‘One S***** Deal’: Sen. Levin Uses ‘S-Word’ Eleven Times in Grilling of Ex-Goldman Exec

"How much of that s--tty deal did you sell to your clients?"

April 27, 2010 at 12:58 pm - C-SPAN3
Dateline: Washington, DC
Dan Collins   April 27th, 2010 - 1:01 pm

See, this is why they should have called it a Big F*cking Deal.

I'm Gumby damn it!   April 27th, 2010 - 1:02 pm

It won’t mean a thing,

until some banksters swing!

Organic Tuscan Kale   April 27th, 2010 - 1:03 pm

Democrat-Check

Pretentious way of wearing glasses-Check.

Using profanity-Check.

How many more red flags does one need?

secularstupidest   April 27th, 2010 - 1:03 pm

Probably a puppet show for adults.

rerty77   April 27th, 2010 - 1:04 pm

Congress will have to get tough on this…oh, it is CONgress.
never mind

BS   April 27th, 2010 - 1:04 pm

Utterly fraudulent posturing to dupe the masses and bolster re-election. Levin is a fraud and is in the tank to the elites. What a shitty Senator.

Mark Carlton   April 27th, 2010 - 1:04 pm

It only stands to reason that when your head is full of something, it leaks out when you open your mouth.

Political Centrist   April 27th, 2010 - 1:05 pm

This is just more evidence of a Congress that has no class whatsoever. Congressmen and women are like 6 year olds on the playground.

http://www.PoliticalCentrist.com News and views for independent voters

Maxwell   April 27th, 2010 - 1:06 pm

No surprise here, Levin is unprofessional on ALL levels!

Carlo   April 27th, 2010 - 1:06 pm

The Dems know all about sh!t deals. Like the sh!t sandwich they force-fed to all Americans in the form of the “healthcare deform” debacle.

Talk about a sh!t deal.

America gets the sh!t end of the stick while these self-serving hacks jet around mucking things up so they can feel “important.”

Sam   April 27th, 2010 - 1:06 pm

This was one Shitty talk

dumbasslib-hater   April 27th, 2010 - 1:06 pm

Do You think any Senator will have the spine to ask Goldman Sachs about the Chicago Carbon Exchange that Obama,Gore,Fanny May,and Goldman Sachs are involved in to make Trillions on??? This is just a Mis-direction of the hand that people are watching!Watch the other hand that Obamination doesn’t want you to see!

Maine Coast   April 27th, 2010 - 1:06 pm

Never thought C-SPAN would need a 10 second delay, but when the liberals are in full control, I guess you do. Everything needs a filter with those idiots.

Carlo   April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 pm

The Dems know all about sh!+ deals. Like the sh!+ sandwich they force-fed to all Americans in the form of the “healthcare deform” debacle.

Talk about a sh!+ deal.

America gets the sh!+ end of the stick while these self-serving hacks jet around mucking things up so they can feel “important.”

Cousin Eddie   April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 pm

Not as sh*tty of a deal as the people of Michigan got for continually sending this clown to DC.

mike zenchuk   April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 pm

Levin a S#*Y Senator

steffy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 pm

The Dem was correct in saying WHAT IT WAS.

Jeff   April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 pm

OOOOHHHHHH! he used the “s” word, lets call the s!@$ police and get some fines issues.
C’mon, people … wake up.

cc   April 27th, 2010 - 1:07 pm

Senators in way, way over their intelligence level. They look clueless.

ANTI OBAMA STICKER   April 27th, 2010 - 1:08 pm

How long until these liberal losers go home?

http://www.AntiObamaSticker.com

Mahakala   April 27th, 2010 - 1:08 pm

And Carl Levin is one shitty Senator who is ignoring all the former GS employees that fill the Obama administration and is ignoring the almost 1 million dollars GS gave to the Obama campaign.

Lisa B.   April 27th, 2010 - 1:08 pm

It is a puppet show. This administration is screwing the people of the US. They need to be stopped.

