oldNslow wrote on 09/17/13 at 09:15:21:justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/17/13 at 07:05:42:& Doesnt that make ya wonder WHY?? Who is directing them? If theyreally wanna stay in office, wouldnt it be real easy? Wouldnt they just need to vote the way their people WANT them to vote? Theres more to it than voting party lines,, the party doesnt get them re elected,, so, why vote in a way that pisses off the folks back home?
Once one of these guys has served three or four terms, somebody in DC OWNS their a**. They all have skeletons in their closets that would wreck them. So they try to walk the line between pissing off the folks back home, and still accommodating whoever it is that's pulling their strings. Eventually they are all in the same boat, and they know it.
They can't even push their political opponents too hard. If they do somebody will let the cat out of the bag.
I totally.. 100% agree!!!!
My 11th grade teacher told me:
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely...
Everyone in DC is corrupt.. if they were not corrupt when they got there.. they were within months.
Ron Paul, when running for nomination was be-littled for not passing a single bill. He also was nearly always free to his constituent's.. why?? because he had said no to the power buyers so many times they just excluded him... from everything. So there you are... the power buyers have corrupted the system. You can send all the "good" politician you want ... but all will be turned... or made useless.