> JJ wrote: > The fact that he was the top money-getter from AIG during his presidential > run doesn't help add believability. Nor does the fact that Obama was #2. > > And the fact that he lied about it on Tuesday, denying he did it, is really > bad. >
Maybe on the surface ... but just playing devil's advocate: 1.) You really think, say, Obama who raised $500,000,000 over the internet is going to cross ethics for $100,000? Even Dodd ... that's not very much money; he could raise that in 30 seconds. I'd be more suspicious if there could be some promise of future money but AIG is worse off than bankrupt so I can't see how that'd make any sense. 2.) Amongst 10 billion issues it's hard to see why he'd lie unless he's protecting something REALLY big. AIG or bonuses wouldn't seem to meet that threshold. I mean AIG bonuses are everything Obama has worked his entire life against. This is guy who could've been a multi-millionaire wall st lawyer but turned it down to be community organizer. His wife walked too. Hard to believe all of a sudden they betray their entire lives for a $100k from a now defunct company. If he did lie, it may have been because of the blow up he knew could come, but if that was the case he'd be out there explaining why the bonuses were necessary. He's doing exactly that with housing, his budget, and the bank bailouts which are trillions so lie about this? For me something doesn't add up. Occom's Razor would say they were truly clueless about this - which given all the crap isn't AT ALL surprising. But a slightly less probable reason is a combination of mildly clueless and protecting The Big Plan. Which I think is coming and would be consistent with Obama's profile. I guess we'll find out ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292247 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
