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CHRIS DODD’S STRATEGY: “Stall, and hope they forget.”
It’s been over seven months since it was…
Instapundit —
CHRIS DODD’S STRATEGY: “Stall, and hope they forget.”
It’s been over seven months since it was revealed that Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) got a sweetheart deal on his Washington, D.C., townhouse directly from Angelo Mozilo, the CEO of troubled subprime-mortgage lender Countrywide Financial. Participating in the “Friends of Angelo” program saved Dodd about $75,000 on his mortgage, and raised more than a few eyebrows about whether Dodd should be accepting such hefty gifts from entities he’s tasked with ...
Shameful Meets Shameless
The Corner on National Review Online —
... U.S. remains mired in a recession. The bonuses are the height of irresponsibility, Obama said today before meeting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. Firms need to show some restraint and show some discipline, Obama said. The president joined politicians such as Senator Christopher Dodd, who today called for using every possible legal means to get the money back. Yes, if there's anyone who knows how to extract money from C.E.O.s it's Christopher Dodd . ...
IMAGINE! A Few Thoughts on the Stimulus Debt Package
Dr. Sanity —
... bonuses are “the height of irresponsibility,” Obama said today before meeting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. Firms need to “show some restraint and show some discipline,” Obama said. The president joined politicians such as Senator Christopher Dodd, who today called for using “every possible legal means to get the money back.” Yes, if there's anyone who knows how to extract money from C.E.O.s — it's Christopher Dodd. Next, Jonah Goldberg writes: Mickey Kaus ...
Dodd Refinancing Mortgages
The Corner on National Review Online —
... the new bank. Sen. Dodd has acknowledged receiving mortgages in 2003 through a VIP program at Countrywide, which was sold to Bank of America Corp. earlier this year and has been the focus of allegations that it gave favorable loan terms to lawmakers. Sen. Dodd said he's moving the loans in part because he was wrongfully labeled a friend of Countrywide's former CEO, Angelo Mozilo. Sen. Dodd said he never sought special treatment. It's fine that Dodd is trying to clean things up, but as I wrote last week , the major problem here is that ...
Henry Waxman and the Politicization of the Government Reform Committee
The Corner on National Review Online —
... divulge details about low-interest loans he received from Countrywide Financial. In letters provided to POLITICO, Conrad has accused Issa of attempting to impugn his name in a GOP inquiry into the Countrywide mortgage scandal. Conrad said that the Senate Ethics Committee is the appropriate forum to resolve this matter, not Issa s Republican staff on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. I'd like to know what is the appropriate forum for investigating Conrad, because the Senate Ethics Committee is a joke that hasn't done anything meaningful since the scandal ...
Pretty Appalling
Neptunus Lex —
... – and is exploring a run to replace the ethically challenged Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd in the 2010 election. You’d think that such a prescient marketeer would be a valuable interviewee. ...
It is, Perhaps, the End of the Beginning -- By: Mark Hemingway
The Corner on National Review Online —
... my co-workers and readers, along with all the other wonderful experiences I've had.
And the last two years have been one heck of a time to be at NRO. There was the election -- including the Obama campaign, Mike Huckabee, the Democratic convention and Sarah Palin; there was an insane plot to dragoon Mark Steyn into court for the crime of having an opinion; I.F. Stone turned out to be a commie spy like we'd suspected all along; Chris Dodd still hasn't released his mortgage paperwork; and I barely survived an attempt to ...
