Tag: "Chris Dodd"
Why Being a Democratic Senator is the Most Amazing Job in the World
Let this be a lesson to you. If you take a sweetheart deal or two from a corrupt mortgage lender whose company is at the very top of the list of reasons we’re in a recession right now and then lie about whether you knew the deal was a sweetheart deal, and then get caught [...]
Dodd and Conrad Lied; Sweetheart Loans Were Applied
Why those dirty, rotten liars. Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation’s largest lenders, the official who handled their loans has told Congress in secret testimony. Both senators have said that at the time the [...]
So When Do They Start Calling for Chris Dodd’s Head?
Liar, liar, pants on fire. Senate Banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told CNN’s Dana Bash and Wolf Blitzer Wednesday that he was responsible for adding the bonus loophole into the stimulus package that permitted AIG and other companies that received bailout funds to pay bonuses. Here’s the video of Dodd tap-dancing his way toward the [...]
Don’t Let Congress Build Our Cars, Please?
Word is that the steaming pile of folly called the Big Three Bailout is close to making its big appearance on the floor of Congress. We’re told that if bailout is defeated doesn’t happen, the world as we know it will end and we’ll all be eating cold dog food out of tin cans and [...]
Chris Dodd’s Sanctimony Show
Well, if John McCain won’t take a 2×4 to the Democrats over the mortgage mess, the Wall Street Journal will: The late Senator Russell Long used to say that the core truth of tax policy was “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax the fellow behind the tree.” Substitute political blame for the financial meltdown [...]
That’s What You Said