Video: Tedisco picks up on AIG outrage
posted at 9:01 am on March 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Republicans have to be licking their chops for 2010 after the eruption of AIG bonus outrage on Capitol Hill — and the revelation that the Obama administration insisted on paving the way for them with Chris Dodd as chief enabler. In fact, they don’t have to wait for 2010 at all, as Jim Tedisco and the NRCC discovered. Tedisco goes after opponent Scott Murphy for being “one of them”:
I don’t know. The argument will work well against Democratic incumbents, but criticizing Murphy for paying out bonuses in the private sector seems like a non-sequitur to me. Murphy’s support for the bonuses is fair game, though.
How about a better question: why was Scott Murphy allowed in the White House Situation Room to plot his political campaign?
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ignorant moron
gatorboy on March 19, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Tool
jake-the-goose on March 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Simple solution:
Pass the Enumerated Powers Act.
Akzed on March 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM
If the GOP can’t rightfully hang this around the necks of the dems, they deserve everything they get.
PBoilermaker on March 19, 2009 at 9:07 AM
What the hell is wrong with these people? The bonuses are not the problem. The huge amount of retarded legislation that was forced through Congress, with Congresscritters and The Precedent almost giddy that they were able to get it all passed without letting anyone have a reasonable amount of time to let people look at the bills, is the main problem. This bonus issue is just stupid.
The nastiness, incompetency and fraudulent character of the idiot messiah and his lunatic comardes in Congress is the issue. And it has to stop! There need to be some big time resignations, and they need to be demanded. This insanity has just gone way over the top.
progressoverpeace on March 19, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Who? Me?
bloggless on March 19, 2009 at 9:08 AM
jeeeez. everyones gone flat out bonkers over this AIG bonus stuff haven’t they? this truly is lowest common denominator stuff. the cognitive dissonance is too strong for dems to admit their party has a hand in this…its too strong for republicans to admit that their deregulation fetish led to this…so all we have left is the only thing everyone can understand. this bs. 2 wars and we’re reshaping the world order as we speak…but its now 4 days straight of AIG all day.
ernesto on March 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM
If this is the flavor of campaigns to come, I don’t think I am going to be able to stand it.
myrenovations on March 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM
For God’s sake, step back and take stock of what’s going on here.
We have a GOVERNMENT that is enraged at US!
Every day, Barack Hussein Obama declares another day of rage at us, and we’re his boss.
There’s something happening here.
jeff_from_mpls on March 19, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Well, we’re not using that room for national security anymore, are we?
Seriously though, I think Murphy is, what’s the Dodd word, lying about having been in the situation room.
myrenovations on March 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM
The inane reliance on political soundbites from knuckleheads on both sides of the aisle is more than I can bear.
Let’s clean the slate in 2010 and 2012 (with a little 2014 thrown in to finish the job). Some good people may have to go, but it’s hard to tell who they are anymore. Besides, even the good ones have been there long enough.
pugwriter on March 19, 2009 at 9:17 AM
Yesterday, the Fed monetized 1T of debt… obviously no one else wanted to buy. Today, oil is up $4 this morning and gold is up over $60 so far. The house of cards is starting to collapse..
CC
CapedConservative on March 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Not a question, but a statement: Forget the freaking bonuses already!!
The bonuses amount to so little compared to what’s been swiped from our – the working VOTERS – pockets! It’s all smoke and mirrors. It’s the wizard hiding behind the curtain.
It’s fairycakes Bahney Fwank pleading with us. “Pay no attention to that man(?) behind the calico drapes!”
AubieJon on March 19, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Obama appears on the Tonight show, as a sitting President. Obama using the WH as a concert-party hall. Obama staffs the WH with Clinton cronies from the Clinton War Room, after promising to bring a new face, a new bipartisan agenda, change from the old DC politics…
Obama is taking the office of potus and making a joke of it. Politicians should be forced to run campaigns based upon ideas and solutions, all of which conform with our laws. This era of political rhetoric is all about killing the messenger, the politics of personal destruction… The Liberal media has shoveled this down our throats, while teaming with a single party. This has caused the erosion of our political system, a system that only thugs and criminals desire to be a part of.
I can only hope that the fellow Americans are as sick and tired of this as I am. How are we to get the best and most intelligent people from all forms of ideology under the current rules of engagement?
