In 1967, Dodd’s father was censured by the Senate for using campaign funds for personal purposes.

Like father like son. So Dodd inherited his seat, much like Kennedy. There’s too much of this. Term limits now.

On June 16th, 2008 at 10:36 am, Boomer said:

In the DOD those of us working in Contracting and Financial Management career fields are required to go to recurring ethics training to prevent such conflicts of interest in the performance of our duties. Nice to know our betters in Congress can get away with the “do as I say not as I do” school of operations if it was just one of use plebian dogs doing this we wouldn’t be in the grey bar hotel we would be under it. Most ethical Congress ever indeed!

I retired from DOD in R&D and we had to go to the same training. At one of the sessions somebody asked if this was going to be presented in Congress and the White House. This was back in the 90’s when Sweet Willie Clinton was president. The facilitator didnt answer.

”As a United States senator, I would never ask or expect to be treated differently than anyone else refinancing their home,” Dodd said Friday afternoon in a statement e-mailed to reporters. “This suggestion is outrageous and contrary to my entire career in public service.

And further more than that, I have some ocean front property in Arizona I’d like to sell to pay of this perfectly honest loan.
And how dare you hoi-poloi question anything I do? You think i work for you or something? Of all the nerve.

On June 16th, 2008 at 9:38 pm, Bachbone said:

Does Sen. Conrad get an IRS deduction for making a “charitable contribution” with the $$$ that he “donated” after he got caught taking a deal under the table? If so, I’m sure Willie Sutton would gladly have “donated” everything he got from the banks he robbed in exchange for being let go by the cops that caught him. Most North Dakotans are honest, hard working people. I wonder how they are going to look upon one of their senators acting like he is better than his constituents, when he earns more than 99% of them?

It may be of interest (but no surprise) to all to know that this is NOT being covered on Connecticut television, or so minimally that I missed it, and I watch the CT news every day.

And you wonder how he gets reelected?

In 1967, Dodd’s father was censured by the Senate for using campaign funds for personal purposes.

No, you can’t blame the son for the sins of the father, but you can surely see that he learned well at his knee.

Signed: The Cleptocrats.

”As a United States senator, I would never ask or expect to be treated differently than anyone else refinancing their home,” Dodd said…

Of course not! All Americans are equal, right. It’s just that some are more equal than others.

How come the Countrywide V.I.P. program only went to Democrats? Doesn’t this violate campaign contribution laws? Besides, I thought Dems were opposed to special treatment for the Rich and Powerful. I guess it’s OK when the “rich gettin richer” are all Democrats.

/sarc off

It is amazing to me that those MOST capable of paying, always seem to be the ones catching the deals, or getting stuff for free. And, mentioning Hollywood…they are the ones at fault for creating this problem. Look at ALL the movies they have made since movies were invented, that perpetuate the notion that (especially) Senators get freebies, and are treated preferentially.

He didn’t know–even though he phoned up Countrywide’s CEO Angelo Mozilo himself to ask for the loan.

I wonder if that excuse would work for William Jefferson: “I didn’t know they were going to leave $90,000 in my freezer – even though I called them up and asked them for it. I thought it was found money…”