Bazooka Man and the House of Pain

"Hank Paulsen rolled in to Capital Hill all strapped on with dynamite and his plunge protection team bazooka to give Senators “the word”. That would be, “Give me all the power and money to run this Fannie and Freddie operation or else.” Oh sure some Senators were critical of all the “crisis management” and all the weekend emergency meetings, but Hank was ready with his “I told you to reform the rascals before” retort and “now look here, we have the Reichstag Fire.”"