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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:34 PM
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If Every One Of Our Candidates Would Stand Up Like Dodd Is Today We'd Be Unstoppable
Dodd is saying things on the Senate floor today that have needed to be said for 6 years. It is about our rights and our freedom and he is saying so.
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yodermon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:37 PM
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1. YES. Yes. A thousand times yes.
And if they'd impeach, their approvals would skyrocket and they'd win in a landslide in 08.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:38 PM
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2. Dodd's making a reasoned argument against immunity.
Would accept reasonable limits on financial penalties, admits there may be more than meets the eye - just wants the record above board and not hidden under blanket immunity legislation.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:38 PM
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3. I will say this...
I had been holding out for
Gore until recently. I was
then leaning towards Biden.
Dodd has totally blown me away
today. He deserves a closer
look and serious consideration
as a candidate.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:46 PM
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8. Dodd's speech on the Senate floor
Edited on Mon Dec-17-07 03:47 PM by wtmusic
when he announced his intention to filibuster was what did it for me weeks ago.

Be sure to call your senator and urge him/her to support Dodd. Right now he has no one but Ted Kennedy and Russ Feingold who have committed to supporting him.

http://chrisdodd.com/filibuster/call
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:51 PM
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11. Thanks for the link!
:hi:
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 04:05 PM
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13. ubetcha nt
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 04:35 PM
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15. Jane, you and I seem to be two peas in a pod
I held out for Gore as long as possible and have recently seen Biden as our best hope. Today, however, I have seen a patriot in action. That is something this nation has been utterly lacking for years.
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 04:51 PM
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18. Hiya fellow peapod person!!
I am awed by Dodd.
Totally blown away.
A true patriot in a
time when I thought
they were extinct in
the Senate.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:39 PM
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4. No kidding, Thom.
That was great.

Imagine how inspiring that would be to so many of us to redouble our activist efforts.

Senator Dodd did a great thing today. :toast:
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:40 PM
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5. Re: Dodd's fillibuster?
Good for him, I just hope FOX:
* reports it instead of ignoring it
* doesn't spin what's really happening.

Every American needs to know this is happening and why.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 04:38 PM
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17. ROFLMAO....
:rofl: Fox news.. report... :rofl: spin... :rofl:

Keep dreaming friend, if Faux can't spin it then it won't be reported..
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 06:00 PM
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20. Fox is propaganda
The people that watch Fox are lucky to have two collective functioning brain cells--and they are programmed to automatically hate anything Democratic.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:07 PM
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21. Correction...
Horse, you could have posted your comment without the "anything Democratic" at the end...
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:42 PM
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6. Incredibly impassioned and well reasoned rant he gave.
He has my respect and thanks.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:46 PM
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7. Absolutely. K&R
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:46 PM
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9. Yes. I'm extremely disappointed in our Senators today.
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Dawggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:48 PM
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10. So true.
He is behaving in a manner that I haven't seen in a while.

Go Dodd!
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CT_Progressive Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 03:55 PM
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12. Remember, Dodd is one of the few openly Liberal Senators in Congress
Sometimes he does "politiciany" things that upset me, but for the most part, he is hardcore Liberal on his voting record.
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 04:33 PM
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14. If our congressional leadership had any (insert appropriate organs here) there'd be less need.
Dodd shows courage in inverse proportion to Pelosi and Reid.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 04:36 PM
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16. Chris Dodd is sooo much better than his state's junior senator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 05:57 PM
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19. kick.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-17-07 08:09 PM
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22. Dodd has also forced both Hillary and Obama
to do more than say they support his amendment. They will have to show up and vote next month.
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