That's why we hate Goldman-Sachs. It's got nothing to do with their addiction to being bubblicious, or their deep seated tentacles in our government, or the flames they fueled and fanned to f*&k our country over. No, it's because the current CEO is jewish.
Charlie Gasparino reports that senior executives inside Goldman are in a panic over its image, trying to hire a "brand manager"—and even blaming a prejudice against the firm's Jewish chiefs.
Like we hate Michael Vick because he's black. It has nothing to do with his off the job proclivities.
Paranoia might not be too strong a word to describe the mind-set. People inside Goldman tell me that some senior executives say they believe the onslaught of negative stories detailing Goldman’s manifold ties to upper levels of government, charges that it somehow fraudulently profited from the subprime crisis, and now the press about the firm’s record earnings is so out of proportion to reality that the coverage contains an element of anti-Semitism—subtly playing off the racist myth of a conspiracy of Jewish bankers controlling the world for their own benefit. (Goldman was founded by a Jewish immigrant, and after years of being run by Gentiles Jon Corzine and Hank Paulson, is once again run by a Jew, Lloyd Blankfein.)
Because we love Hank Paulson. We love Ken Lewis and John Thain. Oh and boy do we do freakin hand stands for Angelo Mozilo(in spite of the federal fraud charges he's facing, that you're not).
It has nothing to do with hundreds of billions of dollars of Credit Default Swap fraud that Goldman Sachs facilitated and profited from.
It has nothing to do with the Wheat Chaff economy Goldman Sachs created. They got the wheat, we got the chaff.
It has nothing to do with billions Goldman Sachs siphoned out of the taxpayer through AIG instead of exercising whatever hedge they claimed to have. Maybe it's because, their "hedges" weren't run by whores and thieves like Cassano and Paulson who were more than willing to betray a nation. Maybe it's because bond insurers likeMBIA weren't willing to be such cheap dates.