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Originally Posted by JAD_333
You might immerse yourself in revolution-era and 19th century US history to see how bad things were and can be. Yet, we not only survived, but grew. My sense of Congress is that it has many honest, well meaning members, but unfortunately their stories don't sell as well as the few creeps and crooks who also walk the halls. Also, there is a steady beat of media and political fingerpointing out of proportion to reality. Still, we need to put a stop to excessive log rolling. Bush tried, but got a few shots across the bow warning him that if he persisted his Iraq plans might suddenly take a turn for the worse, if they can get any worse... We live in a great country with problems to solve; wield the vote; we'll get the worse solved.
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The power of the vote is turning into fools gold. The parties only push their "man" to be voted on and we get stuck with voting for the lessor of the two evils. Unless you are a party insider, have the backing/money of special interest groups, or have one hell of a PR campaign, you can kiss your asperations of being a congressmen goodbye. Therfore, I would say nearly everyone in congress had his hands in the cookie jar of corruption befor they even got into office. That is not the kind of compromising that we need for our leadership. We deserve better.