George Speaks, Badly

[nhboy (Premo)]

"Watching George W. Bush address the New York financial community Friday brought back many memories. Unfortunately, they were about his speech right after Hurricane Katrina, the one when he said: “America will be a stronger place for it.”


“You’ve helped make our country really in many ways the economic envy of the world,” he told the Economic Club of New York.

You could almost see the thought-bubble forming over the audience: Not this week, kiddo.

The president squinched his face and bit his lip and seemed too antsy to stand still. As he searched for the name of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (“the king, uh, the king of Saudi”) and made guy-fun of one of the questioners (“Who picked Gigot?”), you had to wonder what the international financial community makes of a country whose president could show up to talk economics in the middle of a liquidity crisis and kind of flop around the stage as if he was emcee at the Iowa Republican Pig Roast."

George Speaks, Badly - New York Times

[tiny tim]

Originally Posted by nhboy

"Watching George W. Bush address the New York financial community Friday brought back many memories. Unfortunately, they were about his speech right after Hurricane Katrina, the one when he said: “America will be a stronger place for it.”


“You’ve helped make our country really in many ways the economic envy of the world,” he told the Economic Club of New York.

You could almost see the thought-bubble forming over the audience: Not this week, kiddo.

The president squinched his face and bit his lip and seemed too antsy to stand still. As he searched for the name of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (“the king, uh, the king of Saudi”) and made guy-fun of one of the questioners (“Who picked Gigot?”), you had to wonder what the international financial community makes of a country whose president could show up to talk economics in the middle of a liquidity crisis and kind of flop around the stage as if he was emcee at the Iowa Republican Pig Roast."

George Speaks, Badly - New York Times

This is the most idiotic article I have ever read.

[High EGT]

Originally Posted by tiny tim

This is the most idiotic article I have ever read.

Please take note

[chernmax]

Consider the idiot source of the article, had GB done something right they would have buried the story somewhere in the classified section...

[This_person]

Originally Posted by nhboy

"Watching George W. Bush address the New York financial community Friday brought back many memories. Unfortunately, they were about his speech right after Hurricane Katrina, the one when he said: “America will be a stronger place for it.”

Dow: 12,306.12 +333.87 +2.79%

[chernmax]

Originally Posted by This_person

Dow: 12,306.12 +333.87 +2.79%

Dow: 12307.50 +335.25

[This_person]

Originally Posted by chernmax

Dow: 12307.50 +335.25

Dow 12,392.66 + 420.41

And the hits just keep on a coming!

[chernmax]

Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 420.21 points, or 3.51%, to 12392.66

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by chernmax

Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 420.21 points, or 3.51%, to 12392.66

Where's the Doofus' retort now?

[soul4sale]

Originally Posted by Lenny

Where's the Doofus' retort now?

Um...you guys are cheering because Wall Street had a one-day rally fueled by the fact that the Fed is printing money like a banana republic? It's starting to look like Zimbabwe around here...