American Fortune Life
Chapter 1210: Political Prank Paulson Kneels (35/64)
The White House, Old Smith, walked down the short corridor from the Oval Office to the Cabinet room to meet with Donkey Party leader O'Blackbull and McCain.
Those present today, arguably the most powerful group in the United States, are a rather weighty team that comes together to discuss solutions to financial crises.
President, Vice President, McCain, O'Blackbull, Paulson sits at the Peach Cork desk in the Oval Office, surrounded by the leaders of the House and Senate, Old Smith, Pelosi...
Many other staff members sat either along the walls or in front of French doors facing the rose garden.
“We have a common goal, and we need to work together and act as quickly as possible to achieve it," said Flying Shoes, looking around for a week, expressing seriousness, honesty and low voice. ”
Old Smith's attention was focused on gauging the faces of the politicians present, each of whom represented a different interest, and in some cases was absolutely uncompromising to insist, seeing that Paulson was also gauging the group, with a slightly ugly face, and it seemed that the treasurer should have felt a strong ominous omen.
Little fly shoes dumped the pan on Paulson, and Paulson's thick face began to describe once again the tragic situation on the market and the need for emergency powers. When he finished, Little Flying Shoes said he had a simple test to make a decision on the issue: "If Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke say it works and helps stabilize the market, we support it. ”
As a courtesy, the little flying shoes turned to the Speaker of the House of Representatives for her statement. When Pelosi spoke, it was clear that the Donkey Party had done their homework and planned a skilful response to McCain.
“O'Blackbull will represent the Donkey Party.” Peppa is a very difficult person, especially after being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, but there seems to be a consensus within the Donkey Party. “O'Negroes has been working sincerely with me to develop an agreement. ”
O'Negroes then started acting, giving thoughtful, well-prepared speeches, outlining the problem and stressing the need for immediate action
After passing through the general discussion at Capitol Hill, he referred to the need to adjust regulatory measures and management remuneration, as well as the need to assist homeowners. His speeches were not accompanied by texts, he rarely used speech prompters and he was quite mouth-watering.
“The Donkey Party will vote in favour.” He insists.
But Old Smith wouldn't have thought this group of opponents would respond so simply, and he did, and then he touched the trap set by the Donkey Party: “Yesterday, Senator McCain and I made a joint statement, agreeing that this was not the time to play politics. On our way here, our agreement is in jeopardy again. Now, some people think we should start over... If we do start over, the consequences can be very serious. ”
Obviously, however, according to what Old Smith had, there was no agreement at all. Someone once believed in someone's external performance. Old Smith had no expression on his face and laughed in his heart, watching the little guy in front of him play tricks in front of him.
Obviously, O'Blackbull and the Donkey Party cleverly set a scenario in which McCain's intervention polarized the situation, as if the party was departing from the agreement. Dumping all the pots to the elephant party is a brilliant political drama that is about to turn into a farce.
Little Flying Shoes also perceived the minds of these guys, skipping the courtesy program and turning to McCain, giving him an opportunity to respond: “I think it's fair, I'll give you a chance to speak next. ”
“I'll wait for my turn.” McCain wasn't grateful for it, but rather didn't give back his face, "in any sense, this was an incredible moment. We need to follow procedure. ”
In McCain's view, it was his meeting, not the President's, who was to convene it, and the President simply needed to facilitate the will of his presidential candidate.
Now it seems McCain has no plans at all, he interrupts his campaign and brings everyone together for a meeting. It's not a strategy, it's a political trick, and the Donkey Party uses a trap to fight McCain's trick.
“I am not talking about an entirely new agreement, but we do need to adjust the key parts of the programme.” McCain's iron will naturally keep him out of trouble, and Speed has come up with the idea of an unformed insurance plan.
* * * Looking at Paulson with a smile, he asked, "Is this plan inconsistent with our efforts elsewhere? ”
“No, it's not. ”
Courtesy was gradually set aside when the Conference was broken down by multilateral talks and people were listening to each other. Shelby waved a pile of documents claiming they came from the hands of over 100 economists, all of whom thought the problematic asset rescue plan was a bad idea.
He said we needed time to think about the plan.