This idiot also needs to learn some new words.

The King   April 27th, 2010 - 1:08 pm

It’s one sentence from a single email. I’m not giving GS a pass on this yet, but frankly with the way businesses have been manhandled overall i think that congress is just looking for someone to blame. The line could have been referring to what GS got out of it too, as in “we got the shaft on this deal, it was sh*tty”. I don’t trust congress to tell us the truth on it any more than i would trust GS to tell the truth on it.

wilboy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:09 pm

Democrat Socialist on parade! And they wonder why the Tea Parties are so popular. Kooks! Nothing more than Democratic Socialist Kooks!

felixw   April 27th, 2010 - 1:09 pm

Jon Stewart is repeatedly making the F-word the centerpiece of his political commentary. Joe Biden celebrates the passage of Obamacare with the F-word. Ted Turner was swearing on TV just yesterday. And now this. It’s just one more sign that the Left is building its message now on insults, intimidation and bullying.

Not Kennedy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:09 pm

An exemplary case of a liberal democrat speaking his mind, the truth of their power. Always stick with what you know best, what you do best, stay on topic use language that is your native tongue.

The_Pilgrim   April 27th, 2010 - 1:09 pm

Once a generation or so, we have to put Democrats in charge so everyone can see for themselves how worthless, inept, corrupt, classless, clueless, and stupid they are. It also helps to remind Republicans of what they stand for. Thank God only a few more months and we can get back to our regularly scheduled GOP government!

God   April 27th, 2010 - 1:09 pm

Sen. Levin looks like he got a sh!ty deal in life.

Some Funky Dude   April 27th, 2010 - 1:10 pm

That’s one shazbotty deal!

RightStuff   April 27th, 2010 - 1:10 pm

One thing is for sure. The Federal government will never admit it ever did anything wrong. The Federal government actually CAUSED the Goldman Saks mess. The banking firm did what it needed to do in order to keep their clients in spite of unreasonable demands of the Federal government.

Levin loves to shock with his repeated use of the word “shitty”. He is a boor. He is the same one who said that the “surge didn’t work” in Iran.

FEAR GOVERNMENT. PRAY FOR THE COUNTRY.

lukuj   April 27th, 2010 - 1:10 pm

Now we can’t even allow children to watch their government at work if we are parents who think foul language is rude and unnecessary. No wonder politicians have so little respect from the people. This poor man must have a very limited vocabulary.

Subsalior   April 27th, 2010 - 1:11 pm

Typical Sen. Levin … he needs to go….

Frank Soto   April 27th, 2010 - 1:12 pm

To quote the Vice-President, what’s the “big f-ing deal”?

JohnnyJax   April 27th, 2010 - 1:12 pm

Really? Are you seriously reporting this as news? S-Bomb? Give me a F-bombing break!

Teddy's SEARCH+RESCUE   April 27th, 2010 - 1:13 pm

OUR FOUNDER used it often, prefaced by the word deep, As in “I’m in deep ####” – http://www.FATBOY.cc

Big Tony   April 27th, 2010 - 1:13 pm

Its Bushes and the Republicans fault.

photonsoflight   April 27th, 2010 - 1:13 pm

It is a great shame on the state of Michigan that this sorry excuse for a human being is one of our senators. A democrat grilling a goldman sachs exec is like a bag of manure calling a pile of crap stinky.

John   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

He wasn’t sure how to sound angry about all of this. He figured a few ’s’ words would make it so he didn’t have to act so much. Ha!

http://www.funnyconservatives.com

Telling It Like It is   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

The last thing I care about here is Levin’s language. Frankly, he called it what it was. Just when, in this country, did we stop telling it like it is. There are many more things about Congress and this whole Goldman Sachs smoke-and-mirrors-waste-of-taxpayer-money that are profane other than the word sh**ty.

