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2025-03-09 Home Front: Politix

Some House members have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — and others voting drunk, high: lawmakers

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Posted by Fred 2025-03-09 11:47|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 ....with some even showing up drunk

Where is my shocked face?

All members and candidates for the seats in Congress should have to take a civics test on the Constitution. Done in public within a specified time limit. Not open book. Not for disqualification, but for public posting for voters to view.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-09 14:34|| 2025-03-09 14:34|| Front Page Top

#2 I am pretty sure that drunk voting started recently, like within the last 250 years.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-03-09 16:09|| 2025-03-09 16:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah, drunk voting been around for at least 4000 years I'm sure.

Roman senators has been known to be drunk when they voted.

Italian, French, German and British lawmakers have been documented voting while drunk in the past couple thousand years.

So it appears that drunk voting is a time honored tradition!

/scar?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-03-09 16:45|| 2025-03-09 16:45|| Front Page Top

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