Comments on: Obama’s Team Wanted Bonuses In Bill

By: Rusty Shackleford

Rusty Shackleford — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:13:26 +0000

Yeah, it’s not like he killed a young woman by drowning her in a trapped car while knee-walking drunk or anything.

By: canary

canary — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:17:14 +0000

Just hours before Dodd told the truth, Obama was says “we” did not cause this. But we will fix it, and people clapping, like he’s a hero. This is like reality TV where everyone trys to out shock the other’s bad behavior. Grasslly talks about suicide bombing was worse enough, so ego-maniac TERRORIST OBOMBYA figures the President of the US saying that AIG is ready to Commit Suicide and Blow themselves up like TERRORISTS wouldl do, but you can’t say the word TERRORIST anymore????? The U.S. President can talk about non-terrorists doing a terrorist act, just don’t use the word TERRORIST!

We’ve got to with great ease talk Obombya into slowly release his finger of the button of his sucide bomb he has wrapped around the U.S., real fast, before we are broke and torn apart. Don’t want to see a “crimson ribbon of blood” (his words soon to be in our Middle High Schools) in this country.

By: pdsand

pdsand — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:54:58 +0000

Of course the other way to look at it, I just realized, is that the media can safely dump all over Chris Dodd, because there’s no chance of him losing his seat, and it will draw all fire away from Obama. I guess this story is nothing that remarkable after all. Just giving cover to the man who promised to go through the budget line by line, but he let such a provision go forward in a $800 billion spending bill, and what I’m sure he intended to be the crowning jewel of his early legislative achievements.

By: pdsand

pdsand — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:50:34 +0000

From a flabbergasted me, via an irate Reuters:
Veteran senator Dodd in the eye of AIG bonus storm
Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:10pm EDT

“a powerful U.S. Democratic senator has a big bull’s-eye on him in the firefight over taxpayer-funded bonuses for executives at insurance giant AIG…

Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and one of the more prominent faces of the Democratic Party, is scrambling to explain…

A one-paragraph provision tucked into the thick bill…

Dodd, who is running for re-election in 2010…

The back-and-forth is not good news for Dodd, 64, in his potentially difficult re-election race in Connecticut…

In a sign of his potential vulnerability, a recent Quinnipiac University poll showed Dodd’s opponent in the Senate race, Republican Rob Simmons, led him by 43 percent to 42 percent…

Dodd made a brief run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, moving his entire family to the early voting state of Iowa to show his commitment. He ended up winning only 1 percent of the vote in Iowa and abandoned the race…

The white-haired senator has also faced criticism over two mortgage loans he received from Countrywide Financial…”

http://www.reuters.com/article.....38;sp=true

GAWLDANG! Democrats will learn not to piss off their media masters, I think Reuters just declared Dodd a lameduck Senator, a year and a half away from the election…

By: brad

brad — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:25:20 +0000

~my comments had been misconstrued
~misunderstood
~misspoke
~taken out of context

~~~~~~All lawyer-speak for: LYING~~~~~~

By: TwilightZoned

TwilightZoned — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:37:43 +0000

People get fired for gross incompetence. I can’t wait for 2010…

By: TwilightZoned

TwilightZoned — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:05:19 +0000

I couldn’t for the life me of figure out why O picked Biden as VP. Turns out they’re both made from the same cloth. Or it takes one to know one. Idiots!

By: U NO HOO

U NO HOO — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:04:31 +0000

“someone responsible for version control ”

If it were me I’d ask to talk to the typist.

Or is that private information, unlike the bonusees.

Seems simple.

We’ll never know.

By: Odie44

Odie44 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:58:17 +0000

I imagine Andrew Cuomo will add this to the “investigation”… though not holding my breath.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:52:15 +0000

From the Associated Press:

AIG GAVE $100K TO NEW YORK DEMOCRATS

March 19, 2009 — ALBANY, N.Y New York campaign finance records show American International Group donated $100,000 to the state Democratic Committee just before Democratic Gov. David Paterson and his insurance superintendent launched marathon sessions to prop up the embattled insurer.

The contribution was made Aug. 29. Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo started negotiating with AIG and federal officials within about two weeks.

On Sept. 16, Paterson announced the “great news” that New York officials helped the giant insurer strike a historic loan deal with the Federal Reserve to keep AIG afloat…

http://tinyurl.com/crle4c

By: wardmama4

wardmama4 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:27:36 +0000

I would think that this was a good thing – IF the Democrats ever, ever did a damn thing about any of their Party who was wrong but with them forever it has not been about the results – it is always about intention.

They knew that they could not legally do a thing about bonus, retention bonus and/or severance pays – so instead they do the ‘right’ thing with entirely wrong intentions – to one day use it against the very people who were simply playing by the current set of rules – not being crystal ball readers to know that tomorrow such behavior would be demonized by the Klownposse in DC.

However like the GOP who should have long ago stopped attempting to be bi-partisan and civil to a rabid, foaming at the mouth bunch of lunatics – Corporate America should have known that once the Dems held 2 of the 3 branches of Government – their days would be numbered.

But I find it delicious that all these bunch of losers are pointing their fingers at each other – I don’t think that The One ™ has Messiah status anymore – such a fall from grace. Imagine that. And only 69 days – Wow it just blows my mind.

I have to bet that Dodd is not long for re-election – How dare he blame The One ™ when clearly his fingerprints were the one on the document.

By: Odie44

Odie44 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:13:04 +0000

Why is he at a town hall meeting in Costa Mesa and not 1600 Penn Ave.?

We know the answer…

Why is he comparing AIG to a suicide bomber?

We know the answer…

The most incompetent President ever.

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:09:12 +0000

Exactly, Pro! These dimwitted liars don’t even do that well; but they are very aware of the backdoor b/s and processes that goes on.

Polished and accomplished liars.

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:04:21 +0000

But little Barry tries SO hard to seem smart and astute. Be nice to the little fella. “Give him a chance” is what they’re sayin’.

Uh huh. Righhhhht.

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:03:31 +0000

Even given the gross incompetancy of Congress, it’s a near certainty that there is someone responsible for version control on the Porkulus bill, and they know EXACTLY who, when, and why every word was inserted…………and it would take about 1 minute to find that person.

More diversions from the criminals who run our country.

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:59:09 +0000

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office said the Senator did not know who put the exemption in the bill, but his staff was trying to find out who was responsible.”

Yet ANOTHER shining example of leadership. DOH!!! Not only do we not know what each other are doing (ha ha); but we don’t take the time to read the damn thing to find out .. Mr Reid.

But his staff will find out who was responsible. Yeah right. Responsible and Congress shouldn’t even be in the same sentence.