Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what's happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they'd better pass Hollywood's favorite legislation... or else: "Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,"

This certainly follows what many people assumed was happening, and fits with the anonymous comments from studio execs that they will stop contributing to Obama, but to be so blatant about this kind of corruption and money-for-laws politics in the face of an extremely angry public is a really, really, really tone deaf response from Dodd.

It shows, yet again, that he just doesn't get it. People were protesting not just because of the content of these bills, but because of the corrupt process of big industries like Dodd's "buying" politicians and "buying" laws. To then come out and make that threat explicit isn't a way to fix things or win back the public. It's just going to get them more upset, and to recognize just how corrupt this process is. If Dodd, as he said in yesterday's NY Times, really wanted to turn things around and come to a more reasonable result, this is exactly how not to do it. It shows, yet again, a DC-insider's mindset. He used Fox News to try to "send a message" to politicians. But the internet already sent a much louder message... and, even worse for Dodd, he bizarrely sent his message in a way that everyone who's already fed up with this kind of corruption can see it too. It really makes you wonder what he's thinking and how someone so incompetent at this could keep his job.

Read on

http://www.techdirt....ay-bought.shtml

I'm guessing their not happy when they "pay" to get laws that benefit them and their "bribery" just bites themselves in the ***.

I love that picture PK.

MPAA chief Chris Dodd stunned by SOPA defeat, hit with White House petition over comments

In response, a petition went up at We The People, demanding the White House investigate. “This is an open admission of bribery and a threat designed to provoke a specific policy goal,” read the petition. “This is a brazen flouting of the “above the law” status people of Dodd’s position and wealth enjoy.” The petition quickly collected the 25,000 signatures it needed, which means the White House will have to respond, either through the President or someone in his administration.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/mpaa-chief-chris-dodd-stunned-by-sopa-defeat-hit-with-white-house-petition-over-comments/

this should be good.

My initial thought, too, Whiteboy.