The Common Sense Movement Targets Kent Conrad
This ad from Common Sense Issues mocking Kent Conrad’s “VIP loan” for a beach house in Delaware is running across North Dakota right now:
Good stuff. The North Dakota accents are priceless.
It’s worth noting that Kent Conrad didn’t get nearly enough flak for his involvement with sweetheart loans from Countrywide Home Loans. Senator Chris Dodd, the other Senator who accepted favors from Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozillo in return for pushing mortgage industry bailouts through the Senate, went through weeks and weeks of criticism and scrutiny from the media in his home state of Connecticut.
Here in North Dakota? Conrad’s beach house and sweetheart loan was big news for about a week and a half, and then the state media buried the story.
