Bankers

Left, Obama Escalate War on Banks into Dangerous Territory

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:52:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

According to police, a letter bomb was recently sent to the CEO of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.

It was only a matter of time.

Left wing protesters - from the union loonies at SEIU to the equally loony, but more radical Occupy Wall Street crowd - have been targeting bank executives for some time. It was bound to happen that someone would take all the venom aimed by the media and the left at so-called "banksters" and turn it into a Unabomber homage.

'Clueless' Obama's Lost Krugman: 'We're Doomed'

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:14:00 +0000

Liberal columnist Paul Krugman reads Obama's interview with Business Week involving big bonuses for Wall Street CEOs and asks, "how is it possible, at this late date, for Obama to be this clueless?"

Clay Waters

Confirmed: Obama has lost Paul Krugman. Back on January 20, the Times' respected economist-turned-liberal hack columnist faulted Obama for failing to aggressively defend his health care scheme in the wake of the shocking G.O.P. win in Massachusetts: "I'm pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in."

Verdict First, Evidence Later: Bankers Delivering Testimony on Hill the 'Lowest of Low-Lifes'

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Fair and balanced coverage from Mark Leibovich of the financial crisis hearings on Capitol Hill: "The four bankers of the apocalypse strode into the room for the Congressional equivalent of a perp walk."

Clay Waters

Verdict first, evidence later?

In a Wednesday morning post, political color reporter Mark Leibovich (who more often writes friendly tributes to Democratic pols and unflattering profiles of Republicans) convicted some prominent bankers before they even began delivering their testimony before a Capitol Hill commission charged with determining the causes of the financial debacle, "The Bankers' Lineup."

No Context as Obama Heaps "Shame" on Banker Bonuses

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:31:00 +0000

Plus, a liberal sports columnist begs Bruce Springsteen to make a political statement during his halftime Superbowl concert: "...maybe we'll get lucky and there will be at least one bold moment Sunday night when Springsteen goes rogue and rails against - oh, I don't know - offensive Wall Street bonuses, $18.4 billion worth. Go ahead, Bruce, make those corporate fat cats squirm on their sofas."

Clay Waters

Friday's lead story by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Labaton on President Obama's attack on "shameful" bankers who got big bonuses during a tanking economy last year, "Banker Bonuses Are 'Shameful,' Obama Declares,"lacked context that make the supposed windfalls seem less "shameful."The Times failed to note that the figure of $18 billion in bonuses for Wall Street bankers, while impressive,was actually down f