Should have taken notes from Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, one of your many clients who's life was obliterated.

Ol' Rene was an upperclass twit himself, but at least he had the balls and the honor to go through with it.

Cythraul: Ah, they tried to take the chicken shiat way out. Is that an indicator that they may actually have a conscience? Or is it that ol' Bernie was too sensitive to live in prison?

I heard her on the morning show. Nope, no conscience. None at all. She was distressed to the point of suicide because people were being mean to her - not because her husband ruined countless lives.

She is a self absorbed, narcisistic coont. And I am highly offended that she had the sack to whine about how hard her life is now.

Shut. Up.

So the guy can engineer the largest ripoff in US (world?) history yet can't manage to put a shotty in his mouth and pull the trigger with his big toe?

Another lie.

No they didn't. This is total BS for sympathy.

I'm going to commit suicide by wearing an unFSMly amount of diamonds all at once! Oh dear me!

I hope for a family-level smiting.

I saw her on the news this morning as I was getting ready for work. All I could think was "Shut up you farking biatch. Your husband is a farking thief who deserves a bullet in the head from everyone he screwed over". She was completely oblivious to that fact and played the victim card better than anyone I've ever seen. I couldn't believe the network wasted money interviewing this biatch.

namegoeshere: She is a self absorbed, narcisistic coont.

Absolutely. Look for a book deal or reality tv show to follow. Like her coont daughter in law.

I suggest we offer up the lot of them (free Bernie from his country club while we're at it) to the OWS crowd. Have a good old public stoning or beheading down on Broad Street. Then maybe OWS will go home. Win win.

Whatthefark: I saw her on the news this morning as I was getting ready for work. All I could think was "Shut up you farking biatch. Your husband is a farking thief who deserves a bullet in the head from everyone he screwed over". She was completely oblivious to that fact and played the victim card better than anyone I've ever seen. I couldn't believe the network wasted money interviewing this biatch.

But if you think about it, isn't she the victim? They had to return ALL that money.

Pictured: Ruth Madoff

You can carefully orchestrate a decades-long ripoff of your friends, coworkers, and assorted multitudes of hard-working people, profiting lavishly from it over the course of your life. But you can't successfully commit one fairly easy, halfway decent suicide attempt that might emotionally help the devastated people left in your wake? Fark ewe.

This was nothing more than a publicity suicide. A few pills? Pfft, who hasn't done that? Go DIAF, coont.

StubhyGraham: This was nothing more than a publicity suicide. A few pills? Pfft, who hasn't done that? Go DIAF, coont.

As I recall, the rule of thumb is that if the person conceals their intent, it's for real, whereas if they wave their proclaimed intent hither and yon, they actually want to manipulate people or get attention. Now, wanting attention isn't always a whiny thing--a neglected child might go to desperate lengths to secure any semblance of affection or caring from parents they shouldn't live with--but in this case... IANAShrink, but I'm pretty sure we're talking a sympathy grab.

And yet, Jo Anne B. Barnhart, who's running the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of the world, feels not the slightest twinge of guilt.

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DrPainMD: And yet, Jo Anne B. Barnhart, who's running the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of the world, feels not the slightest twinge of guilt.

She hasn't been in charge of the SSA since January 2007. It is now headed by one Michael J. Astrue until 2013.

And that's just the tip of your iceberg of stupid.

FIAL.

/next time, try harder, you sociopaths

The only way that a TV interview would have been appropriate would be if Ruth sincerely apologized to everyone who was hurt by what her husband did. Then promise to live the rest of her life in poverty, and to work in service of earning money to repay the debt in whatever way she could. Anything short of that should be met with a big "FARK YOU, BIATCH!"

Unfortunately lady, there were people whose lives were so destroyed by what your husband did that they DID kill themselves. For that, you both ought to have been strung up.

Why is this "Interesting", you sick fark? His wife tried to kill herself and her son succeeded, leaving behind a wife and kids. Bernie didn't even try.
Was subby too autistic to click the "Sad" category?

Then why are they still alive, breathing our air? Apparently they failed at killing themselves just like they failed at running an investment fund.

Anyway, I think they shouldn't give up so easily. They should try again.

I doubt I'll get a response to this but I have been wondering this all day. Why now? Why go on a press junket right now. Think about OWS and the mood of the country. It just doesn't make any sense. Is it to humanize the 1%? Is it to remind people that someone got put in jail? Bah this publicity stunt stinks but only half as bad as they do.

Everything they say is a lie... how do you believe this?

SevenizGud: No they didn't. This is total BS for sympathy.

This.

Taking pills has always struck me as the wimpy attention whoring not really trying way to commit suicide. If a person is really so desperate and is convinced there isn't any other way out, it isn't difficult to kill yourself even if you don't have access to a gun. There was a period in my life where I contemplated suicide. I didn't really want to die but my life was miserable so I would just think about what I would do, how I might do it, etc. I eventually decided that if I were to try, I wouldn't TRY, so to speak, I would DO it. Thankfully that period of my life is over, but I think it gave me some perspective having thought far more about the subject than is probably healthy.

Also, in high school I knew a girl who was a classic suicide attention whore. What pissed me off the most was that it farking worked. Whenever she was feeling down or unloved or whatever she'd do the pill thing. With aspirin. She'd be all "I took a WHOLE BOTTLE OF ASPIRIN" and her idiot friends would be beside themselves with worry.