Like Him Or Not, Chris Dodd Has Shown More Leadership Today

[ThomWV]

That all of the other would be candidates that are or have been in the Senate have shown in the last 3 years.

[AX10]

1. I believe that Biden has shown leadership too.

.

[ThomWV]

3. I said 'today' and I meant it. I like Biden too, but Dodd has outdone everyone

This is real leadership.

[AX10]

5. I agree.

[Tejanocrat]

9. Yeah, Biden showed what kind of leader he'd be when be voted to eliminate bankruptcy protections for

the middle class.

Biden SUCKS!

[AX10]

10. ....

:thumbsdown:

[Horse with no Name]

2. Agreed. I hope the other Democrats are taking note.

THIS is how to win an election.

[skipos]

4. On this issue, yes. But that isn't enough for me to make him my 1st choice

I would have no problem voting for him if he is our nominee.

[ThomWV]

14. I didn't say he was my choice either, I just said that this is REAL LEADERSHIP. Others take note.

[Nite Owl]

6. I doubt that he is going to get the

nomination but wouldn't he be a great majority leader.

[Tejanocrat]

7. K & R -- Dodd is now my second choice. Why the hell didn't Hillary, Biden, or Obama show half Dodd's

guts?

[Virginia Dare]

8. I like him, I think he's a solid candidate getting no traction...n/t

[msongs]

11. more leadership than obama has in 45 years nt

[donkeyotay]

12. He was great today, he really was. nt

[bigscott]

13. at least ONE of my Senators

is a wonderful man and a Patriot

:woohoo:

[malaise]

15. Dodd's father was a Nuremberg lawyer

There is precedent for defending law and order. Bravo Chris Dodd.

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http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC/findaids/Dodd_Thomas/MSS19940065.html

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As the war ended, the Allied Powers prepared to convene a military tribunal to prosecute accused Nazi war criminals. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, the head of the American legal team, requested that Dodd join the jurists assembling at Nuremberg, Germany. Dodd served as Vice-Chairman of the Review Board and Executive Trial Counsel. The latter position rendered Dodd the second ranking U.S. lawyer and s supervisor of the day-to-day management of the U.S. prosecution team. He shaped many of the strategies and policies through which this unprecedented trial took place and frequently dealt with other Allied legal notables such as Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe of Great Britain and Lieutenant General Roman Rudenko of the Soviet Union. Dodd concentrated upon proving the charge of conspiracy to wage aggressive war and consequently cross-examined German industrialists as well as military and political leaders. He reconstructed the will of the last president of the Weimar Republic, Paul von Hindenburg, to reveal that the Nazis had falsified this document to help justify Chancellor Adolph Hitler's consolidation of power.

Dodd presented portions of virtually every aspect of the prosecution's case. He developed a degree of notoriety for displaying the shrunken head of a concentration camp inmate during the trial. Some attorneys deemed such behavior grandstanding and they did not appreciate Dodd's flair for the dramatic. As one of the few civilian lawyers among the U.S. prosecutors, Dodd privately expressed an acute self-consciousness of his unique status. He also experienced the intense loneliness common among Nuremberg staffers separated from their families.

Dodd's Nuremberg work enhanced his stature and visibility back in the United States. He received a Presidential Citation, the U.S. Medal of Freedom, and the Czechoslovakian Order of the White Lion for his outstanding efforts.

[zabet]

16. Today....

I looked at Chris Dodd
in his element. Fighting
for what he believes in.
Taking a stand when he had
fellow senators who could not
be bothered to show up and
vote.

[bbgrunt]

17. Thank you, Chris Dodd for your awesome show of strength and leadership.