Posted on 04/22/2007 1:23:32 PM PDT by Graybeard58
Connecticut's Sen. Christopher J. Dodd has accomplished the improbable: Despite several months on the campaign trail, he has yet to boost his standing among Democratic presidential candidates into single digits.
Nationally, he polls within the margin of error, making it statistically possible that nobody supports his bid.
In his latest attempt to distinguish himself, Sen. Dodd last week proposed steps that he said are vital to reduce pollution and limit global warming. He called for increasing fuel-economy standards to 50 mpg over the next 10 years and creating a corporate carbon tax that would make businesses pay a per-ton fee for carbon emissions. Explained the senator: "You can't just do this by talking about investing in fuel cells and investing in solar (energy). You've got to have a tough answer. And if you don't have a tough answer, you aren't going to get there."
The key question: Get where?
Does Sen. Dodd really believe that with current gasoline prices, any automotive manufacturer that could offer a competitively priced vehicle capable of getting 50 miles per gallon wouldn't have it on the market now? Or does he expect us all to revert to vehicles so small and light that they can't carry two people and their groceries without a tailwind?
A related question concerns which industries Sen. Dodd has in mind with his carbon-use tax. The domestic steel industry has been gutted, so by far the biggest source of carbon emissions is energy production, meaning that his proposed carbon tax would pass directly through producers and suppliers to consumers in the form of much higher electricity bills. Though purportedly a tax on smokestacks, the real payer would be anyone turning on a light bulb or TV set.
If Sen. Dodd is really so concerned about greenhouse gases, he should limit his own carbon dioxide emissions by keeping his mouth shut unless he has something worth saying.
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“Sen. Dodd’s emissions” Don’t be in the same room with Sen. Dodd when he starts to emit, unless you have an insulation [oxygen] breathing kit with you. A mere filtration gas mask could be insufficient.
Dodd and Biden seem to be neck-and-neck in the contest to see who can be the biggest and most irrelevant blowhard among the Democratic candidates for 2008.
Don’t forget Kucinich.
With Imus of off MSNBC, Dodd lost 90% of his national air time.
I was there that morning, in front of my TV watching "Imus In The Morning", as the honorable Dodd announced his candidacy for the highest office in the world.
He certainly came across as a, uh..., a fine democratic candidate.
However, instead of achieving the rank of POTUS, he most probably retain his current title of POS.
“He called for increasing fuel-economy standards to 50 mpg over the next 10 years and creating a corporate carbon tax that would make businesses pay a per-ton fee for carbon emissions.”
Who receives the tax? Still waiting on the media to tell us this.
Still waiting.
dodd = kennedy = two total lossers.
The two most important Senators running for President, to themselves.
I cannot begin to describe how much I disrespect Dodd, Biden, Kennedy, Kerry, Boxer, Leahy, Feinstein and Reid. Profanity is not allowed and so my comments cannot be completed here.
These people have hurt the country. I’ll leave it at that.
I’ve watched Dennis for years.He is the gold standard of wack-jobs.
Ahh yes,the sandwich brothers.
Yep... which only proves money doesn’t give you class. You are either born with it or you aren’t. Obviously these two wouldn’t know class if they tripped over it.
Sometimes I wonder how these guys get elected...and re-elected...in the first place.
I don’t believe that even Dodd is stupid enough to think
he has a chance at the nomination. I think these fringe
candidates have figured out a way to steal from the Federal Matching Funds-—like Sharpton-—live really high on the hog, put a bunch of relatives on the payroll.
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