Posted on 03/18/2009 6:27:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) looks like he may be facing a fresh political firestorm.
Dodd just admitted on CNN that he inserted a loophole in the stimulus legislation that allowed million-dollar bonuses to insurance giant AIG to go forward – after previously denying any involvement in writing the controversial provision. .
“We wrote the language in the bill, the deal with bonuses, golden parachutes, excessive executive compensation that was adopted unanimously by the United States Senate in the stimulus bill,” Dodd told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer this afternoon.
“But for that language, there would have been no language to deal with this at all.”
Dodd had previously said that he played no role in writing the controversial language, and was not a part of the conference committee that inserted the language in the bill. As late as today, Dodd’s spokeswoman denied the senator’s involvement.
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Dodd, Geithner and Pelosi all need to go NOW!
Ahem, Reid, F”w”ank, Odumbo, Specter, Schmuck Schumer....
Hell everyone except a few like McConnel and Pence should be tried and convicted as the treasonous scum they are and suffer the traditional punishment for treason.
If Connecticut re-elects Dodd, there truly is no hope in that state.
All Obamma and his den of thieves do is lie and lie again to cover it up....lets toss the whole bunch out of office.
NO
This was a one time, take it or leave it vote.
No amendments.
Stimulus bill was not unanimous unless you only count the dems. Not a single republican voted for it.
No> “Stand up Chris.” Time for a PERP WALK.
“DEAD MAN WALKING”.
Instead of “Stand Up Chuck,” it should be “Bend Over Chris.”
His father was a great patriot; this smuck is a traitor. The sooner he’s political history, the safer America is.
When is anyone going to advance an Ethics Hearing?
Dodd is merely a symptom of the cancer we call Congress. Get rid of Dodd and there are 534 more who are ready and willing to take his place.
The whole Congress is rancid with corrupt thieves, liars and hustlers who will sell America down the river on a bet.
And, yet, we keep re-electing the same people in hopes of a different result.
Can we say insanity!!???
when the bill was in committee, (Dodd claimed the date was added in committee) no Republican was allowed to participate in it.
THAT is precisely the problem......Dodd WILL indeed be re-ected by the losers that always elect him. Just like Kennedy. There is a cancer on the NE United States.....and it has spread and metastized on the body politic..... we are SO screwed.
So he was double full-of-crap!
Somebody ping that idiot Lapdog.....shoot....I mean Wolf.
The powers that be (idiots) are working on ethics reform.. and have been .. for years .. and keep kicking the can down the road ..
If Congre$$ was clean, what would we do here then? ;-)
So Dodd was just full of it when he said that? If so, he is really thrashing around right now, saying some really stupid things.
Dodd has his head so far up Barney Frank’s ass one cannot tell where Dodd ends and where Frank begins.
It's fun watching Senator Dodd (D-AIG) try to blame Geithner for that provision and vice-versa. The Democrats are forming a circular firing squad.
There...fixed it
They want the authority but not the responsibility. They need to be fired or recalled.
I think they should take the Grassley solution; resign or hari-kari.
Stupid Wolf Blitzen....I'm e-mailing him myself.
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