Quitting: all the cool policticians are doing it

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.

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?

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

...can of worms.

nice house

sad family

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.

money will do dat

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.

i'd say it was unzipped pants.

money got him in the motel room though

don't forget the hair and teeth!

...ugh, why did we do this to ourselves????

where is that db, anyway?

laws infringe on rights, the static political dogma you espouse here perpetuates long standing corruption.

"static political dogma"? You mean the ideals, beliefs and ideology our country was founded on right? The same ideals you would willingly toss aside to achieve what you consider utopia - a utopia where the sanctity of the right to individual freedom no longer exists. You think my ideology puts us on the fast track to corruption? Really?? Are you serious??? Look around brother! Those "static ideals", what's left of them anyway, are the only thing keeping us from falling off the deep end.

don't forget the hair and teeth!

sociopathic hair, narcissist teeth

come on now, you been downloading ron paul porn again. let's play the video where he argues the cause of the great depression with bernanke. you well know individual rights can exist checked by law when necessary. we aren't falling off the deep end, although all the free market ghouls pushed us right to the precipice with mbs/derivatives.

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?

I'll admit to a good portion of snarkiness with the Nixon reference. He had no choice. If impeached, he would have lost his pension. I guess I was quite irritated by these apologist that say quitting a public office is the same as quitting a job. It simply isn't the same.