Quitting: all the cool policticians are doing it

[Bob]

We need more turnover. I don't care if they quit. I vote they all quit and let's start over!

that's a lot of pensions!

 

[30ashopper]

That's one reason I think we need to limit the length of all the campaigns - people are spending more time running FOR the office than they are SERVING in the office!

Also why I think we need campaign finance reform - many elected officials are beholden to their contributors, or the party machine, not their constituents.

Limiting campaign time violates people's rights. If we really want to solve the problems of Washington corruption, we should force Congress to amend the Constitution to enact congressional term limits.

Eliminate the opportunity for people to amass power and you eliminate most of the problems we have with congress.

 

[Bob]

Limiting campaign time violates people's rights. If we really want to solve the problems of Washington corruption, we should force Congress to amend the Constitution to enact congressional term limits.

Eliminate the opportunity for people to amass power and you eliminate most of the problems we have with congress.

then you set up a scenario of newbies on a perpetual learning curve too dependent on their then-corrupt staffs. kill the lobbyist money, level the playing field on tv/media, then people would be held accountable, and new ideas would be heard.

 

[Bob]

I said Nixon was the Father of modern conservative quitters. I really believe, like most people, that when you are elected to political office you are fulfilling a trust given to you by your constituents. That is what democracy is all about. You elect your representatives, for good or bad (and it works both ways) You don't elect the "Joe the Plumber", who is appointed when he runs out the door. Florida is now not fully represented in the middle of one of the worst Senate battles in recent history. Not so funny anymore...is it?

mel martinez is a lightweight who is doing what he is being told behind closed doors. wait for the next move.

 

[Miss Kitty]

On the flip side, John Edwards apparently wasn't busy enough.

...can of worms.

 

[Bob]

...can of worms.

nice house

 

[Miss Kitty]

nice house

sad family

 

[Bob]

sad family

money will do dat

 

[30ashopper]

then you set up a scenario of newbies on a perpetual learning curve too dependent on their then-corrupt staffs. kill the lobbyist money, level the playing field on tv/media, then people would be held accountable, and new ideas would be heard.

You can't - individual rights should not be infringed no matter what.

IMHO a congress filled with newbies interested in serving their country (and nothing else) sure sounds like a better situation than the entrenched power mongering hustlers we have there now.

 

[Miss Kitty]

money will do dat

i'd say it was unzipped pants.