Smedley_buzk**l wrote:
I would have thought better of Cornyn. I hope TX remembers this. I would have been surprised had Lindsey Grahamnesty's name NOT been on here, or Lisa Murkowski, currently competing with Collins of Maine for World's Most Unwanted RINO.
It all boils down to lack of term limits. The founders didn't intend for us to be saddled with a permanent ruling class, they envisioned the American people sending hard working, successful citizens to Washington for a term or two, then having them go home and pick up where they left off while others were sent to govern for a term or two. They knew that this way, those serving would go with full knowledge of the will of their neighbors and fellow countrymen and serve without the encumbrance of any career considerations.
With politicians making careers of politics, serving in the House and/or the Senate for decades, it's inevitable that the trappings of power and the ability to live beyond the means of most of their constituents without having to produce anything has a narcotic effect. It's human nature. They become parasites on the taxpayer's dime.
I'd wager, if such a wager were possible, that if the founders had given more thought to it and realized where a lack thereof was going to lead us, term limits would have been written firmly into the Constitution.
These political careerists become more adept, out of perceived necessity, of ensuring their political survival than they will ever be at solving the nation's problems. They make deals geared more toward their own re-e******n than toward the concerns or betterment of their constituents' lot, spread the wealth, on the back of the taxpayer, where needed within their home districts' political organizations to retain local nominations every e******n and as often as not kick problems down the road instead of solving them to preserve them for future campaign promises or causes they can recycle from term to term.
If the v**ers in their respective districts are too stupid to figure out their being had by swamp dwelling parasites whose concerns about We, the People are how much they can bulls**t us for v**es, they deserve what they get, and face it: if you talk to most people, they are clueless about who and what they're actually v****g for.
Unfortunately, most Americans have become complacent and no longer adhere to the great Thomas Jefferson's statement that it is incumbent upon every American to look over the politicians' shoulders and keep an eye on what they're doing on our behalf.