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Panel: Senators' VIP loans broke no Senate rules (Skunks clear skunks of any wrongdoing)
AP on Yahoo ^
| 8/7/09
| Julie Hirschfeld Davis - ap
Posted on 08/07/2009 10:36:06 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON A committee that investigated VIP mortgage deals for Democratic Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad has cleared both of them of breaking Senate rules.
The Select Committee on Ethics tells Dodd of Connecticut and Conrad of North Dakota in separate letters that it has found "no substantial credible evidence" that their Countrywide mortgages broke Senate gift rules.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: countrywide; cultureofcorruption; dodd; ethics; kentconrad; rules; senate
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It too them one year to come to this conclusion.
Congre$$critters don’t read legislation, why should they read loan contracts?
The Culture of Corruption, Countrywide
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:37:28 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Dodd just announced a miraculous cure of his prostate cancer.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:39:48 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:40:09 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Gee.
A majority democrat senate committee has cleared a couple of democrat senators of wrong-doing.
Who could have possibly predicted THAT out-come?
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:41:27 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: NormsRevenge
OPTIMIST: No matter. The voters of Connecticut have smelled the stink once too often and have finally figured out that it's coming from their own bathroom. They're ready to flush!
PESSIMIST:No matter. The voters of Connecticut have been wearing quality noseplugs and don't recognize what they can't smell.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:42:24 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: WayneS
It begs the question - just what DOES a Senator have to do to violate Senate ethics rules?
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:42:35 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: NormsRevenge
Wait a minute! Are you telling me there are actually rules these guys must follow? Since when and how short a set is it? It would seem the only rule these guys follow is the one that states “Thou Shalt Not Find Any Other Senator Guilty of Anything.”
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:42:50 AM PDT
by
mort56
(He who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither. - Ben Franklin)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:43:34 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: dirtboy
Do something unethical with an “R” after your name.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:46:36 AM PDT
by
chimera
To: dirtboy
Toe tapping in a stall?/sarc
To: NormsRevenge
The Culture of Corruption, Countrywide The Culture of Corruption, Countrywide Capitol Hill
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:48:14 AM PDT
by
angkor
(The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
To: NormsRevenge
The same weasels tried to cover up William Jefferson (Democrat-Lousiana)’s crimes.
Luckily that was ultimately out of their hands.
To: I Drive Too Fast
I know Tom Coburn is on their s*** list for delivering babies for poor women and paying all costs out of his own pocket.
DC is worse than Rome.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
We are witnessing the emergence of a new government dictatorship.
History tell us that the rampant corruption, fed by cronyism, are the nuts and bolts of dictatorships.
Dictatorships are almost always governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:54:14 AM PDT
by
Liz
(When people fear govt, we have tyranny; when govt fears the people, we have freedom.)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
If they did no wrong, it means that they are free to do it again. This means they can go for a refi with even lower rates from the zombie banks. Go for it guys!
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:57:08 AM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: NormsRevenge
If what Dobb & Conrad did broke no Senate rules, then the Senate rules are too weak.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:59:04 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
To: Liz
For cryin' out loud, a former Countrywide exec testified UNDER OATH that Dodd and Conrad KNEW they were getting special treatment. Yet that is just swept under the rug. And yet the madarins in Washington can't understand why the folks back home are so IRATE. Here is exhibit A, you jackasses.
And I will bet that there were pubbies on the committee who voted to exhonerate the two.
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posted on
08/07/2009 10:59:17 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: savedbygrace
If what Dobb & Conrad did broke no Senate rules, then the Senate rules are too weak.The committee ignored sworn testimony that both knew they were getting special treatment. It's not a problem with the rules - it's a problem with the corrupt mandarins who are supposed to enforce them. The entire lot, save a few like Coburn, Inhofe, Demint and Sessions, needs to be voted out of office. The corruption is nearly as deep on the GOP side.
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posted on
08/07/2009 11:01:20 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: WayneS
Yes, but on a high note, they were warned about making any more sweetheart deals...
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posted on
08/07/2009 11:04:01 AM PDT
by
~Vor~
(A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.)
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