Recently there was an interview CBS's 60 Minutes conducted with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. And after watching the interview, it was pretty clear to me why this unprecedented event was greenlit. There's a lot of mainstreet animosity being directed towards Wall Street right now. Even though the mainstream media hasn't been reporting on the End the Fed marches that have been taking place, the Eastern Liberal Establishment is very much aware that main street has had enough.
This interview was damage control. It was an act of legerdemain. The questions were constructed to be softball. Bernanke gave answers that were framed to elicit sympathy from the viewer. Nothing was chanced. You get this sad image that when the markets were crashing he was sweating profusely, furrowing his brows, his shirtsleeves rolled up past his elbows, and his shirt unbuttoned down below his sternum as he thought critically like the Good Samaritan that he is, while he mops up the sweat from his face with his double breasted pocket handkerchief. At one point, he even makes the attempt to alleviate panic by predicting that we'll be out of the recession by the end of the year. What audacious foresight!!!
60 Minutes charts his life's history heretofore. Everything is precautioned for the purposes of the common man's identification with this financial luminary. He grew up in Dillon, South Carolina, his father emigrated from Eastern Europe, arrived at Ellis Island, and nestled in Dillon where he opened a drug store! Bernanke understands what main street is going through and that's why he cares... because he grew up on Main Street, USA. Nothing but altruism is this man's motive!
The interview was possibly one of the most fraudulent interviews I've ever seen. Disingenuous and sanctimonious to the hilt.
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