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Chris Dodd — Poster Boy for the Permanent Political Class
FoxNews ^ | April 17th, 2009 | Christopher Coffey

Posted on 04/18/2009 10:16:22 AM PDT by Joiseydude

Sen Dodd & The DC Political Class

Of great concern to all should be today’s revelation that only five (yes only five) Connecticut residents donated to Senator Dodd’s campaign this year. It suggests that Congress is controlled not by those representing their constituents, but by an insular, if not impervious political class.

So what’s wrong with a powerful government staffed by political insiders? Look at the former socialist republics in Eastern Europe. Milovan Djilas, the Yugoslavian Communist leader, observed that socialism’s transfer of power from the private sector to the government did little other than create a “new class” of government insiders.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 111th; chrisdodd; ct2010; swimtocuba

1 posted on 04/18/2009 10:16:22 AM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

The 5,000 strong who gathered on the steps of the Connecticut state capital on Wednesday at one point were chanting “Hey Chris Dodd, swim to Cuba!” One person shouted “underwater!”


2 posted on 04/18/2009 10:22:41 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: Joiseydude

Meanwhile, in another article on another site, seemingly unrelated to this one:

“Michael V. O’Hare, the bookkeeper to Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut whom the senator mainly held to blame — calling him “a liar and a forger and a thief” — in a case that ultimately led the Senate to censure Mr. Dodd in 1967...”

Liar? Forger? Thief? Was he describing O’Hare or Chris?


3 posted on 04/18/2009 10:38:41 AM PDT by DPMD (~)
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To: Joiseydude

The solution: Term limits. See http://pushbackuntil.com.

“Be in D.C. to Push Back Until!”


4 posted on 04/18/2009 10:49:25 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Joiseydude

Permanent Political class sounds like Guaranteed Insurrection material go ahead with it!


5 posted on 04/18/2009 11:29:53 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Cheetahcat

“Permanent Political class sounds like Guaranteed Insurrection material go ahead with it!”

The Republicans should use this against every RAT incumbent.


6 posted on 04/18/2009 11:39:39 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I am a right wing extremist. God Bless America)
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To: Joiseydude

Can anyone on here take a picture of Chris Dodd’s face and put it onto a dodo? It would make a great poster for the anti-Dodd campaign which is brewing in Connecticut.


7 posted on 04/18/2009 11:49:06 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: EQAndyBuzz
The Republicans should use this against every RAT incumbent.

I agree they all need a Serious wake up call.

8 posted on 04/18/2009 11:50:44 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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