kroft.
I wouldn't even give him 60 seconds, much less 60 minutes.

[roaddog727]

Geithner isn’t qualified to be a bank teller.

[Eagles6]

Remember how we had to have Geitner as Sec. Treasury, no one else coild save us?

Wonder if that had anything to do with obummer's mother working for Geitner's father when she was in Indonesia.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I would like to know what got cut during that 60 min. session in order to protect Hussein.

[decisis]

Him and that gay congressman from New York who resigned should get together, two giggling gayboys.

[SteamShovel]

Just what we need a tax cheating incompetent with Tourette’s

It fits.

I'm pretty sure I see some autism in Obama.

He's a creepy strange guy, and he picked creepy strange people to serve his administration.

[windsorknot]

[philman_36]

I would like to know what got cut during that 60 min. session in order to protect Hussein.
The necessary questions weren't asked to start with so there was nothing to cut.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I would like to know what got cut during that 60 min. session in order to protect Hussein.

The necessary questions weren't asked to start with so there was nothing to cut.

So true.

[dusttoyou]

WOW, man that describes Timmy G to a tee. You must have this stuff up!

[dusttoyou]

Proof read is my friend.

You must have MADE this stuff up!

[1_Rain_Drop]

Yikes!! this describes someone I know.

[LibertyRocks]

I can’t wait to read this book. I’d bet on it being a #1 on the NYT best-seller’s list for a while.

[browniexyz]

Anyone heard anything about Rahm lately? We haven’t seen hide nor hair since the scene at the Wailing Wall, have we? This report brings his name up. Is he even in DC anymore? And the giggling—he can’t BELIEVE his own position of power, it is so incredulous, EVEN TO HIMSELF! He giggles to get over the stress of filling a position for which he isn’t remotely qualified.