BREAKING: I was responsible for bonus loophole, says Dodd (Dodd thrown under bus by obama)

CNN Political Ticker ^ | 3-18-09

[utahson]

Senate Banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told CNN’s Dana Bash and Wolf Blitzer Wednesday that he was responsible for adding the bonus loophole into the stimulus package that permitted AIG and other companies that received bailout funds to pay bonuses.

[Danae]

It is Bribery!

Thats why I want him and others like him, Dem and Repubbie PUT ON TRIAL! Damn it there will NEVER be any accountability if there is NO PUNISHMENT! It will only continue. That and a single term limit, so NO ONE can rig the system like this. I have to point out that its largely Democrats responsible for this, but Repubbies have their fingers in the pie as well. As long as there is no punishment there will continue to be crime.

/rant

[Tarpon]

Geithner next?

Or will TOTUS be the next under the bus.

[mnehring]

Fox is running with this now and they are saying some of the exact same things here, falling on sword, etc..

[SMM48]

If Dodd were a Republican, he would be gone by now.

[WashingtonSource]

Shouldn’t Senator Grassley now call on Senator Dodd to committ suicide Japanese style? I think he should. I volunteer the sword.

[Bertha Fanation]

Dodd man walking.

[Billthedrill]

Dodd will pay dearly for this. He'll...uh...well, we'll...er...ah...that is, the media will...uh...the voters of his state will...

Re-elect him.

[Parley Baer]

So does Leno have the balls to ask Obama about it?

[Danae]

Half of congress should be under arrest right now as far as I am concerned. Dodd, and Pelosi and Fwank are all vying for top spot on that list.

[Dante3]

Yes. If only there was a way to get rid of him, Barney Frank, and Pelosi who has gone berserk.

[Revolting cat!]

Whatta Doddo!

[Danae]

I doubt it. He will want Obama back on when he goes to what ever new network he goes to. Everything will be softballs.

[utahson]

I placed this in Breaking News initially. It since has been removed. Should this not be in breaking news in light that it is just being reported and Dodd has admitted guilt when he had lied yesterday saying he was not at fault?

[airborne]

"It was an honest mistake. America needs patriots like Dodd, so rather than ask him to resign, we are going to give him a medal for his honesty."

- expected press release from the White House tomorrow morning -

[Finalapproach29er]

The assholes of Connecticut will re-elect this mutt.

No harm done; Chris will take the blame on this one folks!

[Crawdad]

You’re not tenured.

[Finalapproach29er]

pardon my language

[CaliforniaCon]

Re: “So does Leno have the balls to ask Obama about it?”

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In a word............no.

[freeangel]

“why is this not bribery?”

Because he has a D after his name, of course.

[torchthemummy]

The bottomline is even though Obama, Geithner, etc. are proclaiming that they only learned abou this two weeks ago they still are tacitly admitting that they let the bonuses get paid then only two days ago put on a faux outrage, trying to give the impression they just found out about this.

I know this is a waste of time to say this but the Pubbies have a HUGE opportunity to push for a variety of answers. When did Geithner know about this? When did Obama? Why did billions of bailot dough go to pay off international banks that not only had defaulted (French) but also were found guilty and fined (Switzerland's UBS) for purposely hiding 20 billion dollars for 50,000 well-heeled American "taxpayers".

And the real kicker is that UBS admitted their crimes and paid a 780 million dollar fine...via bailout money given to them through AIG.

BTW - Drudge has a headline that Obama will have a primetime news conference tomorrow. I'll be curious to see what Obama's Teleprompter (The O-Prompter as it would be) has to say.