There is ample evidence that Paul Hodes toes the line, is a Kool Aid drinker, and a reliable party hack. Each effort to sell himself as having fiscal integrity or ethics is met with an abundance of contradictory evidence. So to suggest that he is an independent thinker lacks veracity unless you mean independent from reality. To further demonstrate this break Hodes spokesman Bergman (not Ingrid but Mark) defended his paymaster from a recent attack on his record.



Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY) is
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Unions are historically more corrupt than the business community. Yet when a corporation donates money in a manner some left wing fringe group finds unacceptable, we are treated to flash mobs and media hype.
Cynicism is the proper lens through which all political activity should be viewed--particularly by incumbents---so pardon my skepticism but this latest legislative effort by Paul Hodes strikes me as a bit hollow.
All you folks (regardless of your sexual disorientation) who’ve gone and gotten yourselves hitched by a JP or someone else who performs a legitimate civil union just got hosed by one federal judge in Northern California.
In keeping with the holier than thou New Hampshire Democrat Party “rules” committee’s abhorrence of money from 'corrupt' sources, we bring you Chuck Schumer, New York Senator, Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, and committee member on Banking, Finance, and judiciary.
Reading Paul Hodes blog at the daily KoS is the literary-equivalent of watching monkeys throw poo.