On Fox News Sunday, Chris Dodd expressed outrage that anyone would complain about the various boards that his wife sits on. According to Dodd, no one would complain if a female Senator had her husband sitting on the same boards. Nice try Chris! The truth is that this is not a sexist attack on Dodd's wife. Rather, it is a complaint that the Dodds are cashing in on his position by having her wife sit on the boards of companies that want something from Dodd. Well Dodd says that he never discusses with his wife what those companies want -- sure, he talks to the lobbyists and it is mere coincidence that his wife gets thousands of dollars each year for sitting on those boards.
Look, the real test is to look at how many boards Mrs. Dodd sat on before she married the senator. How does the number ZERO sound (and -to be fair- I am not allowing those where she got the position when it was clear that she and Dodd were to be married). These positions are political payoffs to Dodd and no amount of supposed outrage over the sexism of it all changes that fact. Dodd needs to go -- and NOW!!!!!!
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