Sigh   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

Any site to which Drudge posts a link invariably becomes a haven of idiocy.

uberVU - social comments   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

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Keith   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

Why can Conservatives communicate so well without needing profanity? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5jb3Ov7SUM

buckrol   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

These are some classy people that the dems are putting in office. They’re having tickle fights, saying that islands are going to tip over, dropping f-bombs, swearing on C-Span over and over and over. No wonder the Tea Party movement is so strong.

Check out this hilarious Tea Party footage: http://www.funnyconservatives.com/?p=842

Jasonn   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

A sh*tty deal by any other name is still a sh*tty deal.

Mr Conservative   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

Sorry, I do not agree with the profanity, but he quoted the e-mail between the Goldman folks who considered it a
s****y deal – Do not construe this as defending Congessmen or Dems – not the case…but his is when folks begin
to look like the loonies the Dems claim we are.

INVA$ION USA   April 27th, 2010 - 1:14 pm

And the INVASION of the USA continues – http://www.BorderInvasionPics.com

Jim   April 27th, 2010 - 1:15 pm

The senator was quoting from a Goldman internal memo. Their sales department described the invesment they were to sell as “sh+ty”. Their words, not Levin’s.

Take off your Limbaugh issued blinders and look at the facts as they are.

Cleary   April 27th, 2010 - 1:15 pm

While I think Democrats are hyenas, I think what we have here is a hyena taking down a skunk. The real question is whether Goldman Sachs disclosed, not their characterization of the deal, but the real worth/value of the deal. If yes, the there’s no foul and Democrat heads should roll. If no, then there is and Goldman heads should roll. Pretty simple – if we can get to the FULL field of facts.

TxnByBrth   April 27th, 2010 - 1:15 pm

Levin got off on being able to say that word and knows full well the more often a fact is spoken the more familiar it becomes to the listener, and the more familiar it becomes the more acceptable the premise that the deal was s****y to the listener, whether it was in fact s****y or not.

The politicians who participate in this type of grandstanding would better serve their country if they would look into the connection between the Joyce Foundation, on which Mr. Obama was a board member, the formation of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) in which Goldman is a major stock holder, as is Mr. Gore along with several other ex-Goldman executives.

This is nothing but a dog an pony show and all the characters participating know full well it is done solely for the purpose of giving the impression the Democrats are doing something about greed on Wall Street. You can’t legislate morality (abortion) and greed is purely a moral issue…that having been said, there’s no one more qualified to look into greedy behavior than politicians in Washington D.C.

Kick The Infidels Out   April 27th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Obama’s Top Contributors: My my, is that second one those evil Goldman Sachs……..noooooooooooooo

University of California $1,591,395
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
Time Warner $590,084
Sidley Austin LLP $588,598
Stanford University $586,557
National Amusements Inc $551,683
UBS AG $543,219
Wilmerhale Llp $542,618
Skadden, Arps et al $530,839
IBM Corp $528,822
Columbia University $528,302
Morgan Stanley $514,881
General Electric $499,130
US Government $494,820
Latham & Watkins $493,835

HANOI JOHN KERRY   April 27th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

I said the word alot when talking about the SWIFTVETS – http://www.LIVESHOT.cc

I SERVED IN VIETNAM.

Roger H. Cook,MD   April 27th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

This old labor bought hack has been around too long ,he thinks “shit” makes him macho and hip espically whith the minorties and maybe he is right this is the speek of th gutter.

Z   April 27th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Levin speaks than thinks. Idiot!

Scott   April 27th, 2010 - 1:17 pm

The problem here is a failure to tell the truth… NO ONE tells the truth anymore. LIES, LIES, and more LIES!!!

Jibreel Riley   April 27th, 2010 - 1:18 pm

that is just Detroit Michigan Machismo y’all

Angelo DePalma   April 27th, 2010 - 1:18 pm

Of course Goldman wanted to sell Timberwolf, but at the market price. That’s what you’re supposed to do with “shitty deals.” You lose money on them, but you try to get rid of them. Were they supposed to ride it down to zero?

