As far as I am concerned, you can substitute the word "Traitor" for "socialist".
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > > > *Friends of Chris * > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123508724716027847.html > > If you think Senator Chris Dodd was friendly with former Countrywide > Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo, check out the bond the Connecticut lawmaker > enjoys with Richard Blumenthal, the state's attorney general. While Mr. Dodd > refuses to make public the details of his sweetheart loans from Countrywide, > the state's chief lawyer not only won't investigate; he has taken to the > airwaves to proclaim Mr. Dodd's innocence and even predict his re-election > in 2010. > > Inappropriate doesn't begin to describe Mr. Blumenthal's appearance this > week on Hartford's WFSB-TV. The AG compared Mr. Dodd, who was due to receive > an estimated savings of $75,000 over the life of his two VIP mortgage loans, > to borrowers allegedly duped by unscrupulous lenders. Mr. Blumenthal claimed > that "there's no evidence of wrongdoing on [Mr. Dodd's] part any more than > victims who were misled or deceived by Countrywide." > Portraying Mr. Dodd as a victim for receiving two below-market loans > appeared to be too much for WFSB anchor Dennis House. He asked Mr. > Blumenthal if he would accept Countrywide telling him that he could see some > documents for a short time but not make any copies, as Mr. Dodd recently did > with selected reporters. Mr. Blumenthal replied that he subpoenas documents > from companies like Countrywide, instead of accepting their representations. > > It's interesting that the state's top lawyer can pronounce that there's no > evidence of wrongdoing by Mr. Dodd, especially since Mr. Blumenthal told us > this week that he has never investigated Dodd's Countrywide deals. According > to Mr. Blumenthal, the case is out of his jurisdiction because Mr. Dodd > holds a federal office and any possible offenses would be federal. Mr. > Blumenthal prosecutes civil matters while Connecticut's Chief State's > Attorney, Kevin Kane, oversees criminal prosecutions. Mr. Kane's office also > tells us that Connecticut's senior Senator is out of its jurisdiction. > > Mr. Blumenthal's decision to stay out of the way of federal law enforcers > contrasts with his approach when Republican Governor John Rowland and others > were successfully prosecuted on federal corruption charges. In that case, > Mr. Blumenthal was so zealous that in 2004 a state court judge temporarily > blocked his civil suit after federal prosecutors claimed he was making it > more difficult to prosecute the federal case. > > Federal prosecutors aren't commenting on any probe, if there is one. We can > confirm that the Senate's Ethics Committee investigation continues at > whatever pace can be described as less than plodding. > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
