Suckers
Timmy, etc.

Geithner has screwed up before.
    He's doing it again.
He plans to give the banks some more
    without asking why, just when.

Bankers claim they're lending now,
    so why inject more cash?
Let the leeches thrash about,
    but regulate the splash.

Forget all Timmy's oxymorons,
    like his Public Private Fund -
Moodys Triple A for Morons
    with all assets moribund.

Forget about the bank shareholders.
    Didn't they "invest"
Thinking Tim would make them look
    so much smarter than the rest?

Like bank CEOs they gambled
    on the credit default swap,
Paying Moodys to assure them
    they could never go kerplop.

Moodys comes away the winner.
    Look who they have played for suckers.
Were they in the used car business,
    they'd have Timmy touting Tuckers.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
2/12/09

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To 'Obama's Stimuli'
To 'Rating Agencies'
To 'Timid Timmy Geithner'