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Obama: Jack Lew Will Work on His Signature

President jokes he wants at least one legible letter

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 10, 2013 1:16 PM CST

(Newser) As expected, President Obama nominated chief of staff Jack Lew to replace Tim Geithner as Treasury secretary today. After ticking off the challenges of the first term, Obama said Geithner would go down in history as "one of our finest secretaries of the Treasury," reports Business Insider. As for Lew, he "knows that every number on a page, every dollar we budget, decision we make, has to be an expression of our values." And regarding the burning question of Lew's loopy signature:

  • "Jack assures me he is going to work to make at least one letter legible so as not to debase our currency," says the president.

President Obama, flanked by outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and his expected replacement, current chief of staff Jack Lew.
President Obama, flanked by outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and his expected replacement, current chief of staff Jack Lew.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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HANKHILL
Jan 12, 2013 7:25 AM CST
georgie bush and caliph barak hussein use the auto pen because they kant spel theyir names! lew uses it cause he cant write his name! just what we need more of!!!!!!!!!FUBAR   BIG TIME!
Twiny
Jan 11, 2013 1:05 AM CST
I don't find Jack Lew's illegible signature funny, and I'll bet Lew's father wouldn't either. That's your NAME, damn it, and you're supposed to write it bold and proud, and legible, A cartoonishly childish scribble is NOT a signature.
reallybig
Jan 10, 2013 6:32 PM CST
LOOPY LEW .... will resist changing his Loopy Lew signature, cause that's who he is, "Loopy Lew" --------- REALLY
 

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