dodd7.jpgThe Senate Ethics Panel says so. So there. Ok, they had some other notes to add too, but no one is trying to take the Dream away. No one:

But in absolving Mr. Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, the Senate Select Committee on ethics said he should have shown better judgment in order to avoid the appearance of wrongdoing.
“Once you became aware that your loans were in fact being handled through a program with the name ‘V.I.P.’ that should have raised red flags for you,” the panel said in a letter to Mr. Dodd dated Friday.

You would think the panel, obviously having not seen Mr. Dodd’s wide collection of VIP emblazoned Hello Kitty coffee mugs, would realize that the reverse is true. If Doddie isn’t immediately granted complimentary admission into the rarest, most exclusive, super-premium, product/service category the vendor (any vendor) offers,
the Subcommittees on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs
get medieval on your ass.
Senate Ethics Panel Clears Dodd on Countrywide Loans [The Wall Street Journal]

Comments (22)

  1. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    Something died at DB this week and is never coming back.

  2. Posted by highlyconfident | August 7, 2009 at 3:37 PM

    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  3. Posted by NakedShort | August 7, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    @highly whats the link to those porn star bio pages? I am running on fumes down here

  4. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    I say it again with great conviction: It would be quite beneficial to the state of Connecticut, as well as the U.S. senate, if Dodd didn’t return from the hospital.
    Good to see the Ethics Panel working extra hard for the weekend. Excellent work, America. Fuck yes.

  5. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    He claimed two homes as primary residences, that’s bank fraud. What is so hard to see about that?

  6. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:47 PM

    @ Naked. Firstly, we established you are married. Now we know it is with child(ren).
    BlackPoint

  7. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Not in my Connecticut he didn’t!

  8. Posted by highlyconfident | August 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    @Naked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn_stars
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_AVN_Hall_of_Fame
    These are pretty good reads as well:
    Teagan Presley
    Jenna Haze
    Nikki Benz
    Lisa Ann
    Krystal Steal
    Jasmine St. Claire (pro-wrestling career on the side?)
    ——-
    To think, all they had to do was post some caption or eating contests … its a very simple formula.

  9. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    Sounds like some one has been mopping up Dodd’s spunk from that peep show floor. Just saying.

  10. Posted by Anal_yst | August 7, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    @5
    Since when has congress been interested in prosecuting homepwneders who committed fraud?

  11. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    these never fail to deliver, hc.
    Harvard vs. Wharton seems to agitate the waters a bit as well, followed by FMF, or CFA vs. MBA.
    LPP

  12. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    My Uncle Bubba in Kentucky forwarded me a red state birther email that was less cynical than this post. Indiscriminate cynicism is boring.

  13. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    Can someone PUHLEEEEZE post the FMF actual attendee list for Christ’s Sake?

  14. Posted by NakedShort | August 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    @highly…thank you for the link…this should kill 90 minutes of my reminaing day. The other 30 Ill spend in the bathroom reading si.com on my BlackBerry.

  15. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……

  16. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 4:51 PM
  17. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    @16 ???

  18. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    17,
    My apologies. That one had already been completed. Here you go: http://www.samanthajones.biz/hidden.html

  19. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    @12 – where’s this “indiscriminate” cynicism you’re banging on about?
    Dodd is an ass-nugget, as are most of his fellow legislators on both sides of the aisle.

  20. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    Jesus this is getting tiresome. When does Bess return from her vacation?

  21. Posted by guest | August 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM

    5 days down…

  22. Posted by HeadlessHorseman | August 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM

    Seeing as how I already wrote this piece in the comments section of the Edolphus post immediately below EP’s post….you’d think I could at least get a “shout out”.
    Sheesh,
    HH

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