Goldman CEO Blankfein feels that ‘government is out to kill them.’

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

Goldman CEO Blankfein feels that ‘government is out to kill them.’

Blankfein, the embattled CEO of Goldman Sachs, told clients in a telephone call yesterday that he feels under siege due to a Securities and Exchange Commission probe that scrutinizes Goldman for misrepresenting a debt product tied to subprime mortgages. Blankfein, apparently channeling his inner Glenn Beck, reportedly told investors that “the government is out to kill” his firm:

*****One person who received a call from the Goldman chief said he was told the regulator’s case against the bank was politically motivated and would ultimately “hurt America”. <…>

“He was very aggressive,” said one person called by Mr Blankfein on Wednesday. “He feels that the government is out to kill them, that they are under attack and the whole thing is totally political.”

Mr Blankfein said the SEC action “hurts America”, this person said.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/22/blankfein-conspiracy/

[Demeter]

1. I Don't Know About the Government, But Speaking for the Rabble

we are readying shiny new French Revolution Severance Packages for Blankfein and all his cronies....FRSP!

[formercia]

3. Old model 1792 is about to be put back in service.

...but, then, there's always some Scarlet Pimpernel to whisk them off to safety.

[Demeter]

6. They Can Run, But with the Internet, There's Nowhere to Hide Anymore

the survivors will start negotiating now with the law, take their lumps and get it over with before the whole thing collapses, thereby avoiding, through double jeopardy exclusion, their just desserts.

[roguevalley]

28. I have a pitch fork and may I venture that we will be 'doing God's work;?

[abq e streeter]

2. Would that it were true

[naaman fletcher]

4. I wish..

more likely this is all posturing so GS can pay a small fine and then everyone forget about this whole thing.

[Roland99]

5. Time to call the....

[bdamomma]

25. yea for real they (wall st) have been making $$$$$ for years,

now its payback time.

[Bigmack]

7. Kill them ... and eat them! nt

[high density]

8. Yes, that's why the government did that massive bailout of the finance industry in 2008

:crazy:

[Beavker]

9. Scum

Jail is too good for him.

[nyc 4 Biden]

10. good. i hope he is right. eom

[Botany]

11. ATTN McKay CEO Blankfein

Your company pushed crappy products (bundled mortgages) that you knew were going to
fail so a select few could put in option to "sell short" on those products so billions could
be made as the crappy product tanked. Thanx to that crap millions lost homes, jobs, and
life savings.

[florida08]

12. hurts America?

This company and others like get fed loans at less than 1% then loan it out to us and 6,8 and more. Suck it up Blankfein and open your books.

[happygoluckytoyou]

14. IN A RELATED STORY...blankman asks who you believe, me or YOUR LYING EYES ! ! !

[Jefferson23]

13. BULLSHIT, you fucking liar. If they were out to get you, you'd of had your

ass handed to you a year ago. If anyone hurt America pal, it's you and your cronies.

[mbperrin]

15. We could only hope that this was true.

Die, scum company.

[Downtown Hound]

16. Here's hopin'! n/t

[Dappleganger]

17. That idiot should be more afraid of the PEOPLE who want his head on a platter.

The PEOPLE have had enough already!

[unblock]

18. here lies goldman sachs, crushed under the weight of helicopter ben's many crates of easy money

[SOS]

19. Bonnie and Clyde on May 23, 1934

"These cops are out to kill us"!

[NashVegas]

20. Only If You Think of the Gov't as a Representative of a Nation's People

Could you say that.

[izzybeans]

21. A tip for corporate boards. Don't hire dunces who mistake your company

for a political party. They are bound to run your ship aground, for they are dumb shits filled with empty slogans.

[skyounkin]

22. LMAO

If the government were out to kill your firm it would be dead already jackass.

What is going on is just window dressing to make it look like something is getting done, you should be in jail and your company destroyed- but it won't be- you die a billionaire on the backs of the poor and unfortunate while the government stands around and slaps you on the wirst.

On the plus side (for you of course) you get to whine and play victim.

Fuck off parasite.

[burning rain]

23. "Hurts America." Pfffft.

Blankfein appears to be another parasite who thinks his wallet is America. Playing the victim in order to put yourself in position to bully others is an old game, and he's a player.

[liberation]

24. Persecutory manias and paranoia tend to be part of the repertoire of any run of the mill sociopath

I am willing to wager that a majority of high positions in corporate America are held by people who would have little trouble being diagnosed as a sociopath.

Which makes sense since our economic system could for the most part be diagnosed as being fairly psychotic in nature.

[Javaman]

26. Oh Blankfein, you silly goose...

don't you know? Killing you, would be to nice.

[StatGirl]

27. Mr. Blankfein, your company is a rabid dog . . .

. . . and needs to be put down. Rabid dogs are not, in fact, good for America.

[Rex]

29. We could only hope that the government would kill companies that

hate free enterprise and rig the game.

I hope Blankbutt ends up homeless or in jail.

[Trillo]

30. Isn't that the rallying cry of every CEO since Reagan? n/t

[chill_wind]

31. He's got the corporate personhood-victimhood thing down good. n/t

[The Magistrate]

32. Would That It Was, Ma'am....

[dmosh42]

33. We would need a 'real' Att'y Gen'l & a 'real' SEC for that!

And all we have is a loser for AG and an SEC that still can't figure out what happened with Madoff!

[maxrandb]

34. Bizzaro World

The truth is the "only thing keeping your company from being killed is the 'gubmint'"

Perhaps one of President Obama's most salient statements he was purported to make was "I am the only thing standing between you and the pitchforks"

Just step aside Mr. President and let Mr. "Blankbrain" see how things like this were handled in the olden days.

[Doctor_J]

35. The government is trying to keep the PEOPLE from literally killing them

if that were to actually happen once or twice, we would see a severe change in the discussion.

[bemildred]

36. I'm OK with that. One way to make sure they don't do it again. nt