Posted on 10/05/2015 8:24:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
A few don’t. Ted Cruz, Duncan Hunter...
Why Republicans turn into Democrats, in other words.
They need $$$ so guys like Rubio sell out once elected to stay in power. The power and money become the point instead of whatever lofty ideals they had going in.
We’ve entered the post-democracy phase of American history.
Trump has confused the pundits, but he’s running as a traditional populist, appealing to the Reagan Democrats.
Notice the Teamsters may endorse him because of his Pat Buchanan-esque anti-NAFTA stance.
If people would research who they vote for, they would find their ‘conservatives’ are moderates at best and many have strong ties to the GOPe machine. REGARDLESS of their current TEA claims.
Publish their names repeatedly and don’t reelect them. Unless they’re really stupid, the rest will get our message. Bye Bye Moderate. You’re fired.
The “Good ol’ Boys” grab them on the first day and convince them of the “Go Along, Get Along” requirement if they want committee jobs, financial support and “K” Street money. IOW they are herded into the fold before they know where the toilets are.
5.56mm
The real reason is that stupid and lazy conservative voters vote them into office and then allow these phony “conservatives” to vote with the GOPe Big Government lobby until they come up for the next election. Any office holder who has voted with Boehner and McConnell, or has done nothing to expose them as corrupt, should have lost his/her primary the second time they ran.
Some of them, like Rubio, are actually democrats pretending to be conservatives in order to get elected. They aren’t really turning into democrats. They always were democrats and are finally showing their true colors.
Strict term limits are needed.
It's what happened in California with term limits. It became a revolving door for lobbyists and staffers.
Carry, I always figured that if their time in office was shortened, they would just feather their nests even more vigorously.
Wish we could get rid of lobbyists. They’ve really ruined things.
Correct. If their nest isn't prepared in advance, they won't even run for office. Term limits assure a nameless stream of unknown whores with ulterior motives, nothing but pretty faces and glad hands.
I don’t believe this number. Boehner actually had to resign within a year, which is proof that enough of them have some influence. (Many do, but its usually over a period of many years)
You mean there was some truth and not just Hollywood dramatics in the early DC scenes in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"? Wowzers...knock me over with a feather...
That being the case, let's just save everyone from going to DC to "sell out to the highest bidders" and set firm term limits of six years - period!
That would be three terms in the House and one Senate term. I used to believe that twelve years should be a maximum but considering earning power outside of government, twelve years is too long!
Six years leaves plenty of time for a person to return home to an actual job or career and have a life among their peers - not a lifetime inside the Beltway on the taxpayer's dime!
Once they are there beyond six years, they are almost forced to sell out mom and pop back home, for their own future. No wonder these guys and gals act like they are special - they ARE!
They no longer have any concept of what it takes to live in the real world and funny thing about that, nothing matters to them.
It reminds me of my kids in their teen years.
They knew everything - except how to get by, how to earn a living, how to pay the bills, take care of the home, the car(s), even themselves but they sure could tell us "how hard it was, going to school, turning in papers on time, studying for tests, making or keeping friends," etc.
We, their parents "just didn't understand" and I guess it's the same with all of our Congress. We, their voters, "just don't understand how hard it is to do what they promised" when they wanted our votes, our money and our support!
Well buddy, after reading this article, now I get it. I don't like it but I do get it so from now on, I'm for term limits to save them from themselves!
The founding fathers got rid of the kings. Unfortunately, they’ve been recreated in the House and Senate. The leadership system corrupts representative government. I haven’t figured out a better method, but there must be one.
Give me a break. Most of them are freaking lawyers. They shouldn’t have been elected in the first place. But once they have been then they should properly represent their constituents. That’s right, represent. Properly. Then they should go back home to chase ambulances or whatever.
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