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Chris Dodd bids farewell to Senate
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Posted on 11/30/2010 7:43:48 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Chris Dodd bids farewell to Senate

By: Shira Toeplitz November 30, 2010 06:27 PM EST

In his final speech on the Senate floor, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd urged his colleagues to work together in a bipartisan fashion and not change the filibuster rules that have guided their chamber.

“The time of my departure has come,” said Dodd, who is Catholic, quoting Saint Paul. “I’ve fought a good fight…I kept the faith.”

Dodd’s final words on the floor mark the end of a three-decade career in the Senate for the Connecticut Democrat, who announced in January that he would not run for a sixth term. The press gallery was packed as many of the Senator’s colleagues listened to his speech on the floor.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s voice quivered when he said he’d bid “adieu” to Dodd – whose speech he called “one of the most important speeches in the history of the Senate.”

At the age of 66, Dodd had spent more than half of his life in Congress. In his speech, Dodd warmly recalled he sat in the same desk occupied by his father, former Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, for the past 12 years.

Dodd said that while some might feel the need to change the Senate rules on the filibuster, he argued it would not help the partisan gridlock in what is supposed to be a deliberative legislative body.

“Now, in my years here, I’ve learned that the appreciation of the Senate’s role in our national debate is an acquired taste,” said Dodd. “Therefore, to my fellow senators who have never served a day in the minority, I urge you to pause in your enthusiasm to change Senate rules.”

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So how is that Countrywide loan going?
1 posted on 11/30/2010 7:43:49 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

“Adios amigo!” - Barack Hussein Obama


2 posted on 11/30/2010 7:46:26 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Sittin' in da back of da bus since January 2009.)
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>> “The time of my departure has come,” said Dodd, who is Catholic, quoting Saint Paul. “I’ve fought a good fight…I kept the faith.”

Yeah, right, Dodd.

You’re Saint Paul like I’m Saint Peter.

Worthless phony malevolent piece of S...chumer, you are.


3 posted on 11/30/2010 7:47:46 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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“The time of my departure has come,” said Dodd, who is Catholic, quoting Saint Paul. “I’ve fought a good fight…I kept the faith.”

But how many other things has this chump destroyed? I am sure the Apostle Paul would turn over in his grave if he knew Chris Dodd was quoting him.

4 posted on 11/30/2010 7:48:40 PM PST by Mark17
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How many times did this “Catholic” vote for abortion?


5 posted on 11/30/2010 7:50:31 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: Sub-Driver
good riddance. cuff em
6 posted on 11/30/2010 7:52:24 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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I’ve fought a good fight…I kept the faith.”

Right you kept the faith Chris. You still believe in waitress sandwiches even if Teddy is in hell awaiting your arrival.

7 posted on 11/30/2010 7:56:44 PM PST by hflynn
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I hope this piece of corrupt filth has a life of hardship and pain. He did whatever he could to destroy and loot this country while involving himself in ridiculous sex acts and alcoholism and illegal deals. Chris Dodd you are a fat, disgraced loser.


8 posted on 11/30/2010 7:58:00 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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Dodd is a disgusting slimeball. He is also no Catholic, no matter what the definition.
Pro-abortion, pro-homosexual agenda, tax and spend liberal, etc., etc.

Good riddance to bad rubbish and too bad it took this long to be rid of his incipient blather in the US Senate.


9 posted on 11/30/2010 8:07:39 PM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The bastard should be going to jail.


10 posted on 11/30/2010 8:10:51 PM PST by CMailBag
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I’m sorry I missed it.

Oh, wait a minute...

I’m not sorry I missed it.


11 posted on 11/30/2010 8:12:10 PM PST by FatherFig1o155 (Still fighting the fight. Until there's no fight left in me.)
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The TSA better check him. I imagine he has a lot of our tax money going with him illegally.


12 posted on 11/30/2010 8:14:01 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Sub-Driver

13 posted on 11/30/2010 8:14:16 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: Sub-Driver

One of the few people personally responsible for the sub-prime crisis. May he rot in hell.


14 posted on 11/30/2010 8:22:20 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Waitresses everywhere cheer.


15 posted on 11/30/2010 8:23:55 PM PST by denydenydeny (Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak-Adams)
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good riddance.


16 posted on 11/30/2010 8:31:10 PM PST by Newton ('No arsenal is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' -Ronald Reagan)
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Chris Dodd bids farewell to Senate

Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.

17 posted on 11/30/2010 8:31:49 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month)
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Flush twice it’s a big one.


18 posted on 11/30/2010 8:34:07 PM PST by Happy Rain ("GO GAMECOCKS--THE REAL USC!!!")
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To: CMailBag

Frank and Dodd should be ‘frogmarched’ right up Wall street in orange jumpsuits.


19 posted on 11/30/2010 8:35:43 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s voice quivered when he said he’d bid “adieu” to Dodd – whose speech he called “one of the most important speeches in the history of the Senate.”

WTF? It's one thing to be gracious - it's another to be a complete fool.

20 posted on 11/30/2010 8:36:39 PM PST by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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