Boomer1941   April 27th, 2010 - 1:18 pm

It’s too bad Levin follows the Liberal Pack, he does have the nerve when it’s needed, can’t say much about his health care vote. The sad thing about this investigation is all it is, is Lip Servive to the voters and that’s all. What we need is Criminal Prosecutions of these people.

Rob   April 27th, 2010 - 1:19 pm

So it’s fine for them to grill people for selling crap but we can’t criticize them for their crappy policies that cost taxpayers billions? Typical (insert party here, they’re all the same) hypocrisy.

GIVE US A THIRD PARTY

Jim Baker   April 27th, 2010 - 1:19 pm

I want some of those spectacles this Democrat politician uses for an “I am intelligent” prop. People would think I are smart, too!

Indoctrinate U   April 27th, 2010 - 1:19 pm

Yes We Can Build a http://www.NewNation.org YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!

Mandy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:20 pm

These hearings are a sham to cover for Congress and these shysters who ripped us all off. The so called “financial reform” is a sham also just like the health care reform is a sham. This is all about power and greed from both sides of Congress. All these folks needed to be voted out in 2010 whether they are Dims or Pubs

John Q.   April 27th, 2010 - 1:20 pm

That’s what you get when you have sh*t for brains.

Rexter   April 27th, 2010 - 1:20 pm

Levin did well. The Democrats are going to save themselves with this stuff since it is very popular while the Republicans still think they can avoid being seen as goons for corrupt financial dealings like GS. As long as they stay away from Amnesty. Then after they take some small, inevitable losses in the next elections they will trot out Amnesty and both agree on it in the name of “bipartisanship.”

Scott-in-Chicago   April 27th, 2010 - 1:21 pm

can’t wait for November!

WRTolkas   April 27th, 2010 - 1:21 pm

This is our Senator Levin from the bankrupt state of Michigan. This jerk along with his hand-puppet Stabenow have been warming the seats in the Senate much too long. But as long as you have a D by your name in the voting booth, the morons from detroit and suburbs will continue to elect them. Oh wait, the population of that end of the state is leaving. I don’t know where they went or who would want them. I do know that wherever they went, they would have to work for a living. Most maybe for the first time in their lives.

G_d help us if this breed of moron stays in office past this November.

Remember the Alamo, Remember Pearl Harbor, Remember Bataan, Remember 9/11, and Remember this November.

Bill   April 27th, 2010 - 1:21 pm

So let’s get this straight. GS gives the Obama campaign almost 1T dollars to get him elected, as well as a number of Democrats. Obama wins. Obama meets with the head of GS a number of times at the Whitehouse. SEC comes out with a weak investigation against GS, that GS will more than likely win, right in time for “financial reform” crises. Obama throws them under the bus. GS has to put with the likes of Levin insulting and grandstanding.

How much of a S#!t sandwich does GS have to eat from the Dems? Bet if these guys knew the Democrats were going to grill them like this and make them look like S#!t they wouldn’t have given them so much money. Serves GS right.

Meanwhile Obama admin has numerous former GS employees working in the administration.

DRUDGESUX   April 27th, 2010 - 1:22 pm

So… I go to drudge sometimes to see what the super right wing opinion is on things…. Drudge… your headlines are total BS… “DEM POTTY MOUTH: USE S-BOMB 11X IN PUBLIC HEARING ” – STOP WITH THE DAMN MISLEADING HEADLINES. Its not like the guy just threw that out there…. he was referring to an email that basically outlines the entire issue… he HAD to use that term that many times… you are by far the most biased news source on the web, pretty upsetting that your site is so popular, everytime I click a headline expecting one thing, it has nothing to do with what you posted…. dont use headlines that have nothing to do with the actual thing you are linking to…

michiganjohn   April 27th, 2010 - 1:23 pm

With all due respect Senator Levin….these deals wouldn’t have been sh**tty
if you and your sh**tty counterpart Senator Stabenow wouldn’t have created the
Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2005 that essentially made all of these deals SH*TTY.

