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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:04 PM Original message |
Maybe we just need to fire all incumbents. |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Never had a problem with the idea |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Ehh... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's the attitude that got us the Tea Party freshmen in The House. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. And they are some of the dumbest people ever elected to office. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. + 1000 |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. If Snidely Whiplash convinces a few supporters of his opponent, Tess Trueheart |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Funny how the TPers were screaming this last year before the elections ... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I remember when Sue Collins, our Maine Senator promised only 2 terms. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I remember a bunch of Repugs who pledged to serve only 2 terms in the 90s |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, I want to reward those that work for my interests. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Laws need to be passed which make lobbying illegal and prohibit former govt employees from |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:20 PM Original message |
Agreed...combined with publicly financed elections, we might finally fix our |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. The only way to impose either of these ideas is to vote out the current crop |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. EXACTLY! Cut the legs off corporations (lobbying, financing elections) |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "Duuuuh, TL/DR, derp." |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. When you write or call your representative , you are lobbying. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I should've said professional lobbying. Well, if professional lobbying were made illegal |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:20 PM Original message |
We have such an opportunity on a regular basis, but won't do it. Incumbents are |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. That will only be effective if we first take the private money out of campaign |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. We need term limits |
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Johnson20 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I couldn't agree more. Congress is |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Term limits have been disastrous in MO |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Term limits mean career bureaucrats and lobbyists will run the show |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Unfortunately, they'll have some staff around |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Term limits will assure that the staff become the real power brokers in Congress. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No kidding and I'm not aware of strict bribery laws concerning staff members |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Wait wait wait. How do corps get at the staff? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. because they lobbyists stay, the staff stays --it's the congress people that come and go |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Get rid of the seniority system, |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yeah, I agree. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Smooth |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. +1 |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. I did that this past election |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. Wasn't that tried in Wisconsin and Ohio last election? |
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