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Saturday, November 04, 2006

The Curious Chris Dodd Snub of Lieberman


Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has raised more than a few eyebrows during this campaign over his support for Ned Lamont, the man who challenged Senator Joseph Lieberman in the Democrat primary. Lamont beat Lieberman in the primary to become the standard-bearer for the Party in the U.S. Senate race.

A mere 24 hours prior to Lieberman's defeat in the primary, Dodd had proclaimed his long-time friend and colleague to be 'one of the greatest Senators in American history.' 2 days after the primary Dodd was endorsing Lamont although Lieberman decided to campaign to keep his seat as an Independent.

Dodd has also made a quite a few campaign appearances on behalf of Lamont.

The actions of his long-time friend have left Lieberman a bit perplexed, although he graciously speaks of Dodd in friendly terms and says they will continue to work together. Some of the voters in Connecticut, however, question how it is that just two days after issuing glowing praise for Lieberman, Dodd proceeds to snub his friend in endorsing Lamont.

The is really no question here at all. To Senator Dodd, Party loyalty is the end-all and be-all of politics. Even friendship should not get in the way.

Heaven forbid a politician should challenge his or her Party's leadership and speak out of their conscience. Apparently to the Democrats this is the unpardonable sin.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Dodd is a disgrace and a loser witness his primary defeat in Iowa. How this fat piece of garbage thought he had a chance in a national election is beyond the electorate.
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