An investment company once run by the head of the Obama administration’s auto task force has been accused of paying more than $1 million to an aide to New York’s former comptroller in a bid to win a lucrative deal with the state pension fund.
Steven Rattner was an executive at the Quadrangle Group, a private equity firm, until he left this year to lead President Barack Obama’s efforts to fix the U.S. auto industry. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that Rattner met with two now-indicted men to try to win state pension fund business.
Quadrangle, while under Rattner’s watch, paid huge fees to Hank Morris, a political aide to former comptroller Alan Hevesi, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in court papers filed Wednesday.
Ethics. As in Bernie Bernbaum ain’t got any.
The SEC alleges in its complaint that a meeting was arranged between the senior Quadrangle executive and a brother of New York’s then-deputy comptroller to discuss acquiring the DVD distribution rights to the low-budget film, “Chooch.” The deputy comptroller, now under indictment, and his brothers produced the movie.
A planned sequel, “Scrullet,” has been tabled.
Hope and Change, folks. It’s not what you thought it was.
The only shocking thing is that NPR is covering it.
This is just a distraction. Furthermore, it does not help Michelle’s children. At all.
HUffpo had a huge headline earlier, but at last check it was gone. Guess Arriana pulled the plug. Bury the truth is their motto.
Is it beginning to dawn yet that there may be no ethically unchallenged people that are acceptable to the Left as leaders. That the two conditions may be tied to each other, welded actually.
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I think that it is now abundantly clear: The Democratic party is not just the poster-boy for the culture of corruption, it is the center, the source and the sponsor of corruption, nationwide.
This is the unfortunate result of organizing(!) your entire being around the acquisition of power, with no moral foundation to guide its use. These fascist assholes epitomize the liberal dictum: “Rules are for the little people.”
*it is the center, the source and the sponsor of corruption, nationwide. *
Yep, definately the case and the fault lies with press as much as with the politicians – if the press policed/vetted liberals like they do conservatives, most of these tax cheating money grubbing assholes would be caught in the net before ever taking office. Instead, the press acts like its plausible that the person tapped to run treasury didn’t pay his taxes because he couldn’t figure out turbo tax. Could you imagine that SNL sketch if it was Bush who couldn’t figure it out ? OR Palin, who’s the new Bush somehow.
I wonder why when I read this story two days ago in the NYT that the NYT didn’t mention that Barrett Wissman, who was the first to plead guilty to securities fraud in this investigation, donated $25,000 to the RNC back in February of 2007, which looks to be in the time period wherein he was accepting these bribes on behalf of principles of the NY state’s pension.
Will the cash-starved Republican National Committee forfeit Mr. Wissman’s large donation? Why would the NYT and the WSJ turn a blind eye to Barret Wissman’s political affiliation, they, being the eVoOL MSM with a omnipresent liberal bias hellbent on the destruction of conservatism, and so often even God himself.
Is it possible that the eVooL MSM believes Wissman was motivated by personal greed which is unrelated to his party affiliation? How could that be! What’s their tactical liberal motivation in omitting such relevant information?
Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments [emphases added]:
I’m sorry, but I forgot what administration office Barrett Wissman was appointed to. I’m sure that the RNC won’t mind turning back the cash while the O! administration recoups all the windfalls enjoyed by the Fannie and Freddie directors.
I’m sure thor’s got a link; I wouldn’t believe him if he said water was wet.
Should the RNC return the money if they took it? Sure. However, those to whom much has been given can go first. And since O! was given the Presidency with 36+ million in illegal donations, he can start first.
Matt, I’m operating under the assumption that the press is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party.
I hate to see God-fearing good Dems get caught up in yet another Republican corruption scandal. From the top to the bottom of that Republican party, nothing but bribes, scandals, kickbacks and corruption.
Here’s your link, SDN, ya squealing weasel: http://www.campaignmoney.com/finance.asp?type=in&cycle=08&criteria=wissman
Note how a typical Republican finds the internet too difficult to navigate without the help of more sophisticated Obama supporters. I’m a giver, here to help.
donated $25,000 to the RNC back
$25,000 won’t even buy a Chicago alderman, whoreboi, much less the Republican Party.
Try harder.
The 25 grand went to the RNC, you retard. Does anybody honestly believe someone would try to “bribe” a party out of power? Especially with a microscopic amount of money like that? The RNC raised 10’s of millions, weasel-dick. What do you think Wissman expected to get for his 25 bills? What a pant-load.
The truly sad aspect is that I can no longer find the righteous anger to give a rat’s ass. I’ve come to expect every one of BHO appointees to come with some sort of baggage. It’s Chicago politics going national.
The one I’ll keep my powder dry for is the first Supreme Court nominee. If the Reps don’t go over every detail of their lives – no matter how far removed from the business of judging – they’ll lose the brand forever and it will be time to rally to a new banner.
Didn’t Rattner run a passel of softcore men’s mags into the ground just a while ago? How you can put naked Sherilynn Fenns and such on your covers and lose money is a true art.
Damn, I need to call the Vatican: thor actually provided evidence. Wonder which saint should get the credit? O! can’t be canonized until he’s dead.
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