I had a non-brief comment all set to go based on your desire to see DiFi retire arguing against the sentiment.

Then I read your two columns on the subject, in their entirety, and concluded that your arguments win the day. They were very persuasive. So much so that the two pieces form a kind of primer which should be read by anyone who wishes to win an argument based on reasoned analysis of the facts.

In essence, I was reminded, once again, why I love your blog so much!

What you don't know about Geithner, bankruptcy and liquidation - not to mention what was actually happening Re. the US and global economy during the period of late 2008/early 2009 - is a lot.

Lots to get caught up on, so I'll start with the current column.

DiFi epitomizes everything that's wrong with the Democratic Party.
In case you didn't notice the pattern, every single one of her Most Impressive awards amounted to lip service/not actually achieving anything.
I would argue it's intentional too. Not just to mislead voters by pretending to serve their interests, but actually undermining the efforts for effective responses in order to maintain the status quo or advance the right wing agenda.

Also, the Most Disappointing awards left out sooooooooooo much.

If CA reelects her once again...

I fully expect more from you on this CW.
More against her (the wars, economics, health care, BDS, etc.), and more for her opponent.

BTW- There was one blurb in this column about her husband's pile of money. But her votes and actions helped make it much bigger... direct conflicts of interest that fit the dictionary definition of corruption beyond the ethical nightmare around her own pile of cash.

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Criticism of your pining for the fraudster absolving Geithner is most assuredly justified and far from propaganda... unless you have your head in the sand... which you do.

Geithner was intimately involved in the decisions to bail out the banksters who engaged in a whole series of frauds that damaged our economy and impoverished tens of millions of Americans.
His position was to reward the criminals and punish their victims.

I wish your comments were made out of ignorance, but as I have personally pointed out the details of the frauds and Timmy's role, your position amounts to pure denial.

As for the criminal organization known as AIG, we have laws on the books that allowed for their seizure.
A liquidation plan to maintain the legal and viable aspects of the business by selling them to another insurance company could have been accomplished in mere hours.

Geithner's buddies would have lost out, but the US would have benefited greatly.

The misinformation campaign to convince the gullible that bailing out the criminals responsible for the Great Recession was necessary was organized and effective.
But it was all lies.
And it has allowed the criminals to maintain their control over our economy and politics, made inequality far worse, and gave us Trump to boot.

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