As we say here in GA, ‘I heard that!’. I suffered for 20+ yrs w Ted Kennedy & Kerry as my senators [born & raised in FL, but did a long stint in MA]. When I finally got back to the south, first thing I did was look up my reps. All three Republicans—I was so happy.
Yet almost immediately the first Amnesty push hit, & I saw exactly what Chambliss & Isakson were all about. It was such a let down.
Can’t imagine what you suffer w Lamar—not to mention your Dem rep. I didn’t realize parts of TN were that liberal. Condolences!
We’re overrepresented with establishment RINOs in TN in the top offices. This is largely because they have the big $$ and because we have no party registration and wide-open primaries (so Dems can vote for the most liberal R candidates) with no runoffs. Neither Lamar! or Corker were the choice of the Conservative base.
Lamar! was also smart in that he made sure to rack up all the major elected officials for his 3rd term, so they’re all reduced to repeating talking points shilling for him, which is sickening.
My main beef with Lamar! is that back when he was Governor, he steadfastly refused to leave that office 2 years early to run for Howard Baker’s Senate seat, leaving a hapless candidate to battle Al Gore. For a long time, we were saddled with THAT nutter and his seatmate, Jim “Daff-uh-zit” Sasser. TN is far more Republican and Conservative these days, but our members (at least the Senators) have yet to reflect that. We should be sending Ted Cruz types, instead of these go along to get along country clubbers.