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Chris Dodd's Campaign Manager

As I wrote back in March (http://freetheelephant2012.com/?s=chris+dodd&x=38&y=4) It seems that Mr. Dodd is in a wee bit of trouble. Typically if you put the words Countrywide and AIG together it equals death and this is no difference. I am please to see that the great people of Connecticut have decided to not donate any money to his re-election campaign this time around and I hope (PRAY) that the Republican Party can get organized and put a strong candidate up against whoever the Dem is Dodd or not (From Fox News):

“According to the Connecticut Post, the chairman of the Senate banking committee raised $4,250 from five state residents in the first three months of 2009. Close to 400 donors outside Connecticut made up the rest of the donations. Dodd pulled in another $437,000 from political action committees and other similar groups, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.”

5 residents contributed? 5? Let’s put this in perspective…I have sold 5 freaking magnets so far? The Dodd 5 will not help him get elected when the votes are counted just like only 5 magent sales will certainly not help us Free The Elephant in 2012!

Thanks to Gent H. from Chapel Hill, NC for his purchase today of a magnet!

No cameras. No glitz. No town meetings. Yesterday I posted that the spending bill to ‘keep the government running’ was going to pass and I posted the breakdown regarding which Senators were responsible for this. Obama had the opportunity to veto this bill and he did not.

“I am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it’s necessary for the ongoing functions of government, and we have a lot more work to do. We can’t have Congress bogged down at this critical juncture in our economic recovery. But I also view this as a departure point for more far-reaching change”

I run for office ,I speak time and time again about a certain topic because my opponent seems to have a really good grasp on this topic and start to sound a lot like my opponent on this topic. When I get into office I actually have a chance to completely embrace my election stance that resembled my opponents with a chance to veto legislation completely contrary to what my candidacy stated it would do and what do I do? I approve an ‘imperfect bill’ because I do not want the Congress to be ’bogged down’.

Coward. Free The Elephant 2012.

This is a very nice breakdown of all of the pieces of pork in the latest spending bill. There is not a huge disparity between Dems and Republicans, but it certainly is valuable information and a nice way to see where your elected representative contributed:

http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?category=&type=Project&proj_id=1961&action=Headlines%20By%20TCS

What did the two candidates say about pork in the last election? They started to sound a lot alike, didn’t they? I am hearing that Cyndi Lauper song in my head right now and I cannot get it to go away!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_go_co/congress_spending

Can I have mine pulled on a roll? I do not care if this is “last year’s business”, I do not want to hear any excuses making me feel like you have to sign this.  This is crazy.  Someone tell me WHY this needs to be passed immediately? My favorite BS quote? “This last year’s business,” said Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag on “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos.  “We want to just move on.  Let’s get this bill done, get it into law, and move forward.”

 WTF?  Free the Elephant!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/03/president-obama.html