Did anyone else notice the thing that Judy ...uh...failed to mention while blaming the Treasury and blasting Politico for "repre- hensible reporting?"
Hint: It was her OWN "rephrehensible report- ing" only a few hours earlier. See below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <willytex@> > > > wrote: > <snip> > [quoting extreme right-winger Michelle Malkin:] > > > > "Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, the > > > > corporate crony who is the largest recipient of > > > > AIG donations, is now leading the charge to tax > > > > the retention payments in order to recoup the > > > > $450 million the company is paying to employees > > > > in its financial-products unit. > > > > > > > > But Dodd, it turns out, was for protecting AIG's > > > > bonuses before he was against them." > > > > > > This is false. Actually it was the White House > > > that insisted on the provision that excluded AIG; > > > Dodd opposed it. The administration is dishonestly > > > trying to pin it on Dodd, and the right-wingers > > > are happily helping out. > > > > > Uh-oh: > > > > Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) looks like he may be facing > > a fresh political firestorm. > > This piece from Politico is highly and almost > certainly deliberately misleading. Anybody who > read the link I provided would realize this. > > The point is that Dodd *opposed the loophole*, > spoke out against it, argued with the > administration about it, but was ultimately > forced by Treasury to put it in or get no > limitations on executive compensation at all. > > See the original link I provided: > > http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/treasury-attempts-to-blame-dodd-for-aig-bonuses/ > > http://tinyurl.com/cq2n6l > > Also see Glenn Greenwald's post at Salon; > his Update III specifically addresses Dodd's > CNN appearance: > > http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/17/dodd/ > > http://tinyurl.com/cwmqbj > > Treasury is stabbing Dodd in the back to cover > up its own stupidity, and as I said earlier, the > right-wingers are happily helping out in that > effort. > > This is truly reprehensible reporting by Politico. Good to remember this "reprehensible reporting" by the person who wants to be considered an "authority" here: > Not a matter of opinion, sorry. > > Actually it was the White House that insisted on > the provision that excluded AIG; Dodd opposed it. > The administration is dishonestly trying to pin > it on Dodd, and the right-wingers are happily > helping out. > > http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/17/treasury-attempts-to-blame-dodd-for-aig-bonuses/ > > http://tinyurl.com/cq2n6l > > Dodd has his ethical problems, but he was on the > side of the angels in this instance. Here "it would be good" to remind all at Fairfield Life of "The Rules" about reporting News events here: * When BillyG and Willytex are trying to quote a right-wing source to demonize Obama and the White House, it's "reprehensible reporting." * When Judy is trying to quote one of her own cherished sources to demonize Obama and the White House and the administration, it's "responsible reporting." Interesting, doncha think?
