[LarryLied]

Joseph Lieberman:Thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule Sectary Rubin to share your expertise with the Senate. As the person who presided over and, some would say, was responsible for the longest and most prosperious era in American history, we are thankful you could testify today. We are not here to cast blame or to point fingers but to find out where we go from here. What we can do to make life better for all Americans? With that in mind, to what do you attribute the current malaise in the markets? Are the Republican tax cuts of last year responsible? Is it a mistake to have both a President and Vice-President who are so closely tied to business special interests?

[BruceS]

I think you don't have a fawning enough tone. Maybe add some bootlicking sounds.

[BOBTHENAILER]

I swear, that's what they would ask him. You must have been a Democrat staffer in another life.

[Itzlzha]

Joseph Lieberman:Thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule Sectary Rubin to share your expertise with the Senate. As the person who presided over and, some would say, was responsible for the longest and most prosperious era in American history, we are thankful you could testify today. We are not here to cast blame or to point fingers but to find out where we go from here. What we can do to make life better for all Americans? With that in mind, to what do you attribute the current malaise in the markets? Are the Republican tax cuts of last year responsible? Is it a mistake to have both a President and Vice-President who are so closely tied to business special interests?

May I congratulate the Senator for being able to so very clearly articulate the Senate's position, while having his TONGUE firmly planted in Robert Rubin's backside....