Is our POTUS threatening bankers with LYNCH MOBS?

Sure sounds like it to me! From the Charlotte Observer:

Plain talk ruled when bankers met with Obama
Insider
Posted: Thursday, Apr. 02, 2009

Bank of America chief Ken Lewis has been beat up by the government for a few months now, and he apparently snapped back – at least for a moment – during last week's meeting between President Obama and the CEOs of the nation's top banks.

According to the American Banker trade publication, which cites sources who were at the meeting, Lewis told the prez: “Mr. President, I am not going to suck up to Larry and Tim like the rest of these guys,” referring to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Larry Summers, the head of the National Economic Council.

Obama, for his part, told the bankers: “My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”

I am trying to picture what would have happened if 'W' had called in a bunch of union CEO's and threatened to turn the 'mobs' on them if they didn't bow to his wishes ...... Hot Damn! The headlines and cries from the pundits would be overwhelming....

But I didn't hear or see a word of this overt threat to the bankers, did you?