"No, the current situation requires our action. We don't have time for a hearing with a bunch of economists. ”
McCain remained silent and did not speak. Finally, O'Negroes raised his voice in a hustle, and he shouted, "I want to hear what Senator McCain has to say, because we haven't heard him yet. ”
The conference room became silent and all eyes turned to McCain, who sat quietly on the chair holding a prompt card. He took a quick glance at the prompt card and began to make a few general observations.
“Many parliamentarians have legitimate concerns, and I have begun to steer management in the right direction of remuneration and regulation... ”
When he heard that he believed that a consensus could be reached soon, Old Smith looked at him unchanged and cursed in his heart. This idiot, he was simply unprepared, what he meant by lifting a stone and smashing himself in the foot. When he spoke, Old Smith saw that O'Blackbull was smiling in the dark.
McCain's statement was at least a tiger snaketail. His return to Washington was an adventurous move, and Old Smith didn't think he was bamboo in Xiong, an idiot who could ruin everything and not help the wall with the mud!
Old Smith knew that this couldn't go on, and McCain, even an idiot, couldn't let the Donkey Party dump the pot of incompetence on the likes of the party. He coughed softly and everyone's eyes focused on him.
“McCain's efforts have been beneficial in focusing public attention on problematic asset relief schemes and stimulating action by Congress. ”
Old Smith just needs to be supportive of McCain, and then naturally someone will come along and shout, and soon other senators will jump out and say, "Although we in the House of Representatives have not endorsed an agreement, we are proud to have successfully incorporated a robust taxpayer protection policy. ”
Peppa spoke out loud at this point, “Taxpayer protection is our business, not yours. Don't put powder on your face! ”
Watching the scene where they began to interrupt each other's speeches, Old Smith smiled lightly and restored the original cold eyes, while the little flying shoes saw the scene of the quarrel, the helpless speech tried to restore order, and soon, Pei and Old Smith's little brother tore their faces directly and yelled at each other. Confusion broke out in the conference room, and members of the House of Representatives and the Senate broke out over the table. O'Negroes started shouting at McCain with no expression on his face.
“What are your proposals?” He asked, "What's your plan like a party? ”
The situation became absurdly funny, and Vice President Cheney started laughing. And Paulson, who saw this for the first time, stood directly on the spot and watched it all overwhelmingly.
Frankly, halfway out of home, appointed officials like Paulson, would never have seen such a position before in politics or commerce, not even in his college fraternity, and would have had their sleeves ripped apart.
Finally, Little Flying Shoes glanced at Old Smith, who just slightly dotted his head with no expression on his face. Little Flying Shoes stood up and shot him off the table and said out loud: "Well, obviously I've lost control of the meeting. The meeting adjourned.”
fxxk!
Looking at the people who were just about to do it, just as the presidential voice had just fallen, one joked and left the conference room, leaving Paulson with nothing but shock and frustration. This time he not only witnessed an unexpected course of action, but also failed to reach any agreement. If anything, it's that people seem more alienated than they used to be.
The Donkey Party gathered in the Roosevelt Hall, smiling painfully as Paulson passed by, and saw the crowd of the Donkey Party chatting inside, beginning to worry that they would stir fire to the media as they left. So he bit and decided to approach them and persuade them to stop.
Everyone clustered the O'Negroes at the western end of the room, and when they saw Paulson come in, it was a blast.
“Please leave, you are not welcome here... ”
“What are you doing in here, eavesdropping? ”
“Leave now! ”
Being driven away by all sorts of things, Paulson in the middle doesn't know what to do. His face rose red, pressed against his inner humiliation and separated the crowd with his hands. He walked to Pei's side and knelt down to the altar of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“Nancy...”
Pei Bao first flashed, then picked his eyebrows and flashed away, laughing out loud: "Geez, Hank, I didn't know you were Catholic. ”
“Don't screw it up.” Paulson almost bit his teeth and squeezed a smile out of his face that was worse than crying, "he said.“ This is a tough meeting, I admit, but we all need to be together. ”
“We're not the ones who want to screw up.” Pei Ma stood up from the chair, smiled and then turned away, and the others followed closely, leaving only to stand up with the chair, a blue face of Paulson.