[Liz]

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.

[dirtboy]

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.