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]]> By: Mobster_One http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-2/#comment-943110 Mobster_One Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:39:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-943110 The reason for this is that the parties control the election process. They have successfully divided the country into two camp by using divisive issues such as abortion and gun control. People view themselves as Republican or Democrat as much as American. Once they accomplished dividing the nation it was not hard to limit electorate choices during the election process. Unless the party supports a candidate it is nearly impossible for the person to get elected. The parties promote career politicians knowing that the longer a person inhabits DC he/she becomes more and more a tool of the establishment. Look at the people who have been in Washington the longest. They are the party mouthpieces. They will vote the party's will over the will of the electorate every time. It's time to replace all of them from both parties. <a href="http://bethemob.com" target="_blank">http://bethemob.com</a> The reason for this is that the parties control the election process. They have successfully divided the country into two camp by using divisive issues such as abortion and gun control. People view themselves as Republican or Democrat as much as American.

Once they accomplished dividing the nation it was not hard to limit electorate choices during the election process. Unless the party supports a candidate it is nearly impossible for the person to get elected. The parties promote career politicians knowing that the longer a person inhabits DC he/she becomes more and more a tool of the establishment. Look at the people who have been in Washington the longest. They are the party mouthpieces. They will vote the party's will over the will of the electorate every time.

It's time to replace all of them from both parties.

http://bethemob.com

]]> By: Mobster_One http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-2/#comment-943114 Mobster_One Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:39:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-943114 The reason for this is that the parties control the election process. They have successfully divided the country into two camp by using divisive issues such as abortion and gun control. People view themselves as Republican or Democrat as much as American. Once they accomplished dividing the nation it was not hard to limit electorate choices during the election process. Unless the party supports a candidate it is nearly impossible for the person to get elected. The parties promote career politicians knowing that the longer a person inhabits DC he/she becomes more and more a tool of the establishment. Look at the people who have been in Washington the longest. They are the party mouthpieces. They will vote the party's will over the will of the electorate every time. It's time to replace all of them from both parties. <a href="http://bethemob.com" target="_blank">http://bethemob.com</a> The reason for this is that the parties control the election process. They have successfully divided the country into two camp by using divisive issues such as abortion and gun control. People view themselves as Republican or Democrat as much as American.

Once they accomplished dividing the nation it was not hard to limit electorate choices during the election process. Unless the party supports a candidate it is nearly impossible for the person to get elected. The parties promote career politicians knowing that the longer a person inhabits DC he/she becomes more and more a tool of the establishment. Look at the people who have been in Washington the longest. They are the party mouthpieces. They will vote the party's will over the will of the electorate every time.

It's time to replace all of them from both parties.

http://bethemob.com

]]> By: Gary Graham http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-2/#comment-942254 Gary Graham Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:44:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-942254 Brilliant as always, Whittle. Poignant...and funny as hell. I need to laugh, lest I chew my foot off in a frenzied attempt to escape the absurd reality these putrid parasites have plunged us into. Thank you, sir...for your proposal...tongue in or out of cheek...which i would back to the hilt. Brilliant as always, Whittle. Poignant…and funny as hell. I need to laugh, lest I chew my foot off in a frenzied attempt to escape the absurd reality these putrid parasites have plunged us into. Thank you, sir…for your proposal…tongue in or out of cheek…which i would back to the hilt.

]]> By: MT Bowers http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-942250 MT Bowers Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:40:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-942250 I want term limits. I have especially had it with lifetime Senators - on my side as well as theirs. This sort of thing breeds the out-of-touch elitism that currently plagues out gov't. Let's face it - they have ALL been disappointing. Republicans had the White House and both houses of Congress and didn't do much better. They spent our money like dunken sailors and have the nerve to call themselves Conservatives. I am just fed up with the arrogance and attitude. As someone said recently, "It's time for Change." Amen. I want term limits. I have especially had it with lifetime Senators – on my side as well as theirs. This sort of thing breeds the out-of-touch elitism that currently plagues out gov't. Let's face it – they have ALL been disappointing. Republicans had the White House and both houses of Congress and didn't do much better. They spent our money like dunken sailors and have the nerve to call themselves Conservatives. I am just fed up with the arrogance and attitude. As someone said recently, "It's time for Change." Amen.

