There are many reasons I don’t care for treasury secretary Timothy Geithner.
It’s not even the job he does or doesn’t do that effects the way I feel the most.
It’s mostly the verbal and visual issues I have with him.
It may seem superficial but honestly every time I see him featured on a show like this weekend’s Meet The Press (Sun. 11/1/09) I find it harder and harder to listen to him talk. It annoys me even more to watch him.
Actually I do better if I don’t look at the tv set while he’s on.
Geithner might be the most brilliant (debatable) guy on the block.
He may know economics and the banking industry really, really well, but…
I hate listening to him and watching him.
He has weak mannerisms, his voice wavers. He has a hesitant talking style which doesn’t help me to have faith in what he’s actually saying. He looks down too often. He appears tentative even when he obviously believes in what he says… but when he has to qualify or avoid a direct answer he looks so pained that it’s painful.
He tucks his chin downward and it looks like he’s afraid that he’s going to get clobbered by someone.
The last time tucking your chin in worked for anyone was Lauren Bacall circa 1944 in To Have and Have Not with Humphrey Bogart. It worked then because it gave her a smoldering sexuality not because she looked sheepish and uncertain. Sigh.
I rest my case...
Big brown cow eyes don’t help either. Blink, blink. (Well, at least he doesn’t wink at cha)
Maybe it’s just me, but many others seem to exude confidence in the things they say (even the insane or totally dishonest ones).
If Barack Obama had these mannerisms it would have been far harder for him to get elected.
Hey, I’m just sayin’
G’night,
The Yankees are playing now and I need to watch…
Laura
