Chris Dodd Is EXACTLY What's Wrong With DC ............
It seems just like yesterday.... Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd was in Iowa last year, trying to become the next President. Of course, he had no chance to win, and he dropped out quickly. That was his high point in what has become a slow, precipitous fall from power.
I'm sure once Barack Obama took office, Dodd thought he was sure to get a gig in Obama's cabinet. It seems like everyone else did - Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton got jobs, and Bill Richardson was offered one - but Dodd didn't make the short list. Why not? Because Dodd doesn't represent change. Biden doesn't either, and we're seeing how that is working out now..
Now, Dodd has a giant bullseye on his back for his Senate seat, and many people in his own party are asking Dodd to retire at the end of his term. Polls taken in the Nutmeg State show him losing to former Congressman Rob Simmons (wasn't he in Run-DMC?) by a close 43-42.
Now, I know what you're probably thinking. What did Dodd do? Simple. He was the one who put the loophole in the AIG bailout that allowed them to continue givign bonuses totalling $165 million to the division that nearly sank the entire company, along with several other banks and insurance companies.
When asked about it, Dodd said that he did it because the Treasury Department asked him to do it. Yeah Chris, that may be, but you're the one who actually did it. I once had a guy ask me to loan him money so he could buy drugs, but I passed on it. Just a tip. Oh, by the way - AIG is headquartered in - YOU GUESSED IT - Wilton, Connecticut. But I'm sure that had nothing to do with it....
Now, i know what you're thinking. Dodd is a little green, and he didn't know better. After all, he's only been in the Senate since 1980, when I was in the seventh grade - he still needs time to get a grasp of the job. Truth be told, Dodd is a microcosm of all that is wrong with Washington. He's full of hot air and bullshit,and when he gets caught, he blames anyone but himself, and he sure isn't going to step down. Maybe the voters will take care of that next fall...
This clip has nothing to do with this post, except it has the word Connecticut in the title - or does it ?
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7 comments:
I hope he doesn't quit. I wanna see us take Dodd down next year.
My guess is you'll get your wish. No way Dodd is going to step down.
Gotta agree with Mike, Dodd is filled witht he same hubris that saw Ted Stevens go down in flames. Maybe it is something in that Potomac River water... (other than Ted Kennedy's vodka)
People like Dodd/Kennedy/Rangel/Frank are the poster children of what is wrong with both the Democrats and Washington. To bad we don't have enough tall trees and short rope for all of them, but they will continue to do that for us......
that aint kennedys vodka in the potomac it is his bodies from drinking the vodka
Don't forget Dodd also took a sweetheart deal from Countrywide while he was assuring the American public that mortgage lenders and banks were not in any trouble.
On a lighter note, he is part of the famous Kennedy-Dodd "waitress sandwich".
If it involves a Kennedy and the Potomac, it isn't vodka or victims, it's Uncle Teddy's parking space...
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