Dodd’s Irish Country Cottage

Tell me again about how these guys inside the beltway are performing public service? Chris Dodd, (D-Countrywide) watches the housing market implode while he gets favored mortgage treatment here … and great land deals overseas partnering with felons? Perfect. Kevin Rennie continuuuuuues. Ireland does not easily give up its secrets. That may have been one…

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The Experts

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…

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Dodd As Victim

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…

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Culture Of Corruption Part Deux

We have listed this before … but I may have missed a few of the new ones. It does seem to grow on a daily basis. Oh and yes … Chris Dodd (D-Countrywide) made the list. The most recent candidate in the malleable ethics sweepstakes is Ron Sims, chosen Monday to be the deputy secretary…

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Dodd-Simmons: Game On?

Here’s the headline from the JI:  Simmons weighs run for Senate And about time. Dodd’s vulnerable … his tenure alone makes him vulnerable. Add to that his reluctance to come clean on his mortgages and his stunning lack of leadership at best and complicity at worst during the mortgage meltdown makes him a liability as…

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Bloggers push results in Dodd mortgage action – Updated

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Countrywide) has announced that he will refinance his mortgages through a third party and switch them to a different broker. Dodd maintains that he was not a friend of Angelo, and has been wrongly accused of requesting favorable rates from Countrywide. I assume that the Senate Ethics Committee investigation continues. Guess he…

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The Heat Is On

OK … lukewarm … but both the Hartford Courant .. Mr. Dodd should have released the documents months ago. Countrywide was a major player in the subprime mortgage debacle. Five years ago, it issued the loans to Mr. Dodd, then a member of the Senate banking committee, as part of the company’s VIP program, trimming…

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Where In The World Are Chris Dodd’s Mortgage Papers

Glenn Beck joins in on the fun. Where are the Chris Dodd (D-Countrywide) mortgage papers? Ya know all of this fun could easily be avoided if he just came clean. My guess is, much like Tim Geithner and Tom Daschle and Bill Richardson and Eric Holder … he made a mistake. Beck is joined by…

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Has Congress Jumped The Gun

The Senate, led by Chris Dodd, released the rest of the $350 billion in TARP funds … but was it really necessary? You decide. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw1yUF_vns

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