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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
Remember, if every voter in America said the same thing--and unfortunately they do--then the entire Congress and the President would be returned to office for another term.
That's why we've experienced a 94% re-election rate in Congress, with the only members leaving being those that die, retire, are convicted and go to jail, or in rare cases are actually voted out of office. Heck, even Larry Craig, the famous "men's room" Senator from Idaho said he was going to resign from the Senate after he was "caught with his pants down", but then when the news cycle blew over, remained in the Senate to complete his term. That's a guy who was elected and re-elected to serve 28 years in the U.S. Senate.
Do you really want another couple of terms of what we've had in recent Congresses? I know I don't. I'll vote to replace all the incumbents and begin over.
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I agree w/ VK. Congress has developed such a sense of entitlement and complacency that the ONLY war for the electorate to get their attention is to "revolt" at/in the voting booth. A washout of incumbants will be a wake-up call to congress unparrelled in history. I am certain there are intelligent, honest, motivated people on the sidelines who can present to us why they would be viable replacements for the sitting congress. Once they are in the will know they need to keep looking over their shoulders at what we the people want and expect from them.... or they will be out too. Time to change the diaper.