"I see ass-kickings"... (UPDATED!)

(UPDATE #1):

It wasn't always like this. Certainly, legislators and government officials have always had to deal with the annoyance of obtrusive constituents. But there was always a belief that somehow, between election campaigns, we would muddle along despite the constant threat of voter interference. Those of us who survived the horrors of November 1994 worked hard to design important safety net protections, such as revolving doors, redistricting, earmarks, and franking privileges, in a bipartisan effort to insure "Never Again." And with the inauguration of President Obama in January, there was an optimistic sense that the era of Big Voter was finally over.

More here from the 'Hawk.

(here endeth the update)




Awesomely awesome...

It’s going to be a long hot summer for many members of Congress and members of Obama’s cabinet as they spend millions and millions of tax payer dollars trying to foist health care on an increasingly skeptical public.

Here’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Arlen Specter (D-R-D, PA) at a town hall meeting in PA over the weekend.

At the 1:40 mark the place comes absolutely unglued when Specter says that because of the volume of bills whisking their way merrily through the sausage grinder, “...we have to make judgements very fast.”



Not what the townies came to here, Arlen. Nope. Not at all what they wanted to hear.

H/T: Instaglen

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