You guys need to butt the hell out of business you have no business or brains regulating.
You and your Ms. Stabenow essentially made a law to make it favorable for these credit risks
to be taken (Sh**TTY Law Number One) and then once things startied getting SH**TTY you created
another SH**TTY Law that created an advantage to choose foreclosure of your home
(a secured asset) vs. not paying their credit cards (unsecured assets).

Both SH**TTY Laws still exist to this day and until you fix your mistakes I contend that
virtually every home in the United States will essentially have to be turned over at least once.

I also contend that YOU and YOUR FELLOW SENATOR are the TRUE MARKET MAKERS and IN THIS CASE YOU
BOTH ARE THE RESPONSIBLE MARKET BREAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMALLER GOVERNMENT IN 2010 and SAY NO IN MICHIGAN TO LEVIN and STABENOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS. Next Time Be a Respectable Leader and WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!!!

DDuke   April 27th, 2010 - 1:23 pm

A pox on both their heads…they would gladly switch roles if they could both being low lifes. If you can be a crooked Goldman Sachs exec you can be a dimocrat senator.

Obamanation @ Notre Dame   April 27th, 2010 - 1:23 pm

Jailed for refusing to participate in Adoration of “THE ONE” – http://www.FreeTheND88.org

Levin was Reading a Quote   April 27th, 2010 - 1:24 pm

What the hell is wrong with you people? Ignoring the actions of Goldman because Drudge and Breitbart spin a headline? Unreal. Read some Barry Ritholtz please ( http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/04/10-things-you-dont-know-gs-case/ ) and get your head out of your asses. Thanks.

bkal   April 27th, 2010 - 1:24 pm

Why doesn’t someone as that ass of a senator who created the shitty products that were given to wall street to sell. CRA minority lending credits, Barney. Chris, Maxine and the rest of the Dems trolling for votes. Why were Raines fines forgiven. All of these people need to be on the hotseat. Give me a break what a freak shoe.

THE TRUTH   April 27th, 2010 - 1:25 pm

The entire Obama administration is one s****y deal

rumrunner   April 27th, 2010 - 1:25 pm

Just a dog and pony show, folks.
It’s all meant to conceal the man behind the curtain..

This Fall, fire ‘em all..Re-elect NOBODY!!!

Trey   April 27th, 2010 - 1:26 pm

Welcome to shittywok would you like try shittybeef?

JUAN THE VATO   April 27th, 2010 - 1:27 pm

The goldman guy should tell Levin to go fu*ck himself…”with all due respect”…LOL at LIB clowns.

sonofdy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:27 pm

This is why if I ever am before congress will claim the 5th even for my name. Note levin isn’t under oath. Its a witch hunt.

THIS... IS CNN   April 27th, 2010 - 1:27 pm

Watch us…PLEASE! We NEED ratings! http://www.AmericanPatrol.com

jack   April 27th, 2010 - 1:28 pm

WOW AND THE FN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS HEAVILY INDEBTED TO THIS COMPANY FOR THEIR NEXT FIASCO-CAP AND TRADE.ITS A REAL F/N SHAME WHEN THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER HAS TO STAND THERE AND GET PISSED ON BY THESE BEAUROCRATS AND RIP OFF ARTISTS- AND NOW WERE GOING TO BEND OVER AGAIN FOR THE OBAMA AND HIS CLITON RETREADS AS WELL AS THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE AND CONGRESS WHO ARE TOO BUSY WATCHING THEIR BACKS AND PORTFOLIOS TO GIVE A RATS ASS ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO ELECTED THEM..DISGRACEFUL!! AND AMERICANS ARE GOING REVOLT AGAINST THIS B/S-JUST WAIT AND SEE..

