Chris Dodd mixed up in this? No, say it ain't so.

Good lord, I'm beginning to think there really is no end to Chris Dodd's douchebagginess.

Does I smell nigra?

So Jews are now the majority? Wouldn't we have heard something about this by now?

It's amazing to me to think that at one time Dodd and Edwards were serious contenders for the Democratic nomination for Prez. And I kinda liked Dodd in the earlier days of the campaign.

Diogenes: It's amazing to me to think that at one time Dodd and Edwards were serious contenders for the Democratic nomination for Prez. And I kinda liked Dodd in the earlier days of the campaign.

And I'm surely not the only person that remembers the Obama/Dodd scuttlebutt. Ol' Foot-In-The-Mouth Joe is starting to look like an asset...

Man, the knives are out for Dodd. I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve it, but who would have ever thought that Connecticut would vote for a GOP senate candidate?

Occam's Chainsaw: And I'm surely not the only person that remembers the Obama/Dodd scuttlebutt. Ol' Foot-In-The-Mouth Joe is starting to look like an asset...

And Edwards made the final three while the mistress thing was already well underway. Had he been elected and that came out? Clinton would start looking like a saint.

It's pure hubris.

Wow... what a cheesedick.

Meh, I think Dodd is a putz, but this doesn't seem bad at all. Mainly because:

According to the invitation, the event will be hosted by Paulson, whose hedge fund scored a $15 billion payday when it bet against the subprime housing market in 2007. Paulson's personal take from that bet was estimated to be between $3 and $4 billion..

So the smart guy who predicted the market correctly, we should shun him why, exactly?


There might be an angle I'm not getting, here.

filth: Man, the knives are out for Dodd. I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve it, but who would have ever thought that Connecticut would vote for a GOP senate candidate?

At this point, if you're not categorically voting against the incumbent except in notable exceptions of incredibly high competency, you're doing it wrong.

Obdicut: Meh, I think Dodd is a putz, but this doesn't seem bad at all. Mainly because:

According to the invitation, the event will be hosted by Paulson, whose hedge fund scored a $15 billion payday when it bet against the subprime housing market in 2007. Paulson's personal take from that bet was estimated to be between $3 and $4 billion..

So the smart guy who predicted the market correctly, we should shun him why, exactly?


There might be an angle I'm not getting, here.

It may not happen often, but I'm with you on that. They guy obviously has something going for himself.

Occam's Chainsaw: filth: Man, the knives are out for Dodd. I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve it, but who would have ever thought that Connecticut would vote for a GOP senate candidate?

At this point, if you're not categorically voting against the incumbent except in notable exceptions of incredibly high competency, you're doing it wrong.

b..but progressive groups that are supporting primary challengers to useless democratic congressmen are just a circular firing squad!

Obdicut: So the smart guy who predicted the market correctly, we should shun him why, exactly?

it's bad politics at the very least.

Chris Dodd...

It is like Dodd is trying to lose his primary.

I just learned that Jews are a majority.

Thanks, Politico!

But, he said, "our policy does not discriminate. I don't think it's intentional that minorities are not admitted to the club. Anyone who wants to apply, if they meet the criteria and can afford it, absolutely they will be admitted."

It's a Jewish club. How expensive can it be?

/runs

Jesus, just resign you douchebag.

No member of a committee, let alone the chairman, should be allowed to accept money from the people he oversees. This has gone way past ludicrous speed.

Obdicut: Meh, I think Dodd is a putz, but this doesn't seem bad at all. Mainly because:

According to the invitation, the event will be hosted by Paulson, whose hedge fund scored a $15 billion payday when it bet against the subprime housing market in 2007. Paulson's personal take from that bet was estimated to be between $3 and $4 billion..

So the smart guy who predicted the market correctly, we should shun him why, exactly?


There might be an angle I'm not getting, here.

Dodd can be a dickhead, but why here? What's the big deal?
I don't get it either.


But the right is out to get Dodd now. Fox and Drudge have been posting front page stories everytime he pisses on the toilet seat. Press in this coutry sucks balls.

burndtdan: it's bad politics at the very least.

Well, my feeling is that either money is free speech, or it isn't. I, personally, feel that money should not be treated as speech-- but that doesn't matter. The current state of things is that money, with restrictions, is treated as speech.

To me, there is therefore little difference in Dodd meeting with this guy, or accepting him as a fundraiser. Either way, under our current system, he's listening to his speech.

Now, if Dodd was getting sweet-ass plane trips from the guy, or work done on his house, or anything like that that falls outside the realm of what's accepted and legal, I'd be all over him. But this form of speech-- campaign fundraising-- is completely legitimate in our system.

And in terms of associating with or listening to hedge fund managers in crafting regulation-- as long as they're not invited to actually draft portions of the bill, they deserve to be able to plead their case just as much as anyone else does.

Obdicut: Meh, I think Dodd is a putz, but this doesn't seem bad at all. Mainly because:

According to the invitation, the event will be hosted by Paulson, whose hedge fund scored a $15 billion payday when it bet against the subprime housing market in 2007. Paulson's personal take from that bet was estimated to be between $3 and $4 billion..

