[MikeA]

Good riddance to this brain addled dope. His parting shot is to put government deeper into my pocket and deeper into the regulation of business and the economy? Goodbye to bad trash.

[Darkwolf377]

Sen. James Jeffords this week is expected to introduce the last major piece of legislation in his 40-year political career. The bill, if it becomes law, would slash America’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than half over the next 50 years, making it one of the most aggressive environmental measures in recent history.

If he were serious about cleaning up the environment he wouldn't waste the paper that useless bill is printed on.

[The Electrician]

So, does his apparent dementia explain his treasonous defection to the dark side? No sane person would have willingly given power to the likes of Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and Tom Daschle (to name a few)...

[John Lenin]

Jeffords is independent alright, probably a shill for France.

[My2Cents]

Once this gasbag retires, there will be fewer hothouse gases emitted.

[TSchmereL]

What is wrong with the people in Vermont? What do these people think? I don't understand how they could elect a person like Jeffords.

[kabar]

If he or his staff had any integrity, Jeffords should step down immediately. I suspect his staff is more interested in keeping their jobs and proping up this "Weekend at Bernies" senator until his term expires. It is a travesty in much the same way that Strom Thurmond was used.

[Lancey Howard]

Jeffords “is definitely not a show horse,”

LOL! No, he's a horse's behind.

[DustyMoment]

The bill, if it becomes law, would slash America’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than half over the next 50 years, making it one of the most aggressive environmental measures in recent history.

DOA!

[operation clinton cleanup]

That medical condition they say has impinged on his ability to make speeches, write legislation and even appear on the Senate floor without significant support from his staff.

That explains everything.

[justche]

If someone is clearly unable to do his job, why are the other senators not removing him? What is the process for that?

[ozzymandus]

Well, if he gets too senile to be a senator, they can always make him a judge.

[surely_you_jest]

Sounds to me as though Jeffords is drawing a paycheck under false pretenses, and that members of his staff are complicit in this fraud upon the taxpayers.

[Cicero]

Well, I voted for Jeffords the last time around, because the alternative was a Democrat who was even further to the left.

I had no idea he was going to jump the party, and neither did anyone else. That was the essence of his betrayal, that he ran as a Republican but promptly switched parties after getting elected on false pretenses. Leaving the party and running as a Democrat or independent would have been a whole different matter.

After that betrayal, I certainly wouldn't vote for him again under any circumstances. It sounds as if he has Alzheimer's or something similar. But in any case, after his betrayal I don't know who would vote for him if he had run again. There are, or were, a lot of "Thanks, Jim" bumper stickers in Vermont. But those were all on Democrat cars. Unless he ran on the Democrat ticket, which I doubt they would have offered him, he couldn't possibly have won again. Everyone would have voted against him. No one likes a traitor, not even those who thanked him at the time for his help.

[Enchante]

"Longtime political observers say that his staff has largely protected him from the media because of an unspecified health problem that has affected his memory. That medical condition they say has impinged on his ability to make speeches, write legislation and even appear on the Senate floor without significant support from his staff."

Sad for him and his family, but outrageous for his state and the country - so he is severely impaired yet his liberal staffers do not want to lose their gravy train and ability to influence legislation, so they have been propping him up like some "Weekend at Bernie's" doll...... that is sick. Let the unfortunate man retire with dignity and be properly cared for, not treated like some sock-puppet for liberals.

[RJL]

Sen. James Jeffords this week is expected to introduce the last major piece of legislation in his 40-year political career.

LOL... Yeah, I'm sure the Republicans will get right on Jumpin Jim's farewell bill.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I'd be surprised if Republicans passed a bill that would put out a fire in Jim's waste basket.

[bert]

It wasn't a week end at Bernies. Apparently it was a weekend far away from prying eyes in Costa Rica

[EDINVA]

so, bottom line, Vermonters don't HAVE a Junior Senator ... they have a STAFF acting on his (and their) behalf ? Even tho in practice this is true in all 100 Senate offices, in most cases the elected official has some say, gives some direction to that staff. If it were any other state, I guess it would matter. They already have Leahy. Next up: Bernie Sanders. Makes California or New York look good.

[Straight Vermonter]

I thought Jeffords was out of it when I first met him in 1987. He is without question the dimmest bulb I have ever know who held any position of importance.

I wish him well in his post-Senate life but he should have left a while ago.

[facedown]

Talk about a "useful idiot".