Evidently if you are Treasury Secretary Paulson trying times mean one must sometimes grovel:
…in the Roosevelt Room after the session, the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., literally bent down on one knee as he pleaded with Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, not to “blow it up” by withdrawing her party’s support for the package over what Ms. Pelosi derided as a Republican betrayal.
“I didn’t know you were Catholic,” Ms. Pelosi said, a wry reference to Mr. Paulson’s kneeling, according to someone who observed the exchange. She went on: “It’s not me blowing this up, it’s the Republicans.”
Mr. Paulson sighed. “I know. I know.”
Now I’m a good Catholic boy who knows something about kneeling down in Church. I’ve also had the pleasure of seeng Madam Speaker up close and I’ll personally vouch there are many far worse experiences in life than kneeing before an attractive and highly intelligent woman such as Speaker Pelosi. 😉
Take it from someone who went through the ultimate humbling experince of being slabbed. Mr Paulson’s demonstration of humility before Madam Speaker will no doubt serve him well longer term.
sop
So, you’ve got Bush’s cabinet member and the Democrats on one side and McCain and House Republicans on the other – right? I read somewhere that Warren Buffet was Obama supporter.
House Republicans say they don’t like the direct taxpayer help because it is socialism. So instead they have the government getting into the insurance business.
Somewhere in all of this chaos, I hope our many readers in the insurance biz appreciate the ironies as much as we do.
We blog for fun, for a good cause and we post our honest opinions. How we ended up taking up for AIG is a hoot – sometimes holding honest opinions land you in some strange beds.
sop
The irony is not lost on me and you’re so right, I never thought honest opinions would make me a cheerleader for AIG but “go team go”