So the smart guy who predicted the market correctly, we should shun him why, exactly?


There might be an angle I'm not getting, here.

In the market, betting against something generally inspires over people to bet against it, then that makes the price lower, making the prediction come true. It's how hedge fund managers make money when they need it, and it doesn't seem like it's good for anyone but them.

NewportBarGuy: Jesus, just resign you douchebag.

No member of a committee, let alone the chairman, should be allowed to accept money from the people he oversees. This has gone way past ludicrous speed..

Are you honestly telling me that Poltico was able to use this weak ass Jedi mind trick on you and make you think this doesn't happen 100 times a day in both parties? I mean, thin about what you just said...

Sorry submitter, the club allows minorities.

/But no minorities have asked to join.

RemyDuron: In the market, betting against something generally inspires over people to bet against it, then that makes the price lower, making the prediction come true. It's how hedge fund managers make money when they need it, and it doesn't seem like it's good for anyone but them.

So betting against the sub-prime market made the sub-prime market collapse? I'm honestly not getting you.

Skleenar: I just learned that Jews are a majority.

Thanks, Politico!



'Hey Wang, I think this place is restricted so don't tell em you're jewish, ok?'

RemyDuron: the market, betting against something generally inspires over people to bet against it, then that makes the price lower, making the prediction come true. It's how hedge fund managers make money when they need it, and it doesn't seem like it's good for anyone but them.

Actually, thats not true. I'm sure that recently hedge fund managers couldn't have driven down the price of a thing with the irrational beliefs people had in the continuing growth of the market. They aren't evil or bad, he just saw it coming and made money off of it. In America, that's the way it works.

You know who else didn't like Jewish bankers?

Methinks it's getting to be about time that Dodd goes off into the sunset to spend more time with his family.

Obdicut: burndtdan: it's bad politics at the very least.

Well, my feeling is that either money is free speech, or it isn't. I, personally, feel that money should not be treated as speech-- but that doesn't matter. The current state of things is that money, with restrictions, is treated as speech.

To me, there is therefore little difference in Dodd meeting with this guy, or accepting him as a fundraiser. Either way, under our current system, he's listening to his speech.

Now, if Dodd was getting sweet-ass plane trips from the guy, or work done on his house, or anything like that that falls outside the realm of what's accepted and legal, I'd be all over him. But this form of speech-- campaign fundraising-- is completely legitimate in our system.

And in terms of associating with or listening to hedge fund managers in crafting regulation-- as long as they're not invited to actually draft portions of the bill, they deserve to be able to plead their case just as much as anyone else does.

well, assuming that this guy isn't a corrupt douchebag for the sake of argument (though i don't know that), the problem wouldn't be one of substance, but one of image.

bad politics. it's not a great time to be seen hobnobbing with billionaire hedge fund managers.

RemyDuron: In the market, betting against something generally inspires over people to bet against it, then that makes the price lower, making the prediction come true.

So... Paulson predicts that the subprime market will collapse, so people stop paying their mortgages?

"Honey, would you look at this? Some hedge fund manager thinks we won't pay our mortgage!"

"We'll show him! Let's stop paying!"

"Ah, jolly good. I haven't had a good eviction since '72."

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That place does not sound very racist. Why would you want to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to hang out with a bunch of rich jews if you are not jewish?

burndtdan: bad politics. it's not a great time to be seen hobnobbing with billionaire hedge fund managers.

Oh, I get you. Yes, it's a bad PR move. Maybe it's just been so long since Dodd created any good PR he doesn't even recognize the concept.

PascalsGhost: Are you honestly telling me that Poltico was able to use this weak ass Jedi mind trick on you and make you think this doesn't happen 100 times a day in both parties? I mean, thin about what you just said...

I have. I am sick and tired of politicians being used by these f*ckers. It is exactly this kind of situation that leads to the industry creating the very legislation that "regulates" them. This has to stop. It has nothing to do with Politico. It has everything to do with people having unfair access and influence on the people who oversee them.

It's a combination of things. Dodd, is a very douchetastic Senator. Ask his constituents.

Chris Dodd reminds me of Buddy Kane, the Real Estate King.

NewportBarGuy: I have. I am sick and tired of politicians being used by these f*ckers. It is exactly this kind of situation that leads to the industry creating the very legislation that "regulates" them. This has to stop. It has nothing to do with Politico. It has everything to do with people having unfair access and influence on the people who oversee them.

Then the problem is in treating money as speech.

NewportBarGuy: PascalsGhost: Are you honestly telling me that Poltico was able to use this weak ass Jedi mind trick on you and make you think this doesn't happen 100 times a day in both parties? I mean, thin about what you just said...

I have. I am sick and tired of politicians being used by these f*ckers. It is exactly this kind of situation that leads to the industry creating the very legislation that "regulates" them. This has to stop. It has nothing to do with Politico. It has everything to do with people having unfair access and influence on the people who oversee them.

It's a combination of things. Dodd, is a very douchetastic Senator. Ask his constituents.

This is our system, you do realize that, right?

that's the American way.

the best Congress money can buy.

Dodd is fork ready at this point.

