Geithner: A Legend In His Own Mind

This morning on CNBC there was mention made of tax cheat and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's interview in Vanity Fair.

Two details of the interview came to light.

First, Geithner contemplated an alleged offer to run Citigroup. When I heard that, I burst out laughing, nearly spilling my coffee.

Here's a guy who has been taken to the cleaners by private sector parties, as described here and here.

So what would make anyone, especially Geithner, think he's up to the task of running the horribly-organized mess that is Citigroup?

How incredibly arrogant of Geithner. All anyone has been able to show so far is that Geithner might be a second-rate financial system's plumber, of sorts. Certainly nowhere near up to running a large US bank, much less a deeply-troubled one.

The other incredible admission from the Vanity Fair article is that Geithner now blames his tax cheating on.....TurboTax.

Right. Like you or I could do this and get to be Treasury Secretary. Never mind even just getting amnesty.

If you can stop laughing at this pathetic display of poor judgement on Geithner's part, consider what a whining excuse-maker he is. Nothing is ever Timmy's fault.

Outmaneuvered by Goldman? Had to do it- not his fault. Cheated on his taxes? Not his fault- blame the software.

This guy has to go.