April 19, 2010
updated
Charlie Rose Show
Mayor Daley replacement hopeful Rahm Emanuel denies the WH knew anything about the Goldman Sachs until it broke in the news. As you listen, recall that Emanuel was on the Board of Directors for Freddie Mac where the problems started. And that “The Most Transparent White House In History” refused to honor FOIA requests re: Emanuel’s time there. Recall also that he and barry were in the House and Senate when all this was going down – and what did they do?
His words mean nothing – his body language says he knew and the WH knew.
What’s it going to take for y’all to see the truth as it exists in reality – not the barrymedia?
Robert Gibbs and barry both deny it as well.
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Transcript courtesy Chicago Tribune
Note how Rose asks a generic question and Emanuel ticks off his talking points, which he later repeats. His body language gives him away. He is not a rapid blinker like Blago – he closes his eyes. He also shakes his head and slows down his rapid speech when he comes to a lie.
Charlie Rose: What’s the impact of the SEC’s complaint against Goldman Sachs on financial reform, and what argument are you making?
Emanuel: Well, it’s essential I make one point. [Uses fingers to distract from words.] One is, it’s an independent agency. [Second, it] acted independently. I have no [shakes head, blinks] knowledge of what they had done. [Closes eyes] Third, it’s out there.
But I believed [shakes head], as the president did in March 2008, we needed financial regulatory reform. Everybody saw [points to self] the implications of how the financial system, when it went off the track, took the economy with it. You need to get those reforms today, regardless.
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[Emanuel clasps his hands, steeples his index fingers and puts then over his mouth...reminiscent of the second monkey.]
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Rose: How was it that the “New York Times” knew about this before Goldman Sachs did, the filing of the complaint?
Emanuel: I have no idea. [Shakes head, closes eyes]
Rose: And that soon thereafter there was, you know, literally within an hour or so, the White House was [fast] — in terms of information coming from the White House.
Emanuel: [both hands point to himself] I can tell you with absolute [catches himself] — everybody at the White House found out like everybody else, [shakes head = lie] when it hit the news. [looks away, blinks]
Rose: When it hit the New York Times, you had it.
Emanuel: No, when it hit the news, it is — the SEC is an independent agency, operates independently. Nobody [blink] at the White House knew anything ahead of anybody else.
Leaves the door open for them knowing when the NY Times knew.
Rest of relevant comments follow.
Rose: And what does it say to Wall Street?
Emanuel: Well, I think you’ve got to ask people on Wall Street what it says. You know, the SEC moved. They conducted their investigation. They’ve brought this there. I think that Goldman will obviously make their counter. But I think what’s more important is not this particular case or what SEC did. The need for this reform has existed for over a year.
Rose: But does the Goldman Sachs complaint make the case for reform easier?
Emanuel: Does it make it easier? Look, the same forces that were opposed to it are still opposed to it. They are the same forces that would have been hiring people to try prevent the legislation or weaken parts of it are still going to do that. I believe that we’re going to get this legislation done because I think people realize that not doing it is worse and is bad for the economy and bad for America’s leadership and bad for making sure that we prevent future crises. You know, I can’t judge everybody and how they’re going to act in the Senate. I’m confident, as I was last time we talked, we will get financial reform because people — the time from the last crisis is not so far back in the rearview mirror people can’t remember the consequences.
