Posted on 08/07/2009 3:56:26 PM PDT by FromLori
Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd received a better mortgage deal from subprime lender Countrywide, simply because Dodd was a United States Senator. Today, the United States Senate cleared Dodd of wrongdoing. According to CNBC:
In the end, it takes a lot for the country's most elite club to turn on one of its own. Senators Christopher Dodd and Kent Conrad have been cleared of any ethics violations for accepting sweetheart, "Friends of Angelo" mortgages from Countrywide.
The Senate's deciding to clear Dodd comes just a couple of days after the SEC gave a sweet heart deal to Bank of America - which, according ot the SEC, had misled investors about a several-billion-dollar loss.
The Senate's decision comes just weeks after the Department of Justice took less than 48 hours to arrest and beging criminally proceedings a Goldman Sachs employee for theft of trade secrets.
Judges, are you paying attention? You are the only remaining protectors of individual rights. Congress and the Presidency has been purchsaed. Barack Obama accepted nearly $1 million in campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs. Larry Summers has accepted payments from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks.
Yes, I was once a member of the Federalist Society. I know all of the arguments against "judicial activism." There are, however, three branches of government. The Executive and Legislative branches have all bowed down to Wall Street. That leaves the last remaining branch - the Judiciary.
As a matter of separation of powers, federal judges have a constitutional duty to fight back. Refuse to take anything the Executive or Legislative Branch says at face value. They have no credibility - nor does anyone who claims that the Judiciary Branch should "defer" to these corrupt officials.
They claim it was bipartisan, SHOW US THE LIST AND HOW THEY VOTED!
Ok, Ok, so Dodd did nothing wrong. Then where do I line up to get my Countrywide/Dodd Sweetheart Mortgage Deal? Just asking.
lol bi partisan my well you know
Investigated by thine brethren finds no fault for they are all deep in the crap together.
The real ethics committee (obviously the US Senate don’t know nothin’ ‘bout ethics) will be the voters of CT. Let’s hope those folks vote to send Dodd home in November, 2010.
It is way past time to clean house. It is time to make a concerted effort to evaluate every House of Representatives and US Senate member, and to vote out of office every single one of them who is a sleezeball, both Democrat and Republican. Let the revolution begin anew. We need to clean house across the board.
evil.
The criminal enterprise democrat party is in power and can absolve their crimnal members of guilt don’tchaknow. Odd that a Southern black crook named Jefferson is tossed, but a lily white Northerner named Dodd is absolved along with another white democrat. ?????
That’s a great headline.
lol I loved it!
yes sir!
the democrat party has been the party of racism for over a hundred and fifty years.
Hey...Chris D. is in the KNOW and can get a blessing from the Pope if need be.
He’s in like flint and been sanctified....from now on nobody will say nothing about him.
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