You're now on the archive server. Commenting has been disabled.
Breaking: Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) to Retire
Developing....
»
- 3895 reads
- Printer-friendly version
- Send to friend
You're now on the archive server. Commenting has been disabled.
Developing....
We're winning. The fukka new hiss asse was gonna get kikked. Next program...dont do business with his lobbyist clients.
This means Peter Schiff has no chance now that the deep blue handout-craving Conn will elect another Nancy Pelosi kinda democrook to replace Dodd.
Maybe, but Ron Paul polls very, very well in Connecticut.
@Anon It's a common mistake to underestimate the McMahons. Keep your eye on Linda McMahon.
This might be some stumbled upon "strategerie" by the Dems. Dodd was at high risk of losing his seat, so now they can hand pick a wild card to run based on his/her perceived strengths and weaknesses and Connecticut demographics. Politics as usual.
+1
The major problem is how much more damage he can create before hitting the highway. I wouldn't put it past him to really rape the people on the way out the door.
Essentially guaranteed, isn't it.
When you're losing to everyone in the race, including someone just getting in - Former World Wide Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon - it wasn't a very Merry Christmas at the Dodds.
The Washington Post does not even mention Peter Schiff?
Of course not, but we're used to it.
You must not have been a RP fan this past election...
It wouldn't surprise me if we begin to see more of this sort of thing as the election draws nearer. It's a face saver and the democrats are going to need a lot of faces saved. Soon the term, "pulling a Dodd" will become part of the D.C. vernacular.
Wrong title. Should read...Run outta town!
meh, don't get too happy yet. Dodd is gone, yes, but , he knew he was going to lose so he stepped down. The AG will fill in and take his place giving the Dems a better chance at holding the seat in the next election. Wasn't Schiff going to run for this seat?
dorgan quitting too.
He's trying to get a headstart against the angry mobs. He's packing his bags as I write this.
I am Chumbawamba.
Yep, Dodd is getting out before the pitchforks come out. He's a criminal greedy bastard but he knows enough to pull out before the lamp post decorating party.
+100
Because of the health bill, the credit card bill of rights, or lack of financial regulations? Or is he really that bad off in terms of his cancer?
One can only hope it's cancer. A fitting end for all these bastards would be a long, painful death while in the midst of their depraved, sociopathic disregard for anyone but their mortal self.
A sense of Justice demands it.
Is it ungentlemanly to hope that some Conn. patriot wears Dodd's skin for a suit and uses his man nuggets for a charm bracelet?
I don't see a lot of antipathy to Dodd. Just another traitorous tool among 535 others. Hard to pick them out of a crowd, really. All their heads on a pike would be too kind for these inglorious basterds.
First the Democrats will run for the hills, but don't be surprised if the Republicans will follow....
Great news. This next election should be about breaking the cycle of corruption by getting rid of ALL career politicians - democrats AND republicans. We can argue about idealogies later.
That would be fine, except one of the more promising anti-corruption candidates out there (Peter Schiff) stood a better chance running against Dodd than he does against whoever will be replacing him on the Dem side in the election. We need people with a certain amount of integrity (and rationality) more than we need indiscriminate replacements.
Well, at least there goes one... There are a lot more left, and more where that came from, etc.
However, as legislative immunity from civil lawsuits expires upon completion of current term in Senate, the question arises as to whether there was ever a successful class action lawsuit attacking and demanding personal restitution for legislative behavior that caused grievous, demonstrable harm.
Put somethin' behind Ron Paul
Please.
Peter Schiff
-100
I hope you are wrong, geopol.
Hi Unscarred, HNY
I think I'm wrong on this after consideration, dems now have a better opportunity without Dodd's baggage. As it relates to PS he is a constitutional and Austrian School guy, maybe counter to CT's overall entitlement politics.
News at eleven...
My biggest point of contention with Peter Schiff is that, although he correctly identified the ensuing bear market in U.S. equities (hell, he authored a book titled "Crash Proof"), he missed on every other call and lost upwards of 40% to 70% of his clients money in 2008.
Let's put aside the fact that he grandstanded on every major business news network the world over and stated that he WASN'T wrong on his investment choices (though his clients accounts say otherwise), and that time will be his ultimate measure of success. Before any meaningful period of time can pass, he announces that he will pursue Dodd's seat in the Senate, effectively bailing altogether on his investors who are still nowhere close to getting back to even. What a guy!
All politics aside (I tend to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative), I feel that there is much to be said for an Austrian School descendant being elected to help counterbalance the left-leaning penchant of Washington right now. But I see Schiff as an incredible flake, same as the guy who's seat he's trying to win.
And I do agree with you about the Democrats; this may hurt them a bit in the short-term, but strengthens their party long-term.
Personally, I'm pulling for the wrestler.
This is hardly a plus, tim johnson is the next in line for chairmanship and he is a total bankster toady and dumb.
Any reform is fading fast. rahm packed the Finance committee in the house with a bunch of bluedogs and what little good frank was, is dissipated, I'm sure the banksters will be popping corks tomorrow.
Prediction:
Democrat majority declines to 53-47.
Harry Reid will be defeated for re-election. He's running behind every potential Repub contender in the race. But, latest rumor here in Vegas is he may "retire" to save face and help his worthless Clark County Commissioner son Rory run for Governor on the same ballot.
Fucking fascists! Can't take a loss. Can't admit they are wrong. This is bullshit.
Hopefully freedom from re-election means he can actually do some good in his last, right some wrongs. We shall see, but it wouldn't be the first time a pol went off the rails when the pressure of re-election was no longer there.
I guess the till is empty... Bahney, you hoid that?
Chris Dodd to step aside
Unfortunately, this really isn't too much of a surprise.
Unfortunately, this really isn't too much of a help.
