Comments on: Senator Dodd didn’t write the bonus loopholes…

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:25:00 +0000

I reckon that by 2010, Chrissy will be the best candidate for CT. All this brouhaha will have died down by then.

Every time I watch “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”, the character played by Claude Rains reminds me so much of Dodd. Corrupt, beholden not to his constituents but to the party boss.

By: Scottie

Scottie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:03:33 +0000

IRA,

Forgetaboutit…by the time the next elections roll around everyone will have forgotten about this small tiff….

I’m sure they will have come up with an even bigger disaster by then that will make folks forget all about these bonuses!!!

Is anyone keeping track on a daily basis of all these misteps? It’d make a bestseller one day – or at least it would if we have any money left by then to buy bestsellers….

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:55:52 +0000

Could the scandal grow large enough for people to finally want to throw the Dems out of Congress?

Right now, I’m to the point of saying throw all the incumbents out. Every. Last. One.

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:54:15 +0000

Don Janousek, you need to stop associating fools with members of the party in power.

Oh, and the Congresscritter who tried to put restrictions on the bonuses was Olympia Snowe (RINO-ME).

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:50:34 +0000

At some point, Dodd, and maybe Frank are gonna get tossed under the Obama bus. Just watch. It’s coming.

One can hope so. Ah, tasty, tasty schadenfreude.

By: dane

dane — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:16:52 +0000

The clip says it all – good job Neo

By: sergey

sergey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:22:33 +0000

If AIG debacle was treated according usual market rules – by bankruptcy laws – all these bonuses would be automatically voided. But governmets intervention is doomed to create judical conundrums and ultimately lead to law vacuum where no judical principle apply. A bad omen to this presidency and to everything ahead.

By: sergey

sergey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:06:10 +0000

Yes, the law is an ass. Every rational person knows this. But they should know also that lawlessness is a much more dangerous beast than an ass, and that when politicians chose to lead lynching mobs instead of restrain them, we really are in dire straits. Contract obligations can not be retracted retroactively and sacrificed to political expediency – this is an axiom of jurisprudence. Throwing under bus this principle can cost us much more than 0.1% of bailout cost.

By: Scottie

Scottie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:38:24 +0000

All this, and we’re still not even through the first 100 days of the Obonga Empire era……

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:28:55 +0000

Could the scandal grow large enough for people to finally want to throw the Dems out of Congress? They are very good at remaining clean while wallowing in the mud and filth, but this might cook their bacon.