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"The DOJ promised that we and our families will stay 'above the law' for decades. We win.!!!"
Posted on 06/22/2009 2:55:25 AM PDT by Scanian
Sen. Chris Dodd, the dubious Democrat from the Nutmeg State, told a recent interviewer that it was "offensive" that the media would suggest that his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, has potential conflicts of interest because she sits on the boards of four pharmaceutical firms.
With Sen. Ted Kennedy ailing, Dodd is the Democratic point man for upcoming health-care legislation.
Of course, this is the 21st century. Spouses of powerful pols have their own -- often quite successful -- careers.
Of course, everybody knows that Mrs. Dodd received no special consideration because of her powerful spouse -- because Sen. Dodd says so.
That's the same Chris Dodd who "just happened" to get sweetheart mortgage loans as a "Friend of [Countrywide Financial founder] Angelo [Mozilo]" -- a relationship that is the subject of a Senate Ethics Committee probe.
That's the same Dodd who "just happened" to buy out a friend's share of an Irish cottage -- for well below what should have been the appraised value.
Only after a public-interest group raised questions did the Dodds finally have the cottage re-appraised -- whereupon the property's value jumped to $660,000, from between $100,001 and $250,000 just last year.
How about that: In the midst of a worldwide recession, his vacation home doubles in value in just one year -- as property values across Ireland plunged 40 percent.
Dodd says "there's no reason" for his wife to step down from her various boards -- an ethics lawyer gave a clean bill of health on potential conflicts of interest. He further complains that raising these questions is "offensive" because the husbands of female members of Congress don't face the same scrutiny. Really?
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This is one among many reasons why the politicians in Washington have no frakin’ clue. They live so much in their ‘other world’ that the reality of “conflict of interests” simply has no meaning to them anymore.
Time to either remove every last one of them or seriously push for 4 year term limits on these arseholes.
Hey if we have COI (real or perceived) on gov. contract work, we don’t get/do that contract. Its not rocket science its the first piece of paperwork I see from the Gov. agencies.
Either Dodd or his wife should resign the position They can decide which one job is more important. Its their problem COI exists not the Gov’s. The Gov. has clear rules and expectations in this area. But apparently the rules are only for for peons. Flagrant rule breaking -—no problem.
The sheer arrogance of Congress Critters continues to amaze me.
The committee will find he has no ethics to probe, so they will apologize and drop it.
Ah, Sen. Dodd, pal of Fat Teddy, womanizers, boozehounds. (Those naughty boys! They shagged a waitress on a table in a tony D.C. restaurant.) Well, who cares. Measure of character? Nah.
I am really tired of hearing all of these Congress people lie to us. They should be in jail for what they are doing and so should some of their spouses.
"The DOJ promised that we and our families will stay 'above the law' for decades. We win.!!!"
a relationship that is the subject of a Senate Ethics Committee probe.
Ethics? What ethics, said the fox to the hen house. You mean the ethical destruction of T R I L L I O N S of dollars of world wide wealth, caused in part by Senator Dodd, and Congressman Frank, through their ethics for banks and lending program.
Because she sits on the boards of four pharmaceutical firms.I guess we now know why Obama had a closed door meeting last week with phsrmaceutical companies.
These political whores are so degraded, that they don’t even realize that they have turned the capitol into a cesspool of corruption.
Anyone look into her stint at Import Export Bank yet? He was the chairman of the Banking Committee and his “staffer” (now wife)went to the bank.
Conflict of interest? How dare you bring that up?
Why, it’s merely a case of undue influence!
Just like Rep. David Obey (D-Wisconsin) responding to a question from a high school senior that his policies are “socialism” - he said she could call it socialism, communism or whatever but it is what the country needs (paraphrasing). More proof that these elites don’t have a clue but they sure as heck have an agenda.
Let’s see, a republican from Nevada stups a staffer and now he’s all done, a democrat from Connecticut plays a major role in brinning down the worlds economy and that’s ok. Got it
Exactly what lawyer claimed that Jackie Dodd has no ‘conflict of interest’???
Either she is serving on these 4 boards and is active or she is not serving and is not active.
IF she is not active, then the paycheck she gets is a fraud-—
Dig more, please. There is something very wrong here.
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