Don Cooper on hitting them where it hurts

I loved this article and I'd love to spread this around to as many people as possible:

I’m tired.

I’m tired of the career politicians who do nothing but deny knowledge and lay blame on others in an effort to do nothing more than save their own political skins to the detriment of you and me.

Politicians like Chris Dodd who said on Tuesday March 17th that he absolutely had nothing to do with the language in the bailout bill that allowed AIG bonuses to be paid by Feb. 11th with bailout money. Then today, March 18th, he appeared on CNN and in his words: "stepped up to the plate" ( political talk for doing the right thing, which is a big deal inside the beltway ) and said that "people" from the treasury department came to him and asked him to add an amendment ( loophole ) to the AIG bailout bill at the last minute to allow for the payment of bonuses. When asked who these "people" were he said he didn’t know exact names. He also said that he didn’t write the amendment and didn’t know what exactly it said, even though his name was on it. What a load of bulls**t. Especially considering Sen. Dodd was the biggest recipient of AIG-related donations in the 2008 presidential campaign cycle. To his credit he did apologize for the "confusion" (more political talk for lying and getting caught).

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