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Dodd Must Clear Air Over Deals
The Hartford Courant ^ | June 22, 2008 | Kevin Rennie

Posted on 06/23/2008 1:41:12 AM PDT by Uncle Ralph

NOW YOU KNOW

When cornered, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd maintains an ambiguous relationship with the truth. His clumsy and contradictory explanations of the favorable mortgage deals he received from Countrywide Financial continue to shred his credibility.

Dodd would spew righteous venom over anyone who offered the Senate testimony as convoluted as what Dodd has served us in the past 10 days.

"Outrageous," he thundered in a press release on Friday the 13th. How dare anyone suggest he would derive a personal benefit from his public trust? With that, he skedaddled out of Washington, officially traveling and unavailable in the communications age. One more profile in courage.

That first call from David Golden of Portfolio, a Conde Nast business magazine that broke the story, shifted Dodd's tectonic plates. He had quietly luxuriated in two sweet deals for nearly $800,000 in mortgages. Lately, he had enjoyed tossing some lightning bolts at the mortgage industry as it crumbled. Oh, those greedy capitalists...

(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 110th; chrisdodd; corruptdems; countrywide; dodd; scandal
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To: Vinnie

He saved about $75-$80k on his mortgages, that we know of.
That is nothing but a bribe paid in instalments!


21 posted on 06/23/2008 10:33:48 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: Holicheese

I’d love to see a list of the Congress critters net worth when they took office compared to their net worth after they have been in office for a few terms.

Bet that would be an eye opener.


22 posted on 06/23/2008 10:55:48 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Vinnie

No kidding. Why would you spend millions to get elected to a job that pays $150k?


23 posted on 06/23/2008 11:31:28 AM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: snoringbear
Dodd’s actions and blatant lies are shameful.

Not as shameful as the MSM lack of interest, but still, shameful.

You're right - it's hard to believe he didn't know.

Most of our wonderful congresscritters came to office as members of the middle class ( limited money )-- and within a few years they're millionaires.

I suspect graft and cheating. (Within their so called "rules" and self-serving games of innocence an 18 year old would blush at...) The facts show these ordinary men didn't make big money UNTIL after they were elected.

I don't care how carefully they fool themselves - or how meticulous they are in making sure no one actually TELLS them they're getting a great deal. We know who they are - we can see them for what they are and it's shameful.

24 posted on 06/23/2008 6:12:45 PM PDT by GOPJ (Dodd KNEW it was a good deal. Faked ignorance is not a defense.)
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To: camle

Thomas Dodd, Dodd’s father was a Senator from Connecticut

He was censured by the Senate for using campaign funds for personal purposes.

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‘A War for the Jews’: Chris Dodd’s Father’s Antisemitic Moment at Nuremberg Trial

September 1945 letter from the father that characterizes Jews in a negative way:

http://tinyurl.com/63pp6b


25 posted on 06/23/2008 6:25:42 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: camle

Thomas Dodd

Kevin Anderson holds up a manila folder labeled “Dodd’s Free Vacation.” In the mid-1960s, Jack Anderson investigated and wrote extensively about Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut, alleging corruption and bribery. (Anderson’s sources were staff members within Dodd’s own office.) The reporting effectively ended Dodd’s political career.

A memorandum inside the folder outlines a travel itinerary for Dodd, including his free accommodations at the ritzy Galt Ocean Mile Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.

http://tinyurl.com/58ovdr

Senator Thomas Dodd, author of the 1968 Gun Control Act


26 posted on 06/23/2008 6:35:30 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: camle

In 1967, Sen. Dodd’s father, then-Sen. Thomas Dodd, was censured for spending $116,000 in campaign cash on personal expenses.


27 posted on 06/23/2008 6:36:45 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Uncle Ralph

bump


28 posted on 06/23/2008 8:23:44 PM PDT by lowbridge ("I have never learned to fight for my freedom. I was only good at enjoying it" - Van Den Boogaard)
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To: kcvl

thank you for the links. very inneresting. I didn’t know that dear-old-dad authored the 68 gun control bill. thanx for that tidbit, too;-)


29 posted on 06/24/2008 4:18:17 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Uncle Ralph
Dodd has been on the Senate floor half the day, he is rattling on right now and it is 9:47 P.M. there. He is trying the CYA move, or wants to get a lot in before they check his freezer.

He must be guilty. I want him investigated. Will call Harry's office tomorrow to suggest it.

I know he misses The Swimmer, the other half of the sandwich.

30 posted on 06/24/2008 6:50:21 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer
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