doddering
at least kent conrad is giving back the value of the benefit (at least as much as he was caught receiving, anyway--who knows about the rest) and acting somewhat contrite to that extent. how chris dodd can possibly continue to pretend he didn't know his back was being scratched and to what extent is beyond me to say. the guy is obviously crooked as his senator's pinnochio nose is long. (the latest ap story here).
the singing countrywide stoolie, robert feinberg, did testify that VIPs usually weren't told exactly how many points were being waived, (though it was being made clear to them that they were getting discounts), and i believe that much, too--kinda like ted stevens' home renovations in that way. not like half of new jersey collecting cash bribes in paper bags, but smarmy enough to make you cringe that this is the best we've been able to do as a country in our congress these days. teddy got himself what amounts to a pardon, and it won't surprise me if kent and chris end up with the same thing.
left and right. republicrat and demican. the only consistency is that we're the poor saps paying the extra freight, from our mortgage points and rates, to our taxes, and no one else.
can't help but point out that it's the party apparatus (and coincident judicial connections) that greases the wheels for all this stuff. sapere aude. vote unenrolled.
the singing countrywide stoolie, robert feinberg, did testify that VIPs usually weren't told exactly how many points were being waived, (though it was being made clear to them that they were getting discounts), and i believe that much, too--kinda like ted stevens' home renovations in that way. not like half of new jersey collecting cash bribes in paper bags, but smarmy enough to make you cringe that this is the best we've been able to do as a country in our congress these days. teddy got himself what amounts to a pardon, and it won't surprise me if kent and chris end up with the same thing.
left and right. republicrat and demican. the only consistency is that we're the poor saps paying the extra freight, from our mortgage points and rates, to our taxes, and no one else.
can't help but point out that it's the party apparatus (and coincident judicial connections) that greases the wheels for all this stuff. sapere aude. vote unenrolled.
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posted by kad barma at 6:47 PM
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Kad,
And of course this begs the age-old question -- WHAT were they thinking? I don't mean that as some rhetorical question meant to show outrage -- I honestly wonder what makes a person who is NEVER going to sweat where their next meal is coming from, and also knows that their behavior could come under scrutiny go into something shady like that.
Would be very interested in hearing your thoughts..all I can come up with is that when you get to a certain point of prominence, you can easily just become surrounded by people who laugh at your every joke, agree with your every utterance, and are afraid to tell you that you're wrong. You lose all sense of bearing..I'm told this describes why children of very famous or rich people often have trouble adjusting to the world as adults..
Maybe there's a connection to Prof. Gates here -- how dare anyone of ANY race not show him the respect that everyone who has surrounded him in academia or the media has shown him for decades..
best,
gp
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