クルーグマン御大
Krugman: Demolition accomplished
例の救済法案に合意してちょ、と頼み込むPaulson財務長官の記述も楽しいが
More specifically, though, the failure to get a deal reflects the betrayals of the Bush years. Democrats weren’t going to trust Henry Paulson, because behind him they see the ghost of Colin Powell (and Paulson’s “all your bailout are belong to me” proposal, aside from being bad economics, showed an incredible tone-deafness.)
"All your base are belong to us."って、影響力でかかったんだなー。
As a friend said last night, we’ve become a banana republic with nukes.
笑えない状況だが、笑える。
追記: 跪いて頼み込むポールソン財務長官
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.”
