Knows how to deal with "big business...?"

Golden Leash Award

The Golden Leash Award was presented to Dodd by Public Campaign, April 29, 1998: "The Golden Leash is a symbol of the ties between special interest money and elected officials. It is awarded to Members of Congress who demonstrate egregious conduct in the quid pro quo practice of dollar democracy.

"This award serves as a reminder of Senator Dodd's acceptance of $910,304 in campaign cash from January 1993 to December 1997 from the Securities, Investment, Accounting and High-Tech Computer industries... Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers and others donat[ed] $523,551 in PAC and individual contributions. The accounting industry — perhaps the biggest winners in the 1995 securities litigation reform law — donated $345,903 in PAC and individual contributions. This includes such giants as Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand, among others. Deloitte & Touche's contributions to Senator Dodd increased nearly five-fold from 1995 to 1996 soon after Congress passed the reform law the industry championed. The computer industry — a fairly new player in the campaign contribution field — ponied up $40,850 in contributions."

Public Campaign's report cites the following examples: Dodd was an original cosponsor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and he helped to organize the Senate's override of President Bill Clinton's veto. The National Securities Market Improvement Act, which ultimately weakened oversight that would have protected investors. Dodd lined up as a cosponsor of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, an extension of the earlier securities litigation legislation. The bill was strongly supported by The Uniform Standards Coalition, an ad-hoc group of securities, accounting and high-tech computer firms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dodd 

I disagree with you completely. Dodd is not the only voice for getting out of Iraq immediately. Dennis Kucinich is the ONLY democratic candidate for President who not only voted against authorizing the use of force in Iraq, but he consistently voted against funding the war. If Dodd was against the war, why did he vote to fund it? Funding the war prolongs the war and continues the killing. Dennis Kucinich has promised that he will bring the troops home immediately upon taking office.

Throughout Dennis Kucinich's life of public service, he has repeatedly shown courage by standing up for the interests of the people. As mayor of Cleveland, he blocked a private takeover of the city's public electric system. The banks, which were tied in with those who wanted to purchase Muny Light, threatened not to renew the city's credit if he refused to sell. This forced the city into default, and Kucinich lost his reelection bid and effectively sacrificed his political career. Years later, Cleveland was able to make a huge expansion of the municipal power company; something that would not have been possible if Kucinich had caved to the corporate interests. He saved the citizens of Cleveland hundreds of millions of dollars. The people of Ohio recognized his political courage and elected him to Congress in 1996.

Dennis Kucinich says that one of his first acts in office will be to cancel NAFTA and WTO, free trade policies which have facilitated a mass exodus of American jobs, especially in the manufacturing and technology sectors. Dennis will protect American workers in this way and by creating a system of universal, not-for-profit, single payer health care: Medicare for All. He is the ONLY candidate for President with the courage to stand up to the health insurance industry and declare that the for-profit aspect of health care must end. He recognizes that the insurance companies make enormous profits not providing health care; they deny coverage, deny procedures, and have Americans trapped in a cycle of premiums, co-pays and deductibles. 46 million Americans currently have no health insurance at all. Another 50 million have inadequate health insurance. Opponents of the Kucinich plan claim we will face rationing like in Canada or the UK-- wait-- what we have right now is worse than rationing. We have 46 million people who don't get any care at all, until they're so bad off that they go to the emergency room and then go home with enormous bills. This is wrong, and Dennis Kucinich has a plan to stop it. No plan will be flawless, but Medicare for All will ensure that every American is covered for all necessary care, including vision, dental, and mental health, and we won't have to worry about the cost of seeing a doctor when we're ill.

Please take the time to learn about Dennis Kucinich. The media may try to portray him as a far-left liberal, but don't be fooled. The media, owned by corporate giants, don't want to see Kucinich elected because they know he would work for the people, for the middle class and the poor and those whose voices have been silenced or ignored by previous administrations. He can't be bought and he can't be bossed. Dennis Kucinich is polling in 4th place in New Hampshire right now, and a couple of polls have placed him in 4th place nation-wide. Even without the media's help, his message spreading, and I hope you will take a moment to learn more about him. www.dennis4president.com.

Sincerely,

Jamethiel