Dodd caught lying, throws Obama under bus

[cindy_belle]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/dodd-treasury-officials-i_n_176609.html

For all the Dems out there who want to deny this just check out these posts.

Even the Huffington Post is is angry. There is no way to spin this without looking plenty foolish when Dodd is on film admitting this "pass the buck" attitude.

People are plenty angry about the payouts but I'd bet my bottom dollar that people are more angry about being lied to by the Gov't.

 

[DISUNC]

I assume some poor chap in the mail room is going to take the fall....

If I was a bettin man , I would say Tim Geithner will resign before the end of next week, citing "Family Reasons"!

Maureen Dowd commented...that "Barack Obama even needs a teleprompter to get mad."

 

[gottaluvPluto]

The spin on this is going to be fun! Can't wait until Gibbs gets all red-faced and testy explaining it to the masses!

Tick Tock

 

[Charade]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/dodd-treasury-officials-i_n_176609.html

For all the Dems out there who want to deny this just check out these posts.

Even the Huffington Post is is angry. There is no way to spin this without looking plenty foolish when Dodd is on film admitting this "pass the buck" attitude.

People are plenty angry about the payouts but I'd bet my bottom dollar that people are more angry about being lied to by the Gov't.

Mr. Dodd, you'd better cough up the name(s) that "insisted" you do this or you need to resign immediately because there is no way you are going to be re-elected if you insist on keeping the name(s) secret.

I say this as a life-long Democrat.

 

[gottaluvPluto]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/dodd-treasury-officials-i_n_176609.html

For all the Dems out there who want to deny this just check out these posts.

Even the Huffington Post is is angry. There is no way to spin this without looking plenty foolish when Dodd is on film admitting this "pass the buck" attitude.

People are plenty angry about the payouts but I'd bet my bottom dollar that people are more angry about being lied to by the Gov't.

I think the dems are running the other way, they can't explain this in a way that Obama or other dems will come out clean.

 

[minnie61650]

Here a <SNIP> from an article Published: March 14, 2009

It says that Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, had an exemption for such bonus agreements already in place.

A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS and PETER BAKER
Published: March 14, 2009

WASHINGTON — The American International Group, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year.<SNIP>

The administration official said the Treasury Department did its own legal analysis and concluded that those contracts could not be broken. The official noted that even a provision recently pushed through Congress by Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, had an exemption for such bonus agreements already in place.
But the official said the administration will force A.I.G. to eventually repay the cost of the bonuses to the taxpayers as part of the agreement with the firm, which is being restructured.<SNIP>

Mary Williams Walsh contributed reporting.

Link to full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/business/15AIG.html?_r=1

 

[DisneyMomOK]

THAT MY REP!!!!!

I think that guy needs some roses and chocolates!!!!!

 

[cindy_belle]

I think the dems are running the other way, they can't explain this in a way that Obama will come out clean.

How on God's green earth IS Obama gonna come out clean on this one?

Either he is an incompetent who doesn't know what is going on in his own cabinet.....Or he lied to us, the American people ( an actual lie not a surmised lie like some say Bush did) through his teeth to protect his own butt.


Either way he should not come out of this unscathed.

Of course there will be people that say he can't possibly know everything that is going on and it's only been 55 days......excuse, excuse,excuse.

IT'S HIS JOB TO KNOW THIS.

 

[Geoff_M]

Here a <SNIP> from an article Published: March 14, 2009

It says that Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, had an exemption for such bonus agreements already in place.


Link to full article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/business/15AIG.html?_r=1

I think people's stories have changed a bit in the last four or five days.

 

["Got Disney"]

I was watching Greta and Dodd said it was not his fault he was told to do it from Obama and Tim baby....

She was talking to a number of Senators and they were throwing the blame off them selves and onto everyone else.....

 

[minnie61650]

I think people's stories have changed a bit in the last four or five days.

I think so too and I think it is pretty rotten.


JMHO

 

[Geoff_M]

She was talking to a number of Senators and they were throwing the blame off them selves and onto everyone else.....

Man, talk about being hoisted on your own petard!

 

[DISUNC]

I think that guy needs some roses and chocolates!!!!!

He has been on Pelosi's crap list for some time now....I love him even more. She hates him, cause he voted NO for this stimulus.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19481.html



BTW...on a personal note, He is very active in his district...and REALLY KNOWS most of the people. Unfortunately my Mom passed away last month. Kanjorski hand wrote me one of the most beautiful condolence letters I have ever recieved.

 

[Sanchez]

How on God's green earth IS Obama gonna come out clean on this one?

Either he is an incompetent who doesn't know what is going on in his own cabinet.....Or he lied to us, the American people ( an actual lie not a surmised lie like some say Bush did) through his teeth to protect his own butt.


Either way he should not come out of this unscathed.

Of course there will be people that say he can't possibly know everything that is going on and it's only been 55 days......excuse, excuse,excuse.

IT'S HIS JOB TO KNOW THIS.

The teflon man will come out just fine. Did you see the speech tonight?(paraphrasing):

President: People want to blame Democrats and Republicans. I am the President, just blame me!

(Wild cheering)

The President then goes on to say that it really is not his fault.

(more wild cheering)

 

[Tigger Woods]

Of course there will be people that say he can't possibly know everything that is going on and it's only been 55 days......excuse, excuse,excuse.

IT'S HIS JOB TO KNOW THIS.

It seems like four years already ..

 

[Geoff_M]

The teflon man will come out just fine. Did you see the speech tonight?(paraphrasing):

President: People want to blame Democrats and Republicans. I am the President, just blame me!

(Wild cheering)

The President then goes on to say that it really is not his fault.

(more wild cheering)

So let me get this straight... All of that outrage that he was expressing a day or two ago should really be aim at himself?!?!?

It's also amazing to watch him slip out of "DC Mode" and go into "Stump Mode". In "Stump Mode" he get all "Aw, shucks!" folksy, does the "man of the people" on-stage sleeve roll-up, and starting dropping the "g's" off the ends of words, etc., etc.

 

[DisneyMomOK]

He has been on Pelosi's crap list for some time now....I love him even more. She hates him, cause he voted NO for this stimulus.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19481.html



BTW...on a personal note, He is very active in his district...and REALLY KNOWS most of the people. Unfortunately my Mom passed away last month. Kanjorski hand wrote me one of the most beautiful condolence letters I have ever recieved.:thumbsup2

First, my sympathies for your loss . Losing a parent is so hard.

What a wonderful person he is to be so thoughtful and caring! You are very lucky to have such a wonderful person to represent you.

 

[DisneyMomOK]

So let me get this straight... All of that outrage that he was expressing a day or two ago should really be aim at himself?!?!?

It's also amazing to watch him slip out of "DC Mode" and go into "Stump Mode". In "Stump Mode" he get all "Aw, shucks!" folksy, does the "man of the people" on-stage sleeve roll-up, and starting dropping the "g's" off the ends of words, etc., etc.

That is so demeaning, for the audience and for him.

 

[Sanchez]

So let me get this straight... All of that outrage that he was expressing a day or two ago should really be aim at himself?!?!?

Our President is a stand-up guy, if only for a second or two.

 

["Got Disney"]

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That is so demeaning, for the audience and for him.

I was thinking about that earlier.....it was all grandstanding..... And now that we know that he new and his buddy Tim new it makes me wonder....what else is he hiding in his closet.