Monday, June 23, 2008
Politicians - Sen. Christopher Dodd
I think Sen. Dodd should have decided long ago that the cost of the appearance of impropriety far exceeds any mortgage savings he might have realized...
At courant.com, Kevin Rennie describes his behavior(s):
"This is murkier than it ought to be more than a week after Dodd's deals became news. Thirty-four years in the House and Senate dull the instinct for candor. We've been through this before with Dodd. In 1997, the fundraising practices of the Democratic National Committee during Dodd's tenure as its chairman came under close scrutiny. Dodd maintained that he had nothing to do with the money. Dodd denied he'd attended a White House coffee that featured Democratic fundraisers and big donors. But a Connecticut resident, who gave $50,000 to the DNC the day he attended a White House coffee, revealed that Dodd was there, too. Then, Dodd needed to find a way to admit the truth without acknowledging his insistent lies. Dodd declared, 'I would not argue I was there, and I would not argue I was not there. I wouldn't deny I was there now.'"
