Reply #7: One can, from time to time, read posts/threads about congress failing, [View All]

[Obamanaut]

or underperforming members of that congress, some of whom transgress the laws of society and/or morality. But it's always "the other senator/representative - mine is one of the good ones."

They are weasels. If they are not weasels when they take office, they are soon infected by weaselry. Lobbyists ply them with gifts and 'campaign donations', they become accustomed to power and perks, and they soon forget about 'we the people' and begin to concentrate on their own reelection.

The slogan for D.C. might well be "Of all the words so big and fine, the best are these: 'I got mine.'"