Keemo on March 19, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Notice Obama’s overused word has gone from “crisis” to “outrage.”
Il Duce is mad!
jeff_from_mpls on March 19, 2009 at 9:24 AM
i realize that the bonuses are not the real & big issue, but if we can roll some Dem heads with this pretend-issue, then that’s fine by me. Chris Dodd took a hit yesterday. if he can’t be substantially challenged with yesterday’s BS, plus his Countrywide mortgage deal, plus all his normal everyday bad decisions, then i give up.
kelley in virginia on March 19, 2009 at 9:25 AM
They’re beginning to turn inward. HEH
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aT_tMXRy2vDs
thomasaur on March 19, 2009 at 9:25 AM
the Repubs. have to frame their response carefully, then repeat the theme over & over ad nauseum until every voter knows it by heart.
kelley in virginia on March 19, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Good catch, my friend. Chis the lying Dodd (D) said:
“I did not want to make any changes to my original Senate- passed amendment” to the stimulus bill, “but I did so at the request of administration officials“
jeff_from_mpls on March 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM
TOTUS is playing us all for morons. TOTUS thinks he is in Kenya.
tarpon on March 19, 2009 at 9:32 AM
artist mentioned it on another thread, I just went and found a link.
thomasaur on March 19, 2009 at 9:33 AM
This is the wrong issue to hammer on incessantly. as widespread as the anger is that says more about how moronic the general population can get and less about the proper governing philosophy. there are very real problems with the financial system, but bonuses arent one of them.
ernesto on March 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM
i agree ernesto, but the general population just doesn’t comprehend the mess we’re in. in fact, can any of us really understand?
what i mean is that we need to get these jerks out of Congress & out of the WH–the money quote has to appeal to lowest common denominator.
kelley in virginia on March 19, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Man, I wish GE Corp. or GE Finance would have taken TARP money. GE is the parent of NBC Universal which owes the Jay Leno show. Wonder if the king President tonight would have asked Jay to give back part of his million dollar salary?
Oh, I forgot. Jay made a campaign contribution to BO so forget that idea.
Hummer53 on March 19, 2009 at 9:40 AM
So did AIG. Fat lot of good that is doing them now.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Phony outrage about AIG honoring legitimate contracts, and threats to people who made a career decision to stay with AIG based on a promise of a retention bonus is nothing but rabble rousing and jealousy. These people aren’t outraged because of mis-government, they are mad because some folks have enough intelligence to be able to earn more money than they can.
If they want to be outraged about how each bit of bailout money is being spent, Citi’s spending would at least be a more worthy target:
dinobalz on March 19, 2009 at 9:45 AM
This morning I got up, bleary-eyed, flipped on FoxNews, and saw this ticker at the bottom of the screen:
“AIG BOGUS SCANDAL”
and I thought, great, at last someone is calling a spade a spade. But when I looked closer I noticed it said:
“AIG BONUS SCANDAL”
Ah well. I had hope the MSM was coming to its senses. This AIG bonus story is a prime example of Mo Udall’s observation that the media is like a flock of birds perched on a power line. Afther the first one flies off, all the rest fly off too. It’s all AIG bonus scandal, all the time. They’re always talking about the same thing, and giving it the same slant.
Paul-Cincy on March 19, 2009 at 9:53 AM
The house of cards is starting to collapse..
CC
CapedConservative on March 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Not until the MSM says it is and they are still munching on what he’s feeding them.
When(if)he loses them he’d better grab his hardhat.
SKYFOX on March 19, 2009 at 9:53 AM
..nearly an act of God to get in the door….
…isn’t an elected anything….
————————————————-
What and the sam h#ll,is going on, in the stinkin Obama
Administration,
is he running America,or what!
He’s pickin sports team picks,and he’s galavanting all
over gawd’s green acres on the Leno Show,on American
taxpayers dime,and time!
Now Obama is allowing every Tom,Dick,and Scott Murphy
into the White House!
Is the President of the United States of America,doing
the peoples work,or is he in perpetual campaign mode!
And, is Obama working for America,or is he busy coniving
up grand ideas on how to inrich himself in office,not to
mention his $500,000 dollar book deal before taking office!