Charles   April 27th, 2010 - 1:28 pm

The entire democratic party is one sh**y deal.

nnizy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:29 pm

How about the xitty deal for Michigan with Levin as a lifetime Senator? Levin is a pompous ass. Hire this Goldman guy now. Never flinched. HEY MICHIGAN, HOW’S THE LIFETIME SENATOR WORK’N FOR YA?

dranno   April 27th, 2010 - 1:29 pm

gotta love populist rage. keep it comin

MOORE BUFFETS   April 27th, 2010 - 1:29 pm

YES WE CON! YES WE CON! YES WE CON! http://www.OneOldVet.com

TarNFeathers   April 27th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

Let’s start looking into the Trillions of dollars of Shitty deals laid upon America by Congress the Oligarchy and the Regime(s) the last 10 years!

Oh wait- that’s on Me/Us my kids and Grand kids…carry on.

Kit   April 27th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

Health Care is one s***** deal…..but this senator and his ilk sold it anyway.

Mike   April 27th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

A walking, talking perfect example in the case for term limits. The word he used so many times perfectly describes the economic situation of the state he represents as well.

Matador527   April 27th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

Just obvious proof of a man who has no respect for the people who pay him, because he feels, as do all democrats, that the people of the country work for him, instead of the other way around. The only difference between Levin and the rest of the congressional democrats is that he is more stupid than most.

Grassy Knoll   April 27th, 2010 - 1:30 pm

#2 Contributor to Obama’s Campaign……………………………..Goldman Sachs….this is nothing more than dimocrat show trial……it will keep the more mindless obamabots in line….say your getting out of the wars before election, “change” after election and the lemmings fall in line and now love war…….

And the good news, just got a letter that my health insurance went up $50, thanks Obama

shiot   April 27th, 2010 - 1:31 pm

This is one Sh*tty video!

drphilthy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:31 pm

Michigan voters are clearly shit heads for repeatedly sending this shitty deal (D-MI) to DC.

forest popp   April 27th, 2010 - 1:31 pm

Can you imagine sitting in judgement of this band of thugs????

maps   April 27th, 2010 - 1:32 pm

Did he get as much money from Goldman Sachs as Obama did? What a SHI*7 hEAD.

ncpg   April 27th, 2010 - 1:32 pm

I thought all of the rats jumped the Goldman Sachs ship to join the Obama administration.

VIVA LA RAZA!!   April 27th, 2010 - 1:32 pm

You Stupido Gringos! We are taking OUR LAND BACK! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajkAP_M4ZAM

GO BACK TO EUROPE!

lamchops   April 27th, 2010 - 1:32 pm

Meanwhile, back on the homestead, “Little Dick” Durbin, Chuck “The Schmuck” Schumer and Harry Reid are extorting money from fat cats. AKA: Business as usual.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/04/27/schumer_and_durbin_raise_money_for_reid.html

Michigander   April 27th, 2010 - 1:33 pm

Every democrat in the Senate opposed financial reform in 2005, when it might
have actually meant something. That would include Sen. Barack Obama. That
would also include Sen. Carl Levin.

Randy   April 27th, 2010 - 1:33 pm

Levin is an absolute idiot but not too surprising. All these things are is grandstanding by a bunch of lawyers who failed out of finance and accounting 101.

Chief Killaspic   April 27th, 2010 - 1:34 pm

VIVA LA RAZA!! April 27th, 2010 – 1:32 pm

You Stupido Gringos! We are taking OUR LAND BACK! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajkAP_M4ZAM

GO BACK TO EUROPE!
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When your done mowing my yard feel free to get off my land Brown Face……..

ncerruti   April 27th, 2010 - 1:34 pm

Let see if I say shitty 1,000x maybe John Q public will think I’m reaaally mad at Goldman Sachs. Obama never complained about shitty deals when his campaign got 1 million in donations.

Tami   April 27th, 2010 - 1:34 pm

It felt really good after watching the clip to file a complaint with the FCC.

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