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esantoro 12/02/2008 12:18 PM Report
We should put together Cockroach Trading Cards: The 50 Most Unpatriotic Americans and publish them on the Internet in PDF for all to download. Just for the sake of it, whom would you include in such a set. Though I'm skeptical about the benefits and possibilities of the Internet, I'm becoming less so.
1. Pandit
2. Bush
3. Cheney
4. Rove
5. Atwater, but the set should include only those who are still living.
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jeannedarc 12/01/2008 11:23 AM Report
Maybe Rose should sound a bell each time he asks a question and the guest avoids an answer. With Rubin and Pandit, the noise will be deafening. Since the failure of our economy will be a topic for years, we need a scorecard, not just a conversation, with these rich phony thieves.
Kasha 11/30/2008 05:49 AM Report
So bad I thought this was a joke. He's like a male Sarah Palin; it's evident he doesn't know what he's talking about, but speaks with confidence because the magnitude of these problems hasn't really hit him on a personal level. I don't even know economics and I feel that I
johnnysmoke 11/29/2008 05:23 PM Report
This interview was very frustrating and a huge waste of everyone's time other than to shine a bright light on the cockroach P(B)andit appears to be. He took no responsibility, evaded all of Rose's tough questions and continually kept harping on 4-5 talking points that came from somewhere in the bowels of Citi. You'd have thought this clown was running for office. This appeared to be an uncomfortable interview after about the first 15-20 minutes when Rose filled in the blanks for Bandit. Rose actually helped with with several of the answers. I work in the financial service industry and these are very smart, scheming people. The taxpayer is going to get left with the empty bag unless we get angry and start demanding accountability and results, otherwise we're toast.
hrc 11/28/2008 12:55 AM Report
Regulators devoid regulations, i.e. on what basis do you propose to seek confidence.
niko 11/27/2008 11:32 PM Report
His answers were deliberated and garbled to avoid admission of liability ( for his predecessors and current board), for the fracas that has ensued. He had to give these convoluted answers. He came in as the new CEO to clean up the very dirty laundry, but it still responsible to the company and shareholders for anything he says about it; had he been more direct in his answers he would have tripped the wire.
He knows a whole bunch of people, including Citi executives and staff; and members of Congressional "oversight" committees goofed up ; he cannot say so pointedly in public. Perhaps some of those Congressmen/ women should fess up too.
donc 11/27/2008 03:22 PM Report
My daughter took one look at Vikram Pandit and said, "he looks like Mr. Burns on the Simpsons". Mr. Burns was once listed as the most evil charater on TV. Humm.
AntonGrambihler 11/26/2008 11:27 PM Report
How many Taxpayers get to buy insurance after the house burns down?
AntonGrambihler 11/26/2008 09:00 PM Report
When John Reed and Sandy Weill announced on television that Travelers and Citibank were going to merge even though they knew it was illegal, the Federal Reserve said they would be given up to 2 years to get congress to change the law so they would not be in violation. Illegal activity by this new entity called Citicorp was partially responsible for the Enron Default. John Reed was later rewarded by being made chairman of the New York Stock Exchange to help boost investor confidence in the Stock Market.
Why are People put in jail for robbing Banks while Banks are rewarded for violating the law?
Why is Citicorp being rewarded for yet another mistake?
Why are Rubin and friends not being fired?
Will taxpayers who rob Banks to get their money back be put in Jail?
stephenbwise 11/26/2008 08:41 PM Report
After watching Mr. Pandit for 1 minute, my wife yelled out - "he's a bandit!" Pandit the Bandit! I have nothing to add except that, for there to be any reason for hope in our country's fututure, people need to "want" to do the right thing. Restoring trust has to come from within.
jimTurner 11/26/2008 08:00 PM Report
This is the CEO of one of the largest bank in the world, in history?? His demeanour, (lack of) forthrightness and responses would shame a used car salesman!
esantoro 11/26/2008 07:14 PM Report
Pandit said nothing, absolutely nothing... a cheerleader for economic dysfunction. Of course, according to Pandit, the only people who really have a grasp of the problems are those who created them, and people who are not close to this group are understandably upset but they just don't really understand the issues at stake.
I had never before heard anyone talk for an hour and evade any question of substance.
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wrpercival 11/26/2008 07:09 PM Report
Was it just me, or did Vikram Pandit appear totally out of touch with the issues facing Citigroup and the banking industry?
My impression was that Charlie Rose was dumb-struck at the end of the interview with the total lack of Pandit's responsiveness to his questions.
Hopefully it was a case of Pandit's discomfort with being on stage. If not, Citibank is in deep, deep trouble.
tartufe 11/26/2008 03:44 PM Report
The dysfunctional high light (doesn't work) is emblematic of the whole financial putrefaction lead by the likes of Citigroup, a truly scumbag institution that deserves to dissolve into infamy. Exploiters of the unhealthy, the unemployed and the naive and human frailty. Puppy kickers and predators that stoop to any depth to keep their offshore Bahama tax havens, yachts and gulfstream jets and gated living intact. The gated living they deserve is in Leavenworth, KS.