Deadbeat Democrats

MANIFESTO

Continuing with the the recent epidemic of financial hanky panky by leading Democrats,

U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd said Monday he will refinance two mortgages that are the subject of a Senate ethics investigation.

At the same time, Dodd and his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, offered their most detailed defense of the loans since Portfolio magazine alleged in June that the Dodds were accorded improper VIP treatment by Countrywide Financial Corp.

Needless to say, the defense was, at best, superficial and left many questions about the deal unanswered.

It's bad enough that Geithner, Daschle, William Jefferson, Dodd, and others I'm no doubt forgetting have all jobbed the system, but to have the majority of these men be defended by the powers that be is irksome beyond words.