Oh ya,and remember there’s a Economy Perpetual ‘Crisis ‘
borderlining a ‘Depression’!
But it seems Hopey/Changey has all the time in the world
on his hands,to be planning and plotting,
but not economy!!!!
And its Day # I can’t remember,and where the
h#ll is the ‘PLAN”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on March 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM
There is no rebuttal to this. People hanging on to BDS are as lame as when the Oilers left Houston but people kept showing up at football games in Oilers jerseys.
Besides, with Hussein having said that the buck stops with him, he cut the legs off of any attack from the left.
madmonkphotog on March 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I thought this guy wanted to win…. He sounds like a democrat. This was a private company and had this contract in place for over a year!! This is outrageous. The next thing will be that Barney Frank will come after other private citizens for what they make. Barney Frank has NEVER ever held a job in the private sector and he sounds like he can run everything. And… this guy is sounding like Barney Frank. Smarten up fella if you want to win.
suzyk on March 19, 2009 at 10:12 AM
This is what we were warning you about when you voted for the Obot.
You didn’t believe us, did you?
Do you believe even a little bit now?
either orr on March 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I can’t wait until the time comes for the voters to exercise their voting rights. Unfortunately, Frank is probably safe, but not if he’s in the minority. These people voted for the porkulus bill, and they didn’t know what was in it. Now they’re shocked and appalled. Join the club!!
TennesseeRed on March 19, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Didn’t Frank have a gay prostitution ring operating in his apartment? That could be considered private sectorish.
Buddahpundit on March 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM
This bill was pork to perfection. It is what pork should look like.
Rushed process
No one reads it
Strongly favoring the target of the pork
It viloates common sense
It would get tossed by a conservative with line item veto in 5 seconds.
seven on March 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I will be voting for Jim Tedisco. He’s a good man.
Talon on March 19, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I doubt Murphy was allowed in the Situation Room. It was probably the Cabinet Room. Someone should ask Murphy whether opening the window would have let dirt in or whether opening the window would have let him smell the roses.
unclesmrgol on March 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM
What deregulation fetish? Please name a law which deregulated anything, and also name the Presidency under which such laws were enacted. In eight years of Bush, nothing was deregulated, and a lot of things became more regulated.
Of course, it didn’t help that exactly the things Bush wanted more regulation on (like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae) were stymied by Democratic intransigence. It isn’t for nothing that I call the recent meltdown Obama Waters Franks LLC.
unclesmrgol on March 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Tedisco has been looking at his poll numbers and is responding accordingly. Politicians are total hacks. Would it KILL either of these idiots to point out that the larger scandal is that taxpayers are being asked to pay off the debt created by credit default swaps.
And I’ll add those can NOT be blamed on the CRA. It’s something I’ve noticed is totally absent from all conservative talk on this matter. Why is it no one is talking about credit default swaps and the way big banks gambled on the housing market and now WE have to pay them off for gambling on the wrong side of it. No matter how you slice it, that’s not the fault of the CRA.
I’ll also add that most poor communities where CRA most benefited are NOT the places where foreclosures are up. They are up in new, overvalued developments in (formerly) middle class suburbs. This isn’t poor peoples fault for the last time!!!
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Rename it
Ding aling Brothers and Barney Bailout Circus.
We will see a lot of tricks in the big tent.
seven on March 19, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Ed, don’t be too sanctimonious. We need to win this seat.
promachus on March 19, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Answer: because they answer to no one.
right now.
OwlorNothing on March 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Who were these government officials? What are their names? Who else was in the meeting when this was decided? What did TOTUS know and when did he know it? It’s time for Mitch McConnell and the rest of the Republican congress to start asking questions and demanding specific answers.
PatMac on March 19, 2009 at 1:28 PM
It IS NOT the stupid bonuses. It IS the never-ending demonization of anyone who wants to be successful in business. It IS the stalinist tactics of blowhards like Barney Frank who created this monster, voted for a bill without reading it, and treating the American people like servants.
jdawg on March 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM
i thought the stimulus bill was to stimulate the economy the goverment thinks these people will put there money in a mattress at home ,no they would stimulate the economy by spending it .hey libs how long will it take for the goverment to come after your bonus.why do i get the feeling im watching russia in the time of lenin.any of this getting through to you libs.
wade underhile on March 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
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