Posted on 01/07/2010 8:50:16 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Michael Moore basks in Dodd's retirement By Jordan Fabian - 01/07/10 09:51 AM ET
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday basked in Sen. Chris Dodd's (D-Conn.) decision to retire.
After targeting him in his latest documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story," Moore has called on Dodd — who officially announced his retirement Wednesday — to step down.
Splashed across Moore's website is a banner that reads, "There Was No Other Decision to Make: Four months after our request for him to retire, Senator Christopher Dodd agrees."
Moore claimed that, in order for Democrats to keep the longtime senator's seat, Dodd had to step down because of his role in the Countrywide Financial mortgage scandal.
In his 2009 release "Capitalism," Moore paints Dodd as an elite politician too friendly with the banking industry, making him unfit for his job as chairman on the Senate Banking Committee. The filmmaker keys on a "VIP" mortgage Dodd received under Countrywide's illicit "Friends of Angelo" program.
Though the Senate Ethics Committee cleared Dodd of wrongdoing, Moore still called for his ouster.
After it was revealed that Dodd received a "VIP" mortgage loan, his approval ratings plummeted and he appeared to be in danger of losing his seat to a Republican this year.
"Once exposed, Dodd sank in the polls. Had he run again, the Repubs would have picked up a Senate seat from CT. Now the Dems have a chance," Moore wrote on Twitter Wednesday. "Dodd was the Chair of the Sen Banking Com. He & his com over the yrs changed laws 2 make it easy for Countrywide & banks to screw people."
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He’s a pig.
For Mike Moore to bask in anything, you’ll likely need a freaking cement kiln.
Some of the best burgers on the planet are served up at Bill Thomas’ Haloburger in his hometown of Flint, Michigan.
Kinda makes me wish he had stuck around to be near a steady supply instead of inflicting himself on the wider world.
I want Moore to run for that seat!Let’s get a chorus going!
That statement is equally applicable to both Moore and Dodd.
Bawny Fwank desewves it even mowe.
I’m sure Moore’s demand weighed heavily on Dodd./s
Moore is a pompous ass.
So will fat Mike speak up when President Obama appoints him?
Was the treasonous b-tard upset when the ethics committee decided against criminal charges against Dodd?
Gee Mikey, based on that logic, you could take credit for the sun coming up every morning....or have you already done that?
You got that right about Haloburgers, they are the best.
Flint was never Moore's hometown. He was born and raised in Davison east of Flint, which was a totally separate city, not even a suburb.
I have a friend who rented a house from Moore and his dad in the early 70s. Didn't have a good experience.
I almost spat my mimi-wheats cereal on the screen!
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