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The Democrats' Troubled Assets
IBD Editorials ^ | June 16, 2009 | Editorial staff

Posted on 06/15/2009 5:20:37 PM PDT by WhiteCastle

Ethics: Sen. Dick Durbin cashes out of the market and invests with a key Democratic contributor after a Treasury briefing warning of collapse. Meanwhile, Sen. Chris Dodd's Irish cottage appraises at triple the value he's disclosed.Those investors who rode the stock market down to the bitter end and saw their 401(k) accounts evaporate in the morning sun could have used the information Senate Majority Whip Durbin had at his fingertips on Sept. 19, 2008, when he sold $42,696 worth of mutual fund shares. By the end of September, Durbin had sold investments totaling $116,000.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut; US: Illinois
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1 posted on 06/15/2009 5:20:38 PM PDT by WhiteCastle
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To: WhiteCastle
They should be in jail awaiting trial!
2 posted on 06/15/2009 5:25:53 PM PDT by timestax (CNNLIES..BIG TIME)
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To: WhiteCastle

So when do the Congressionals hearing begin on these matters? If they were Rebublicans the hearings would start in the morning.


3 posted on 06/15/2009 5:31:54 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: WhiteCastle

IBD is the best newspaper out there...love their oped section


4 posted on 06/15/2009 5:32:50 PM PDT by demsux
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To: From The Deer Stand

Remember when the DemonRats were in the minority, and were holding dozens of minority hearings/investigations, espcially the criminal Conyers? Why don’t the Republicans start holding some of these minority party hearings?
They certainly have enough targets. Frank, Dodd, Durbin, Pelosi, etc.


5 posted on 06/15/2009 6:18:32 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (Save America : STOP VOTING DEMOCRAT, IDIOTS!!)
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To: timestax

vote them all out


6 posted on 06/15/2009 6:42:04 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: WhiteCastle

The democrats talked about a culture of corruption, took power and proceeded to show the world what a REAL culture of corruption looks like.


7 posted on 06/16/2009 2:11:19 AM PDT by highlander_UW (The only difference between the MSM and the DNC is the MSM sells ad space in their propaganda)
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To: WhiteCastle

bump


8 posted on 06/23/2009 12:03:57 PM PDT by lowbridge (It's not that liberals are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so - Ronald Reagan)
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To: demsux

Agree. It is superb.


9 posted on 06/23/2009 1:32:01 PM PDT by Jacquerie (That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men.)
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To: WhiteCastle

I have heard from an investment blog I follow that there are different rules for them.

Not surprising.


10 posted on 06/23/2009 2:31:52 PM PDT by misterrob (A society that burdens future generations with debt can not be considered moral or just)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Sen. Dick Durbin cashes out of the market and invests with a key Democratic contributor after a Treasury briefing warning of collapse. Meanwhile, Sen. Chris Dodd's Irish cottage appraises at triple the value he's disclosed.
...and both will be reelected by huge margins.
11 posted on 06/23/2009 3:05:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.troopathon.org/index.php -- June 25th -- the Troopathon)
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To: WhiteCastle

Crooks are leading us down paths where there will be no return.


12 posted on 06/23/2009 3:12:32 PM PDT by JamesA (He who hesitates is lost.)
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To: WhiteCastle

bump


13 posted on 06/23/2009 3:21:42 PM PDT by lowbridge (It's not that liberals are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so - Ronald Reagan)
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To: WhiteCastle
And the Democrats and Media were obsessed with Enron.

"For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

Matthew 12:37

God judges us by our own words.

The Democrats and their allies in the media are in for some real pay back.

14 posted on 06/24/2009 3:38:41 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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