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By Jim Vicevich / March 15, 2009 /

Update: The show was taped on Thursday, and while he told Fox 61 he would not announce Sunday, he must have had a change of heart.  As of 10:35 Sunday night … the Courant is reporting that the AP is reporting that Simmons decided to jump into the race … apparently while watching the show? …

Dodd … Stand By Your Friends

By Jim Vicevich / March 15, 2009 /

Chris Dodd is coming out but the answers still ring hollow. Connecticut’s senior senator tells Channel 3’s Dennis House: Hey, Countrywide’s Robert Feinberg’s lying … no sweetheart mortgage deal No I will not release my mortgage papers … everyone already saw em … for a day The Irish cottage thing … hey the appraisal said…

Dodd As Victim

By Jim Vicevich / February 16, 2009 /

Well why not. Everyone’s a victim these days of something. Attorney General Dick Blumenthal (D, because we name that party), who’s office is investigating Countrywide’s dealings in Connecticut, addresses the Chris Dodd (D) Countrywide loan scandal on Hartford TV Channel 3, WFSB, Sunday morning. Anchor Dennis House asks the AG (D) how Dodd (D), chairman…

Dumbocrats already looking for a new Connecticut Senate candidate?

By Jim Vicevich / May 18, 2010 /

The Connecticut Dumbocrats reportedly are not taking any chances and are already lining up a replacement for CT AG Richard Blumenthal. And why not? It’s what they do best. Let’s see. Their first choice couldn’t remember the truth … and their second choice stretched the truth. Now, reportedly,  their third choice is the very man…

Stray cats, dogs and other sneaky things

By SoundOffSister / February 1, 2010 /

As someone who has been following the health care bills, I read Steve’s recent post with interest.  All along in this process President Obama has pledged to the American people that if they wanted to keep their current health insurance they could, as nothing in any of the proposed bills would prohibit that, or make…

Were Laws Broken?

By Jim Vicevich / March 25, 2009 /

The charges against Chris Dodd continue to pile up. It started with the sweetheart Countrywide Mortgages, then the “cottage” in Ireland, the association with a convicted felon, the AIG bonus “lie”, and finally word that his wife once collected a paycheck from an AIG company. No wonder Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) went wobbly last week…

They Did It … Update – Bill Congress for commercials

By Jim Vicevich / March 18, 2009 /

Talk about Mr Smith goes to Washington. Shep Smith jumped ugly on Congress … and Chris Dodd. It is an amazing performance and worth watching for sure. Enjoy. Video now up  … sorry about the delay. New software today, still working out the kinks. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjymMNP_hJY He went on to call today’s hearing into the AIG…

Dodd’s Real Estate Deals

By Jim Vicevich / March 8, 2009 /

Kevin Rennie has dug deeper into Dodd’s real estate deals in both DC and In Ireland with his friends Ed Downe and William Kessinger (A Pardon For A Friend, A Good Deal For Dodd). The bottom line … it looks like it pays to be a sitting in influential Senator in Washington, not that that…

The Experts

By Jim Vicevich / February 16, 2009 /

You’ll be stunned to learn that “Frontline” … bought and paid for with your tax dollars … and soon your stimulus money … has reportedly put together a documentary on the economic collapse that will air tomorrow night on PBS. The kicker is the expert list. Only two Congress people were interviewed. Mr. Dodd and…

Democrats and Obama crush financial options for low-income families

By Steve McGough / January 3, 2011 /

In November, I wrote about how the payday loan industry is being regulated out of business as government know-it-alls determined they were bad for consumers. Regulating the industry took an option away from consumers in need, but as it turns out, the Dodd-Frank credit card reform legislation – effecting more traditional financial institutions – makes…