Lies My Senator Told Me
I’m beginning to think that any further comment on the bogus AIG story—bogus because everybody claiming to be outraged by the 0.097% bonuses already knew about them, or ought to have—even my contrary comments, is just playing into President Obama’s cunning plan to manufacture controversy where there is none.
So I’d like to move on and examine the real scandals behind the trillions of spending Obama has so recklessly launched.
But I can’t, not yet:
After a day in which Democrats scapegoated Edward Liddy for paying AIG bonuses in which he had no hand in creating, Chris Dodd finally reversed his earlier denials and admitted that he inserted language into Porkulus that allowed the payouts. Dodd told CNN that the devil Tim Geithner made him do it.
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BARRETT: And so … you’re saying you had nothing to do with that change?
DODD: Absolutely not.
BARRETT: And there was nothing you were doing that was aimed at protecting AIG…
DODD: No. Not at all. Not in the slightest. Absolutely.
“No. Not at all. Not in the slightest. Absolutely.” Got that? Nine unequivocal words.
BLITZER: All right. That was what you said yesterday, Senator. So go ahead and explain a little bit more precisely what changed from yesterday to today.
DODD: Well, going back and reviewing, obviously, and looking at it. But the point I want to make to you, Wolf, is, again…
Twenty-two words of equivocation before he can even bring himself to lie.
Update II: Give CNN credit. They’re calling him a liar, too.
Yesterday, I praised AIG’s Edward Liddy (my second-favorite Liddy) solely for being opposed by Code Pink and Representative Pink—er, Frank. (Sorry, but reader Barb has me, er, back.) For anyone unconvinced by that argument, I’m doubling down: I’ll see your $1.65 million, and raise you two senators, Dodd and Schumer.
Too rich for your blood? You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em.
Jax said,
March 19, 2009 @ 8:33 am
You are right, it’s a big mess.
If you thought it couldn’t get any worse than Bush. The dems are spending more and making mistakes of the grossest incompetence. Here is the latest
(quite shocking) of their trillion dollar blunders:
http://www.butasforme.com/2009/03/17/obamas-stimulus-bill-explicitly-grants-aig-the-legal-right-to-hand-out-bonuses/
By the way the bonuses are not new. Obama is only getting mad because now the public knows. It was widely reported in January. Do a google search for ‘AIG Said to Offer $1 Billion in Retention to Workers’ and you will see time stamps from January.