SurfaceTension: Methinks it's getting to be about time that Dodd goes off into the sunset to spend more time with his family.

He has this 10 acre waterfront place over in Ireland that he can take his family to, I heard he got a steal on it from a real-estate buddy.

AlwaysRightBoy: He has this 10 acre waterfront place over in Ireland that he can take his family to, I heard he got a steal on it from a real-estate buddy.

That place gets bigger and nicer everytime somebody WARGRBBLS about it. LOL.

Occam's Chainsaw: At this point, if you're not categorically voting against the incumbent except in notable exceptions of incredibly high competency, you're doing it wrong.

Unless you think the challenger is even more incompetent and doesn't represent your views. I'm not willing to sacrifice my voice in Congress just to vote out an incumbent.

I don't get it. I'm no Dodd fan but we're talking about a hedge fund manager who called the sub-prime mortgage bust correctly and-

"Paulson has been an active participant in the debate over hedge fund regulation, arguing that his industry needs new government regulation."

So, there's Politico's first beef. And as to the second one, as other people have said- when did Jews stop being minorities?!? If this was an all-black club would the story be the same?

PascalsGhost: AlwaysRightBoy: He has this 10 acre waterfront place over in Ireland that he can take his family to, I heard he got a steal on it from a real-estate buddy.

That place gets bigger and nicer everytime somebody WARGRBBLS about it. LOL.

You're right, it's just a little old working mans "cottage".

AlwaysRightBoy: right, it's just a little old working mans "cottage".

LOL. Listen, Dodd is a douche. I'd imagine he is corrupt. That being said, when the right pretty much manufactures shiat out of thin air and harps on it with no evidence over and over, you do y ourself no favors. There is ZERO evidence that there is anything illegal about the cottage, what he paid, how he reports it, ect.

The entire bullshiat stroy is the fabrication of an ex-Republican idiot writting "editorials" in a newspaper. No facts, no sources, nothing. It may sound "truthy", but there is nothing illegal to it. At all.

It's ACORN, flag pins, birth cerificates, secret Marxist Muslims, ect. It's the same kind of WARGRBBBL.

these idiots are corrupt. Anybody with half a frkking brain could easily find REAL, FACTUAL dirt on them. What does that tell you about the intelligence of the right?

Typical

PascalsGhost: AlwaysRightBoy: right, it's just a little old working mans "cottage".

LOL. Listen, Dodd is a douche. I'd imagine he is corrupt. That being said, when the right pretty much manufactures shiat out of thin air and harps on it with no evidence over and over, you do y ourself no favors. There is ZERO evidence that there is anything illegal about the cottage, what he paid, how he reports it, ect.

The entire bullshiat stroy is the fabrication of an ex-Republican idiot writting "editorials" in a newspaper. No facts, no sources, nothing. It may sound "truthy", but there is nothing illegal to it. At all.

It's ACORN, flag pins, birth cerificates, secret Marxist Muslims, ect. It's the same kind of WARGRBBBL.

these idiots are corrupt. Anybody with half a frkking brain could easily find REAL, FACTUAL dirt on them. What does that tell you about the intelligence of the right?

True, as far I can tell nothing was illegal. I should have said that his dealings were unethical to say the least, which is why The Senate Ethics Committee has been looking into his dealings.

PascalsGhost: There is ZERO evidence that there is anything illegal about the cottage, what he paid, how he reports it, ect.


Have you SEEN what he reports the place is worth on his taxes?

Spade: PascalsGhost: There is ZERO evidence that there is anything illegal about the cottage, what he paid, how he reports it, ect.


Have you SEEN what he reports the place is worth on his taxes?

Yes, and it is recorded at Irish banks as the same.



AlwaysRightBoy: PascalsGhost: AlwaysRightBoy: right, it's just a little old working mans "cottage".

LOL. Listen, Dodd is a douche. I'd imagine he is corrupt. That being said, when the right pretty much manufactures shiat out of thin air and harps on it with no evidence over and over, you do y ourself no favors. There is ZERO evidence that there is anything illegal about the cottage, what he paid, how he reports it, ect.

The entire bullshiat stroy is the fabrication of an ex-Republican idiot writting "editorials" in a newspaper. No facts, no sources, nothing. It may sound "truthy", but there is nothing illegal to it. At all.

It's ACORN, flag pins, birth cerificates, secret Marxist Muslims, ect. It's the same kind of WARGRBBBL.

these idiots are corrupt. Anybody with half a frkking brain could easily find REAL, FACTUAL dirt on them. What does that tell you about the intelligence of the right?

True, as far I can tell nothing was illegal. I should have said that his dealings were unethical to say the least, which is why The Senate Ethics Committee has been looking into his dealings.

No. The ethics committee is not looking at the cottage at all. ONE asshole at the Hartford Courant, Kevin Rennie, has made up a shiatload of baseless bullshiat that the right, as is there way, has picked up as factual and fed to the sheep, which, as you prove, have dutifully picked it up too, reality be damned.

Christ on the cross are you people pathetic. Again, Dodd should be an easy mark for some REAL corruption and this is what you pull out? Classic.


Again, the cottage? Legal and ethical. Nothing there.