Right Side Politics Examiner: Obama Received a $101,332 Bonus from AIG: "Senator Barack Obama received a $101,332 bonus from American International Group in the form of political contributions according to Opensecrets.org. The two biggest Congressional recipients of bonuses from the A.I.G. are - Senators Chris Dodd and Senator Barack Obama."
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I haven't verified this by going to Open Secrets, but if it is true...my goodness.
Breaking News: Dodd Says loophole that protects AIG Bonuses added per request of the Obama administration. The video is about a fifth of the way down.
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Obama should take full and direct responsibility for this mess.
Pro-thanks for advancing the story. This is shaping up as a huge debacle. It is bad enough to have the administration and congress allow this, but for them to denounce it raises this to Defcon 1 on the hypocrisy scale.
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