Well, I'm not the biggest fan of Alan Greenspan, he has pulled a couple of stunts that have made my blood boil.
On the whole, however, I think the guy is pretty sharp and nows what the hell he is doing.
Also, I find that criticisms of him usually come from the party that is most negatively affected by what he says or does. If he says the deficit is our biggest concern, the Dems love him and the Republicans blow him off. Conversely, if he says anything remotely positive about privatizing Social Security, the Republicans sing his praise and the Dems say:
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I think he's one of the biggest political hacks we have in Washington
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By the way, good ol' Harry Reid is the one who is quoted above.
Side note: What's up with him. Daschle gets run out and this guy takes the reigns. I remember reading the comment thread on Fark about the Democrats response to the State of the Union--even the liberals were bashing him.
Anyway, what do you think? Hack or not? Considering this guy has served both Republicans and Democrats for years and years, I would be interested to see people's take on him.
Like I said, for the most part, he is impressive (i.e. warning about the dot.com bubble long before it burst). But sometimes, I wonder about things he does (raise rates right before the end of the year--that made some mortgage rates take a hike up and banks made a ton of money).