"Unfortunately, this really isn't too much of a help."
Yea, kinda like being cured of syphilis just to be given gonorrhea.
When the peoples' time comes, no politician that has been complicit in the theft of our democracy will escape detention, interrogation and public trial. No simple act of resignation will provide an escape hatch for them as the peoples' memory is long and its experience to date with these snakes profoundly painful. Dodd can run but he can't hide.
Amen. Thank you Lord! Thank you Jesus!
Damn. I would have paid to see a Schiff vs. Dodd debate. Tough luck for Pete.
Well, let's get Schiff elected. Donate!!!!!!!!!!!!
Four thoughts...
1. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, a$$hole.
2. Nothing's more dangerous than a senator no longer beholden to his special interest masters, er, voters.
3. He and Dorgan know 2010 is going to be a bloodbath at the polls for the Dems.
4. Meet the future new board member of Citi Bank.
Peter Schiff for Senate!
Peter Schiff for Senate!
If the economy encounters a full on collapse, yes, they could be held accountable by an angry, uncontrollable populace.
I can see the motivation to throw endless sums of money at the problem. Its like putting out a magnesium fire with water.
Hmmmm, I wonder.. Could thoughts such as those be really going through their mind, as they are really the only ones who really know the true depth and seriousness of the problem they face.
This is pretty crazy between Dodd and Dorgan. Something is going on that is for sure!
Colorado 1st term DEM-Governor Ritter not going to run again this year either. Are they all leaving before the truth becomes more well known?
the rats know the ship is sinking, before any of the passengers, and most of the crew
Men of good will need to be careful of Peter Schiff even though his dad is dying in prison for fighting the illegal Fed. Peter is a neo-con warmonger, and not a serious strategist. The Rogue Network types will run rings around him and stampede him into ruinous bankrupting wars. Don't be seduced by his good words and think he is a great statesman. I guess he is better than Dodd though. Hell, I suppose it is almost impossible to be worse than a Wall St shill like Dodd.
Frankly we should be wary of anyone who wants to be an elected official.
But I don't believe he's a 'neo-con warmonger', just judging by his economic position. Warmongering is possible only with the support of the Federal Reserve...without it, the taxation that would be required to fund our wars would make them political non-starters.
Also, wars don't build up a treasury - they deplete it.
Something Schiff is surely aware of.
Don't assume to much. If Schiff wants to do away with the fed, but is unable to, any war mongering he does will be while the Fed still exists. Simply opposing the fed won't prevent damage done by his other positions that need the fed to exist.
That's right! War began in 1913 with the establishment of the Federal Reserve, overturning in a single blow the traditional peaceful American way of life.
I think George Carlin said it best: Americans can't stand not to be fucking with somebody. If you seriously believe that abolishing the Fed would prevent war from happening, you need a cranio-rectal extraction.
Neo-Con warmonger? I don't recall ever hearing him extolling the virtues of the military industrial complex. What is your source?
ZeroHedge needs to start an online poll: Where will Dodd end up: a bank, an insurance company, a hedge fund, or become an "independent" whore (sorry, lobbyist)
Wasn't he one of the "Friends of Angelo"?
PS: How does a one-word post get a 5/5 rating from 5 people...?
Come on Barney, do the right thing and announce you're retiring.
thank god & good riddance.
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) also announced his retirement yesterday from the senate. He will be missed. He fought the globalization freight train and Wall Street excesss.
Fuck Dorgan. Sorry, but he was a ringleader when it came to pissing away hundreds of billions on farm subsidies. Good riddance.
When the revolution comes this guy will be one of the first trotted out to the guillotine. A-hole is head of the Finance Committee and we're supposed to believe he didn't realize he was getting a deal on his Countrywide loan. If that was the case you should have resigned for incompetence years ago.
Any other CT residents around? It is time for intelligent, concerned citizens to stop talking and actually do something.
I'm not sure what would be better news. Dodd stepping down or Barney Frank stepping down.
One down, 97-98 left to go. And about 434 in the House.
Who is the man that is still in then? Ron Paul I hope! :)
i hope he lives out the rest of his days in a cancer ward having all of his limbs amputated and then tossed out the 13th floor window as an uneeded parasite.
You should write greeting cards!
This is all like that classic game teenage kids used play when they leave a pile of dog shit on someone's front step, light it on fire, then ring the door bell and run away.
The Dems have shit on the porch with healthcare lit it on fire, rang the front door bell, and no one is there when you answer...actually in a campaign of attempted misinformation they'll probably leave a cardboard cut out of Bush. Fuckin' weasels.
I am in CT. Blumenthal, the asshole AG announced that he will run for Dodd's seat. Unfortunately, Blumie is very popular in CT and will win hands down. All we will do is swap one corrupt thief for another.
Heard him on CNBC this morning. He sounded like a pol - boring and in the club already. If CT elects this guy they deserve what they get.
Couldn't agree more. But CT has a long history of electing suck-ass politicians (even by politician standards). We are only behind MA, CA, and NY in that category.
Ironically, Ron Paul does very very well here relative to other states.
I personally will vote for Schiff if he runs.
"Retire"???
Hardly. He will resurface in a role that cements his already jelling transfer of wealth from the middle class, who incidentally gave him carte blanche by voting for him in the first place, for nearly 40 years.
Retirement for these tramps is nothing more than a transmogrification from visible thief to an invisible one, and even more dangerous.
Better that the cancer he has should take him out. Permanently and painfully.
One less scumbag in politcs to worry about, he has made his money and is now doing a runner....before the indictments
I think you messed up, it should be Chris Dodd (D-CW) "country wide"
PISTONE FOR CONGRESS IN 2010
www.pistoneforcongress.org
PISTONE FOR CONGRESS IN 2010
www.pistoneforcongress.org