Senator Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer (D-NY) has been aptly called “the Gloria Allred of Politics” because of his penchant for publicity and his insatiable, daily need to shoot his mouth off about something, virtually anything, if it will get his face plastered all over the media. Now he’s being ripped by the federal bank regulators for, in effect, yelling, “Fire!” in a movie theater and causing a run on the Indy-Mac Bank: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/07/feds-cite-schum.html.
Of course, he denies the charge, as expected, and he blames the regulators.
Schumer should be forgiven even if he is guilty as charged. The guy can’t help it. He should be pitied. Whether he’s best compared to Chuckie, the bloodthirsty doll of movie fame or Charley, the forlorn and rejected tuna, he is very pitiable.