The Don Manzullo Show: In this episode, Don lets treasury secretary have it, kerpowie!!!

8 comments March 27th, 2009

In what’s becoming somewhat of a pattern, U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Egan, let Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have a piece of hiw wrath Thursday, live, on national TV. Earlier in the week he raged on TV to Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke, and a few years ago he unleashed his temper on former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan. And there’s the YouTube sensation of Don giving the what-for to that guy in charge of the the Troubled Assets Relief money.

Here’s how the Washington Post reported Thursday’s tempest:

Rep. Manzullo to Geithner: Your Plan Is ‘Radical’

In testimony before the House Financial Services committee that just adjourned, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner just had to defend his institutional takeover plan against charges of radicalism.

“Do you realize how radical your proposal is?” Rep. Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.) asked.

“It’s not radical. . .” Geither began, before Manzullo interrupted him.

“You’re talking about seizing private businesses and you don’t consider that radical?” Manzullo replied, his voice rising.

Manzullo is trying to get Geithner to give details of the plan — that’s where Geithner got stung before — but Geithner doesn’t have them yet.

If the plan were not radical, Manzullo said to Geithner, “you would have answers to some of my questions, such as, what size business would be subject to this?”