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| Originally posted by roxdog,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (roxdog,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Congress wasn't even allowed to READ the patriot act before they were intimidated into voting for it. They are WAY out of the loop at this point.[/b] |
Congress never reads the bills brought up for vote. That's why they have such big office staffs. The help reads the bills and writes a synopsis for the congressman to give him a rough idea what it's all about. And I'm sure there are a lot of bills some congressman never read anything about. There office staff says this one sounds up your alley, so he goes in and gives his yes vote or vice versa. Congressmen are notoriously ignorant. They think their job is to act like the bigshot and stay electable, so they can continue to fool most of the people, all of the time. I know there are exceptions. Even though he plagarized in his time, Joe Biden is one of my favorite Senators to listen to in an interview. He's sharp and knows his answers. There are others just as lucid. But on the other hand. there are the Robert Byrds and Ted Kennedys. :)
<!--QuoteBegin-Cadre, And go read The Franklin Coverup. You will learn that politicians are usually COMPLETELY partisan, marginalized and eventually "discredited" or they are blackmailed or compromised in such a way that they are powerless to make changes or influence government.[/quote] I don't remember reading about the Franklin coverup. But I already know that politicians are usually partisan, even the so-called Independents. The problem with politicans who want to remain truthful and beholden to their constituents, is that once they are elected, they find out that the only power comes with committee posts and that if they don't follow the rules of conduct according to congress, their chances of getting a decent post is about nil. And those posts are where the pork comes from to help finance the continual running for office that politicans are bound to.