Mr. President, talk is cheap for bankers
[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/02/20/bank.of.america.subpoena/art.kenneth.lewis.gi.jpg caption="Kenneth Lewis is the CEO and chairman of Bank of America, the nation's largest bank."]
Roland S. Martin
CNN Political Contributor
If you told me that I could take billions of dollars in bailout money from the government and shower myself and my fellow comrades on Wall Street with $140 billion in bonuses – and all I have to take is a tongue lashing from the president and nothing more, tell me where to sign up.
President Barack Obama and his administration have undertaken their latest round of berating Wall Street for its bad ways.
On CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday, the president bristled at questions about helping the banks, saying "I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.”
You didn’t, but you have. In your defense, this economy stinks, and the mess of the Troubled Assets Relief Program was left behind by President George W. Bush’s Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, and you and your administration have been trying to figure it out, to no avail.
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HC would have gotten a much better healthcare pkg and would have better approval ratings at this point in time. What kind of joke is this – so much hype by the media in electing President Obama and he does worse than any other democrat would have done. He is a Republican – since he can't get his own party to pass his agenda. He has not accomplished one democratic policy – only republican. This is a bad joke,
I do believe Mr:Obama is only acting with these Bankers, you can't trust on Bank Institution's and Obama's Administration, soon or later will see they will be again reloaded with more tax payers money !,..
Bank of America, hmmm; don't they have a symbiotic relationship with Barney Frank?
Obama gives himself a B+ and a possible A-. Obama has not helped anybody but the rich and wealthy. He cannot even get a decent healthcare package passed. No public option, no medicare expansion – why did anyone vote for him. He has done absolutely nothing to help the middle class. He gets a big fat F. I am completely disgusted.
What is cheap is giving yourself a B+ when the polls show a failing mark.