]]> By: MadFederalist http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-2/#comment-942106 MadFederalist Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:39:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-942106 The flaw in the popular disdain for Congress is that everyone keeps re-electing the same representatives. Most of us have a low opinion of The Congress, maybe of some other state's senators or representatives, but we go right on re-electing our own, like they're not the problem. Maybe they aren't. Maybe the problem is that if I vote for what I believe in, and you vote for what you believe in, when they all get to Washington, we get gridlock. Maybe the problem is that the men and women who really make America's laws are the lobbyists, who are there 24/7/365, not the voters, who are only asked our opinion once every two years. (Not original, I took that from MAD Magazine, way back in my youth about 1970, when Bill Gaines was still alive.) Some lazy folk thought "term limits" would solve the problem, but somehow all the people who ran on "term limits" to challenge incumbents decided they didn't need to practice what they preached. Term limits are a way of saying "I'm too irresponsible to vote right, tie my hands." If we want a bum out, we can throw him (or her) out. If we don't, shame on us. If they are worth keeping, we can do that too. The flaw in the popular disdain for Congress is that everyone keeps re-electing the same representatives. Most of us have a low opinion of The Congress, maybe of some other state's senators or representatives, but we go right on re-electing our own, like they're not the problem. Maybe they aren't. Maybe the problem is that if I vote for what I believe in, and you vote for what you believe in, when they all get to Washington, we get gridlock. Maybe the problem is that the men and women who really make America's laws are the lobbyists, who are there 24/7/365, not the voters, who are only asked our opinion once every two years. (Not original, I took that from MAD Magazine, way back in my youth about 1970, when Bill Gaines was still alive.) Some lazy folk thought "term limits" would solve the problem, but somehow all the people who ran on "term limits" to challenge incumbents decided they didn't need to practice what they preached. Term limits are a way of saying "I'm too irresponsible to vote right, tie my hands." If we want a bum out, we can throw him (or her) out. If we don't, shame on us. If they are worth keeping, we can do that too.

]]> By: ConcernedCitizen http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-942070 ConcernedCitizen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:30:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-942070 I think the heart of that problem , as had been stated before by people wiser than I, is we all want to "throw the bums out" - all except *our* guy cause he is OK". Applied nationally and nothing changes. How do we average Joes and Janes break the cycle? I think the heart of that problem , as had been stated before by people wiser than I, is we all want to "throw the bums out" – all except *our* guy cause he is OK". Applied nationally and nothing changes. How do we average Joes and Janes break the cycle?

]]> By: ConcernedCitizen http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-942066 ConcernedCitizen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:27:30 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-942066 Oh, that won't work, since we all know that some animals are more equal than others. Oh, that won't work, since we all know that some animals are more equal than others.

]]> By: ConcernedCitizen http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-2/#comment-942058 ConcernedCitizen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:25:04 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-942058 I believe it was Mark Twain who first proposed the political lottery idea. Hold a lottery to choose Senators/Representatives and the losers go to DC for 5 years for one term only. No campaigns, no incumbents, incentive to get the work done and get the heck back home. Oh, and regular persons average salary and health coverage - though I don't think he addressed that part. That should be Plan B. Plan C is the last ultimate reset button. I believe it was Mark Twain who first proposed the political lottery idea. Hold a lottery to choose Senators/Representatives and the losers go to DC for 5 years for one term only. No campaigns, no incumbents, incentive to get the work done and get the heck back home. Oh, and regular persons average salary and health coverage – though I don't think he addressed that part. That should be Plan B. Plan C is the last ultimate reset button.

]]> By: Individualist http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bwhittle/2009/10/19/a-modest-proposal-to-reform-the-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-941926 Individualist Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:48:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=248426#comment-941926 I think that the real problem we have is that Senators are no longer appointed by Governors or State Legislatures as they were in the past. How many times have we heard our Governors complaining that Congress is writing checks the states cannot afford to pay. If the Senators served at the Governor's leisure I think there would be a lot less power being consolidated in Washington. I think that the real problem we have is that Senators are no longer appointed by Governors or State Legislatures as they were in the past.

How many times have we heard our Governors complaining that Congress is writing checks the states cannot afford to pay. If the Senators served at the Governor's leisure I think there would be a lot less power being consolidated in Washington.

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