I have been “active” in politics since I first “discovered” the joys of election day activities when I was ten. At first, I “helped” out the local Democratic club – a “Boss Buckley” machine organization.

I alphabetized 3×5 cards and figured out percentages for the district leader and his assistants who, although great people, were arithmetically and alphabetically challenged.

Even then, there was grumbling about not only the Congress but also about the state legislature. As best as I could make out, most people had a very low opinion of legislators as a group. The legislators were considered to be in the pockets of “special interests” and indiferent to the needs of the ordinary voters.

However, when it came to their own legislative represenatives, these same people felt that their represenatives were different. While the other legislators met the needs of the “special interests,” their legislator cared about them and their children.

Their legislator looked out for their interests and secured needed government money for necessary local projects and programs while the other legislators were securing “pork’ for the “fat cats’ in their districts.

Thus, the incumbent legislator, absent a dead girl or live boy in their bed, is practacally unbeatable. As long as the average voter remains unaware of what their legislator is actually doing, the incumbent will always have the advantage.

On the side walls of each chamber, mount replica heads on plaques with the sacked Congress Critter’s names, and the words “This WILL happen to you unless you listen and uphold your oath to protect and defend The Constitution”.

That’s tax dollars well spent.

There are a few republicans that have potential, and are not so out of touch, but the rest of themneed to go. During the Bush years, when they were in control they spent like drunken sailors, and didn’t address any of the issues that are important…like drilling for our own oil, healthcare, ect…they let the democrats take over to shove their ideals down the our throats whether we like it or not.

The democrats want to keep us in our place, if they take most of our money through taxes to provide for healthcare (and in turn can control whether we live or die), control energy through cap in SCAM (and take more of our money in more taxes), decide what kind of cars are on the road (cash for clunkers, GM and Chrysler take over), then we can’t do a darn thing about anything they really want to do. I wish the tax and spend liberals would wake up, they are supposed to be for freedom and rights, but their ideals are the very opposite. They are the most intolerant people (not all of them, but most of them) I have ever seen. They know what is best, that is why we need to be controlled as far as they are concerned. We are nothing but peasants to them, someone to take from at will, and control. The liberals think they know best and are prepared to shove it down everyone else’s throat and pick our pockets clean to fullfill they vision of society. Those of us that won’t go along might find life hard.

I say term limits is what is needed, and it should be a referendum for the people to decide for the next election, but I’m sure that no one in congress will want that to happen. They might actually have to work with us “peasants” after their time is up– yeah Barney Frank (who has never had a private job as far as I know) I’m talking to you, and others like you.

you can have term limits when you pull the lever in the voting booth.no incumbents!

Most people don’t care what goes on until it goes on in their lives,Most of the stuff thats going on now in the United States should be unbelievable.I have said it maney time the people you have in office only throw you a bone to chew on when its re-election time other than that you can kiss their tush.The are supported in the manner the want .They eat 100.00 lb steaks take Jets like it was a car go on vacations and all the while they say its for your good (Hows the fillet of sole) I hear there is only so maney ways to boil shoes.Until we put term limits on these politicans congressmen should serve no more than two terms as well as Senators.Look at the Kenndys they made a life long deal like that seat is owed to them until we end life long politicans you will have the same old shit and everyday our Country is becoming Communistic if I was you I would do something quick before you can’t do anything

The newspaper Las Vegas Review-Journal has been on the warpath against Reid.

Reid confronted an official of the newspaper at a business conference with the words: “I hope you go out of business!”

See:

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/56171937.html

An excerpt:

“You could call Reid’s remark ugly and be right. It certainly was boorish. Asinine? That goes without saying.

But to fully capture the magnitude of Reid’s remark (and to stop him from doing the same thing to others) it must be called what it was — a full-on threat perpetrated by a bully who has forgotten that he was elected to office to protect Nevadans, not sound like he’s shaking them down.

No citizen should expect this kind of behavior from a U.S. senator. It is certainly not becoming of a man who is the majority leader in the U.S. Senate. And it absolutely is not what anyone would expect from a man who now asks Nevadans to send him back to the Senate for a fifth term.”

Also of interest: an NEA ad on Las Vegas media pushing Reid and the Dem agenda where the state’s name is mispronounced.

See:

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/56052072.html

Most people just vote for the guy with the familiar name. Time to force voters to research a little about the candidates and make an informed decision.