August 03, 2007
Dodd Makes Fool of Himself on O'Reilly
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) was supposed to appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" Wednesday night, but the entire show was pre-empted due to the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis.
However, he appeared last night (in a pre-taped segment) to "discuss" Daily Kos and his pending appearance at their convention this weekend. I first wrote about it here. Well, I saw the segment last night and I have to tell you, Dodd came off looking like the stiff I know him to be. He also came off looking like a complete tool. Hot Air has the video of what ended up being a shout fest between him and O'Reilly. Hot Air also shows Dennis Miller's reaction to the segment, which needless to say didn't do Dodd any favors.
It comes down to this: Dodd has probably never seen Daily Kos, and he likely doesn't watch O'Reilly's show. As Bernard Goldberg pointed out in one of the show's later segments, Dodd's presidential polling number is an asterisk, and that he would use this appearance on the otherwise verboten Fox News in order to add funds to his tiny campaign coffers. (He was right, of course; check out Dodd's campaign website.)
Dodd kept yammering about how the only reason O'Reilly was picking on DailyKos was because of its ideology. He kept calling it a "community" of people -- as though that excuses some of the vile rhetoric the site is responsible for. In fact, he barely acknowledged the photo of Rove, Bush and Joe Lieberman in flagrante delicto that appears on DailyKos, except to say something like, "Of course it's unacceptable, but that's not the point..." Um, yes, Mr. Dodd, that is the point.
In the end, he may end up getting a few extra donations, but that's all this appearance will do for Dodd. O'Reilly's regular viewers aren't likely to vote for him anyway, and he showed his obvious disdain for them by going on not to civilly discuss the issue, but to behave like the proverbial bull in a china shop.
Fortunately for Dodd, he'll have his cushy seat in the Senate to keep him busy when his presidential aspirations go the way of the dodo. Connecticut's libs are more than happy to keep re-electing him.
UPDATE: John Hawkins discusses the legacy of Daily Kos on his column at Town Hall today.
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[dodd] likely doesn't watch O'Reilly's show. In my book that makes him a better person, and smarter, than you.
how can you watch, and WRITE about that tripe?
Posted by: fuzzy_turtle at August 4, 2007 07:34 AMi cannot stand oreilly unless Michelle Malkin or Laura Ingraham are guest hosting.
the WORST is when Geraldo fills in...
Posted by: aaron at August 4, 2007 02:05 PMI am all for eliminating a candidate's current position when they run for another office. In my opinion, that would cut down on the pretenders who clog the airwaves and embarrass themselves ad nauseum. Do you hear me, Dodd?
Oh, and congratulations on yet another Troll, Pam!
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 4, 2007 10:50 PMso ur on a blog supporting internet censorship against dailykos.... you`ve really thought this through huh?
are you that easily manipulated by bill?
is the pic that vile...? if so welcome to the internet.....
Posted by: jon at August 5, 2007 02:57 AMWelcome to the world of Internet blog success - you have now attracted intelligent people (Aaron) and the lunatic fringe (jon and fuzzy turtle).
Pam, you just keep getting better and better. And I am totally with you on the "resign the current office" idea - except that we'd not have Joe Lieberman to drive his fellow Dems crackers if that law had been in effect when he was on the national ticket! Heck, given John Kerry's track record and the likely no-show status of the current crop of hopeful idiots - they don't show up for their day jobs anyway! So why should we pay them?
Gayle - HEY! I'm not intelligent??? *sniff*
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at August 7, 2007 12:03 AMWyatt - you are so intelligent it goes without SAYING! (Did that work?)
Seriously - Senator Dodd would fail as a presidential candidate because he's butt ugly!
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