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Wednesday, March 25. 2009

Maxine Waters in the Twilight Zone

Unbelievable. Did she leave her tin-foil hat in the cloakroom? She doesn't have the brains to last three hours as a receptionist at Goldman.  h/t Riehl:


 

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put this up beside it.....to contrast and compare...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lW6Y4tBXs
#1 Dave J on 2009-03-25 13:28 (Reply)
sorry...scrolled on down and saw you had it up.
#2 Dave J on 2009-03-25 13:30 (Reply)
A woman in dire need of a droolcup.
#3 vanderleun (Link) on 2009-03-25 15:48 (Reply)
A very difficult clip to watch....how did we come to this?
#4 thud (Link) on 2009-03-25 16:42 (Reply)
Is she trying to lead up to that the "Jooos" did it????
#5 grant1863 on 2009-03-25 17:51 (Reply)
That's funny!! Does Maxine have a new pair of glasses?
Just look at the expressions on Geithner's face. I would love to know what he is thinking.
The last guy to speak, Cain, or Kane? Does he look like John Gotti or what.
Thud says it best "how did we come to this"
#5.1 jappy on 2009-03-25 18:17 (Reply)
jappy ... I'm kind of tickled by the video, because Geithner's expression is so stunned and bewildered, as if he doesn't know what she's asking or how to tackle answering questions so out of the ballpark that they seem to come from an alternate universe.

I like vanderleun's take on it. However did she get elected? Is there a very large mental hospital in her district, where the inmates are allowed to vote, as long as ACORN takes them to the voting booth?

Marianne
#6 Marianne Matthews on 2009-03-25 18:26 (Reply)
Geithner is bewildered by her.
#7 Bird Dog on 2009-03-25 18:47 (Reply)
I'm embarrassed as an American to watch this farce! Geithner is bewildered, hell I'm bewildered by it! Are we this ignorant?
#8 bartdp on 2009-03-25 19:25 (Reply)
Well, I for one found it a refreshing change from the left wing obsession about whether the U.S. Government was operated the last 8 years solely for the benefit of Halliburton.

Hey, what happened to them?

I guess with the new guy, they aren't in the government contracting business any longer. Right?

Right?

Hello?

Mighty quiet in here all of a sudden...
#9 Jim on 2009-03-25 22:07 (Reply)
This was the most entertaining thing to come out of government in a long time. However, I feel conflicted. On the one hand, Waters is nuts. On the other, there are two groups of people that I believe should never be allowed in government - people from Harvard or Goldman Sachs. This is not because I think that they are a sinister cabal. It is because I do not believe that what makes them successful in their field makes for effective government service (pardon the contradiction), be it as an elected or appointed official.

That said, this reminds me of the Dennis Miller bit where he wonders what must have gone through Alan Greenspan's mind when asked about some economic policy by Sonny Bono's widow.

I guess it could be worse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2uQ7Fg_Uk
#10 ddbb on 2009-03-26 01:25 (Reply)
The members of Congress should be a cross-section of America. Dumb people deserve as much representation in Congress as the corrupt ones. We have both. This makes me, and the First Lady, proud to be an American.
#11 Agent Cooper on 2009-03-26 04:04 (Reply)
But Agent Cooper ... The dumb people of America seem vastly over-represented in Congress today. The most poorly represented are the intelligent Americans. And I doubt if our First Lady is proud of Maxine. She's the First Lady, after all, and Maxine is just a Congressional grunt.

I never thought I would feel sympathetic towards Geithner but, looking at his face in the film clip, I do. How can he possibly answer? First he would have to define terms. And that alone would take hours. And she keeps saying she doesn't have much time. Maxine baby -- you have time. To shut up, if nothing else.

Marianne
#12 Marianne Matthews on 2009-03-26 16:46 (Reply)
I remember a few years back she was referring to the company Smith Barney and she said Smith Barney Frank. She gives stupid a bad name. Who says democracy works? didn't work in her district or with the Palistinians.
#13 sean on 2009-03-27 11:50 (Reply)

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