by Mark Silva
They're having some fun with Timothy Geithner's handwriting over at the Huffington Post, where a photo of the Treasury secretary's notepad at today's congressional hearing has prompted some pseudo-science about what the pad says of the penman:
"What do these scrawlings say?'' HuffPost's Jason Linkins writes. "Is the first entry "DONKEY IRON?" Or is it "DUNK MY IRAN?" The fourth line -- is it "POTUS PREP/QA," an indication that Geithner will be briefing the President in advance of his news conference tonight?
"At the risk of getting into some Bill O'Reilly-style body-language divinations,'' he wrties, "here's some quick and dirty handwriting analysis, which we remind you, is a pseudoscience (like "monetary policy")
"1) He lies! The letters are not closed at the bottom. This is ominous.
"2) All caps=egotistical.
"3) His letters are together like he does not pick up his pen. He is quick and to the point.''
(Photo of Geithner's notepad by Mark Wilson / Getty Images.)
Comments
The guy's a shrimp.
Posted by: Louie | March 24, 2009 7:03 PM
Handwriting aside, I don't like or trust Geithner. He is a sly fox in our hen house--and he felt he was above the law originally in paying his taxes. Ego much? Geithner--like the Bushies--is out for the Buddies. Obama allows and supports this arrogant fox in our hen house. Makes Obama look arrogant too. Geithner refused to give Congress the list of AIG employees and their bonus compensation. Right, huge gifts for incompetence. I protest my tax dollars going for the incompetence rewards. Oh, wait, Geithner holds a gun to our heads for our tax money to criminals--it's called corruption of power. It's also called appease the Wall Street babies so they will manipulate the DOW back up so Obama's own numbers don't fall. Geithner had the list of those "rewarded" and for how much. He told Congress that he had to think about giving them the info or not--aka the screw you defense. Did Geithner ever pay a penalty on top of his back taxes like the rest of us would have had to? Obama's support of Geithner and of the bonus rewards for incompetence make my support for Obama fall many, many points.
Why not lower the interest rate on current student loans that hard working and frightened young adults carry at the moment? Oh, right, screw them too. Thanks Obama. Same old, same old. Get out of the way. I'm looking for someone who will give us a change we can believe in. 20012 can not get here fast enough for this Dem.
Geithner--The Buddies' Little Napoleon. Obama likes his man.
Posted by: Vivian | March 25, 2009 5:51 PM