Tag Archive 'chris-dodd'

Kent Conrad is lying

Posted by Moonage on 18 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Ethics, Polls

Kent Conrad, DEMOCRAT from North Dakota, and Chris Dodd, DEMOCRAT from Connecticut, have been caught up in a bit of a mini-scandal.  It may get bigger, but I doubt it.  Now, both have made the same claim.  They both have have received very favorable loans from Countrywide while the rest of the country was getting [...]

Bush vetoes the Iraqi pullout bill ( and restores the Constitution )

Posted by Moonage on 02 May 2007 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Legislative Process, National Security, Political Correctness, Politics, Polls

Yesterday Bush vetoed the Iraqi pullout bill. In that bill, it had emergency spending for the military as well. That was both expected politically, and I expected it for bigger reasons. Spending will be done one way or another until a proper funding bill is presented. The war won’t stop [...]

How close do you need to be to the border to feel you KNOW the border problems?

Posted by Moonage on 18 May 2006 | Tagged as: Border Control, National Politics

Reading from Powerline, here’s the list of who voted AGAINST the border wall:

Daniel Akaka
Jeff Bingaman
Maria Cantwell
Chris Dodd
Richard Durbin
Russ Feingold
Daniel Inouye
Jim Jeffords
Ted Kennedy
Frank Lautenberg
Robert Menendez
Joe Lieberman
Patty Murray
Barak Obama
Jack Reed
Paul Sarbanes

Let’s look at this another way, shall we?

Hawaii - Has no borders. Is separated by the Pacific Ocean.
New Mexico is on the border.
Spokane is about 1,607 [...]