Laughing All The Way To The Bank
Sen. Dodd’s wife, Jackie, is a former director of a Bermuda-based company controlled by AIG.
Meanwhile, Sen. Dodd himself is the number two recipient of political contributions from AIG (with the top spot going to the big man himself, President Obama).
I wonder if this could possibly have had anything to do with Sen. Dodd’s 11th hour decision, requested by Tiny Tim, to include an amendment that enabled all their pals at AIG to award themselves such generous, taxpayer-funded compensation packages in the first place?
(Note for those outside the US: said AIG bonuses scandal revolves around AIG’s incompetence, subsequent receipt of oodles of taxpayer money and decision to then effectively lavish these public funds on huge bonuses for its employees! I’m so glad that we’re subsidizing this kind of behavior!)
Politicians have always lined their own pockets – and those of their cronies – without a moment’s hesitation, but never before has it been done so brazenly, so overtly and so comprehensively as it is now.
Revolutions have started for less than we are witnessing from the Democrats.
PS – As we’re talking about Sen. Dodd, it would be remiss of me not to mention the source of his infamy: the legendary “waitress sandwich.” Go get ‘em, Chris – just ignore everyone who says that you’re a fat, ugly, old man.
March 24th, 2009 at 21:34
I wish Senator Dodd’s wife would have to sit in the hearing room and take the verbal lashing that the new CEO from AIG was getting. She is far more responsible than the CEO hired to fix what the Congress let happen. Great website by the way. Very funny contradictions in every article.
March 24th, 2009 at 22:09
Speedypete,
Thank you very much. Check out the Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Kennedy posts, I think you may like them…