Thursday, March 19, 2009

Right Wing Conspiracy?

I have notice a lot media are saying the outrage of the $160 million in AIG bonuses are a White House diversion. That the White House knew about these payouts way before they expressed outrage. That this is just the "politics of distractions", to divert the attention away from the $50 billion of taxpayers dollars given to foreign banks through AIG.

Chris Dodd AIG admission: Senator says he helped adjust bill to allow bonuses
"Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) suffered a political blow Wednesday with the admission that he had been involved in key legislative changes that helped pave the way for AIG to pay controversial bonuses.

In a retreat from earlier statements, Dodd said Treasury Department officials had come to him last month urging him to modify an amendment to the stimulus bill that capped bonuses for firms receiving aid.

On Tuesday, Dodd had said he was not a member of the conference committee that crafted the compromise bill and said the exception had not been in the bill as he drafted it.

But late Wednesday, Dodd admitted he had been involved in the change."

The Right Wing Media is saying that the White House is using Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, and AIG to divert attention away from what they doing. No wonder no one was given a chance to read the bills coming out of conference before they became law.

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