Yet we now have our first candidate for year’s most assinine, idiotic bloviation, courtesy of outgoing Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd:
“Dodd … said he thinks it would be a ‘travesty’ not to confirm Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s nomination ….”
Travesty my ass. He couldn’t possibly be more wrong.
We should be very proud. Such a pity he’s leaving the Senate.
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January 22nd, 2010 at 11:01 am
Senate Dems Not Sure They Can Get Enough Votes to Reconfirm Bernanke
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Fed’s Bernanke Faces Tighter Vote in Senate
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Bernanke faces more Senate opposition for 2nd term
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:16 pm
And Dodd remains undeterred in his bloviating:
“Senate Banking Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) said Friday that failing to confirm Mr. Bernanke for a second term could have ‘huge economic implications,’ citing the impact that rejecting the nomination would have on financial markets.
‘I think if you wanted to send the worst signal to the markets right now in the country and send us in a tailspin, it would be to reject this nomination,’ Mr. Dodd told a group of reporters. ‘This is not naming someone to be an assistant secretary to something. This is the most important central banker in the world.’”
Implications? Yes. The market would correct a little sooner than it otherwise would have. But no one can time the market anyway, right?
Boo hoo.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:42 am
Bernanke under pressure
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:36 pm
I need to be clear. At the end of the day, I don’t believe any of these ball-less, grandstanding leeches have the guts to be the one to keep Bernanke from a second term. It’s all a sick show. Mildly amusing.
January 24th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday he expects Ben Bernanke to be confirmed, putting the second term of the Fed chief on more solid ground after rising speculation in recent days.
January 28th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Bernanke wins Senate vote for second term
Now you will see what travesty is. The “Man of the Year” will continue to destroy the world.
April 9th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Bernanke says policymakers prevented ‘cataclysm’ worse than Great Depression
Why? Because before this is over, the above self-congratulatory backslapping will be a focal point for unending ridicule. Just one. Of many.