SocraticGadfly: Countrywide Senate buddies pile up lies

June 18, 2008

Countrywide Senate buddies pile up lies

Kent Conrad says it was “serendipity” to wind up on the phone with Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo. I guess it was “serendipity” to get into Countrywide’s VIP loan program, too.

In the same story, Chris Dodd said he assumed it was a “courtesy” when told he was in the same program. And, Countrywide folks never said another word to you about anything? Like mortgage-related legislation, Chris? Just a “courtesy” because you’re such a wonderful senator?

Well, scratch Dodd from the Obama VP list, if he was on it. And, probably, from any Obama Cabinet position.

As I said before, in today’s Net-driven instant journalism era, to riff on Watergate:
It’s not the impropriety, but the appearance of impropriety, that gets you.

A couple of senators haven’t learned that yet.

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