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2014-09-27 Home Front: Politix
The Rubes' Revenge
[WEEKLYSTANDARD] It seems that the Democrats have been developing a third model of representation of late: Call it the "sneak it past the rubes" theory. Under this approach, you pre-sent yourself to your constituents as an independent voice, not in hock to the national Democratic party, so as to get elected. Then the national party allows you generally to vote with your constituents, on the understanding that when the chips are down you will vote with the liberal leadership. Then you hope that the "rubes" back home can be sufficiently distracted by the "war on women" or some other phony issue that they'll return you to office. And if they choose not to, there will be a consolation prize: a cushy, well-connected job as a lobbyist (Blanche Lincoln) or law firm adviser (Byron Dorgan) or association CEO (Ben Nelson) or strategic adviser in PR (Kent Conrad) in Washington, where you are more at home anyway, or even a job out of town as an ambassador (Max Baucus).
Posted by Fred 2014-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 I'm hoping that a lot of voters sense the danger from a post- or non-Constitutional government and exact appropriate revenge at the polls.

If the people interviewed by Jesse Watters on Fox are an indication of voters and the information they have, we have a problem. About 7-8 out 10 are stoned or complete dunces. These people cannot be representative of the American voter.
Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-27 10:01||   2014-09-27 10:01|| Front Page Top

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