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Newt: Oppose Geithner Nomination
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Newt: Oppose Geithner Nomination I have already post my thoughts about Timothy Geithner, the TAX CHEAT who has been nominated to be the next Treasury Secretary. It's unacceptable. Newt Gingrich weighs in on the matter: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is challenging Senate Republicans to take on President Obama's nomination of Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. Mr. Gingrich said Mr. Geithner's failure to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 should automatically disqualify him, and that if Mr. Obama doesn't withdraw the nomination ...
Newspaper Roundup for Jan. 21, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... CNSNews.com Newspaper Roundup for Jan. 21, 2009 Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor Washington Times: Gingrich urges GOP to fight Geithner Wants 'tax evader' disqualified Boston Globe: ...
Now comes the hard part
QandO —
... The Secretary of State nominee is in limbo and the Treasury Secretary nominee is under fire. Congress is contemplating whether ...
Geithner and Republicans
The Corner on National Review Online —
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 [image] Geithner and Republicans [Ramesh Ponnuru] Gingrich says Republicans should oppose him . I'm inclined to agree. There are three counter-arguments: His offenses were no big deal; he is the best Treasury secretary we are likely to get from this administration; and Republicans should not give Obama any excuses for failing to solve the financial crisis. (That last one comes from former Florida Republican chairman Al Cardenas.) There's a lot that could be said in response, but maybe it's sufficient to note that Republicans do not have the power to ...
Who Was Right? Geithner Warned Of ‘Systemic Risk,’ While Paulson Claimed ‘Fundamentals Are Healthy’
Wonk Room —
... that he failed to pay self-employment taxes on his 2001-2004 returns while working at the International Monetary Fund.
As the New York Times reported, at the hearing Geithner wasted no time in addressing the controversy about his missed taxes. He said his mistakes were careless and avoidable but “completely unintentional.” He apologized to the committee, saying “I should have been more careful.”
The right-wing has been pushing Senate conservatives to block Geithner’s confirmation due to the tax mix-up: ...
Who Was Right? Geithner Warned Of ‘Systemic Risk,’ While Paulson Claimed ‘Fundamentals Are Healthy’
Think Progress —
... after reports surfaced that he failed to pay self-employment taxes on his 2001-2004 returns while working at the International Monetary Fund.
At the hearing, Geithner wasted no time in addressing the controversy about his missed taxes. He said his mistakes were careless and avoidable but “completely unintentional.” He apologized to the committee, saying, “I should have been more careful.”
The right wing has been pushing Senate conservatives to block Geithner’s confirmation due to the tax mix-up: ...
Obama Treasury nominee: Hey, sorry for being a tax cheat
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... in the process. I use TT and pay self-employment tax and have never had a problem, but then I have an incentive to be extra careful: Unlike Geithner, I might face consequences if I make a mistake. Exit question: Should the GOP take Newt’s advice and vote against him? They can’t block him, obviously, so the gesture would be purely symbolic. Do they gain more by standing up for the taxpayer than they lose from appearing obstructionist in the midst of an economic crisis with Obama surfing a wave of Hopenchange goodwill?
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1/22: Caroline Bows Out
Blogometer —
... 's Ramesh Ponnuru thinks GOP Senators should take Newt Gingrich 's advice and oppose Geithner: "Republicans do not have the power to derail the nomination by themselves and probably cannot derail it, period. Given that fact, why shouldn't they stand up against the idea that paying taxes is for unimportant people? That, in a crisis of authority, confidence, and responsibility, the Treasury job should go to someone who has the first, inspires the second, and has demonstrated the third?" ...
Is Jindal's Demise Gingirch's Gain?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... Out of all the authentically conservative Republican alternatives for 2012, Gingirch is perhaps the only one who has shown clear signs of avoiding the McCain/Palin campaign's mistake, which strove to try and win the race one 24-hour news cycle at a time, the longer-term damage to their brand be damned. Gingrich has picked his spots, urging Republicans to go after Tim Geithner but ...
