Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Countrywide Dodd
Dodd can't wash hands on bailout (Connecticut Post)
In a Jan. 12 interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America,"
U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd blamed the myriad bailout foibles on the Bush administration. Hitting your opponent as he is leaving the ring is generally considered unsportsmanlike, but Dodd confabulates with such conviction that the sucker punches go unnoticed every time.
Curiously, as a senator, Dodd takes no responsibility for the flawed bailout legislation for which he voted. More curiously, even though he is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Dodd somehow washes his hands of his role in the recent financial collapse. Even more curiously, he implies that he was duped by a president that liberals claim has the IQ of a turnip.
Was Dodd asleep at the wheel? Was he too busy calculating the interest savings on his sweetheart mortgage deal that he, by sheer coincidence, received from Countrywide Financial, that he was absolutely shocked to discover could be construed as buying influence, and that in no way was related to any financial woes Countrywide might be having?
At least when the Emperor Caligula installed his horse in the Roman Senate, he sent the whole horse. Most curiously, Connecticut voters see fit to send only the hindquarters.
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In a Jan. 12 interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America,"
U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd blamed the myriad bailout foibles on the Bush administration. Hitting your opponent as he is leaving the ring is generally considered unsportsmanlike, but Dodd confabulates with such conviction that the sucker punches go unnoticed every time.
Curiously, as a senator, Dodd takes no responsibility for the flawed bailout legislation for which he voted. More curiously, even though he is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Dodd somehow washes his hands of his role in the recent financial collapse. Even more curiously, he implies that he was duped by a president that liberals claim has the IQ of a turnip.
Was Dodd asleep at the wheel? Was he too busy calculating the interest savings on his sweetheart mortgage deal that he, by sheer coincidence, received from Countrywide Financial, that he was absolutely shocked to discover could be construed as buying influence, and that in no way was related to any financial woes Countrywide might be having?
At least when the Emperor Caligula installed his horse in the Roman Senate, he sent the whole horse. Most curiously, Connecticut voters see fit to send only the hindquarters.
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Still ticking! It's the Dodd Clock
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