From
WizBang:
Now that it's been disclosed that the SEC commissioner's vote to sue Goldman Sachs for fraud came down to a party line vote, the action takes on the appearance of a vehicle to advance a political agenda. But there is a lot more to this story than just that. As Felix Salmon noted, Goldman should have seen this coming. Granted, Goldman poured a ton of money into the Democrat's coffers during the past decade but apparently they weren't paying much attention to what their money was buying during the past sixteen months. As the political sage Al Wilson said, Silly woman, you knew I was a snake when you brought me home.
In my opinion it doesn't appear that Goldman did anything illegal in the Abacus transactions that are at the heart of the SEC complaint. But that doesn't mean that there wasn't some monumentally bad judgment exhibited by Goldman's senior management when they approved the deals and later responded to the SEC....
Bankers should file this as Exhibit A on why not to give money to liberal Democrats that reserve for themselves the exclusive priveledge to rewrite the rules of the game. Instead they should remember the maxim that a snake is a snake.
and here's a quote from one of their minions:
I'm sure they're pining for the old days, when a politician that was brought, stayed brought.
Of course Barry could give back those campaign funds, but something tells me he won't.
- Posted by GarandFan | April 19, 2010 10:16 PM | Vote up Vote down Report this comment Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Republican lemmings can't help themselves. Despite common sense, they continue to stubbornly stay on the wrong side of the argument even when it's crystal clear that the issue they're supporting is morally and legally wrong.
How stupid can you be if you are angry at the democrats for NOT doing the bidding of the lobbies who contributed donations during the elections.
I consider this a good thing. I'm flummoxed as to how someone can be so ignorant, so lost, so angry and so blind as to defend the lobbyists against their own best interests.
It's one thing to suggest (however wrong) that the media is "misrepresenting" their elected officials regarding lobby money for deals. It's quite another to hate Obama and the democrats so much that you're willing to lose all credibility (or, what's left, if any) by defending illegal lobby activity.
I remember back in high school an acquaintance who got a crew cut in support of Oliver North. It amazed me that someone could be so dense to support a person who had blatantly committed a criminal act of shredding government documents.
This is the same kind of idiocy. So moronic I don't even have the proper words to describe it.