roamer_1, you are full of it with your mindset.
Not sure how old you are, but anyone that has lived long enough know the folks in Washington are NOT statesmen, not a one.
I am coming on 60, and I know that.
And the leadership insures that true statesmen never rise up either. None of these POSs want to be showed up in Congress.
There's your problem right there. And all y'all keep voting the bastards in, which is the primary problem. No one even talks about the various wings of the Republican Party. Quit pulling the lever for the moderates (of the moderate wing) and the liberals (of the liberal wing)
Vote for solid Conservatives (Goldwater/Reagan wing) and watch your problems go away. You need true believers, and not any old rhinestone (R) Republican will do - Even IF sacrificing control of congress.
Most of the Conservatives left there came in on the TEA Party's wings. Of those - even assuming a more discerning vote, only a handful turned out to be true... That handful needs to be retained, and more added to - Keep voting for principles instead of people, and watch what grows from it. And it will not be fixed in an election or two. Conservatives have to go back to supporting each other, and sticking together. Not Republicans. Conservatives.
The fault is in YOU - All y'all that keep voting RINOs in. And back in.
If we have seen anything, it is the people there are not there to represent the people. People with integrity in Washington, you can count on your one hand. Statesmen, again, you can count on your one hand.
Right... And what was the argument going into '16? That character doesn't matter? Believe me, it matters most of all - DEMAND character. Vote only FOR character, and you will get more - You get more of what you vote FOR. Which is why voting against democrats is bullcrap. you are not voting against democrats, you are voting FOR lesser quality Republicans... The lesser evil argument. Which I will proclaim adamantly as a damnable lie.
Term limits abdicates the voter's responsibility and keeps shaking the can. Sure, the RINOs may have less of a foothold, bit so do the statesmen - and the lean is MORE toward the politician and less to the statesman, because the statesman is the rare thing. All you do is create a revolving door, pumping out politicians into cushy lobby jobs.
What you advocate is a mistake. There is a reason why the founders did not include term limits. Maybe you should ponder why.
In 1995, there was a Democrat, Jamie Whitten, retired from the House after 53 years there. I never heard of him before!
Believe me, if I spent 53 years somewhere in government, my name would be a household name, not an unknown. When this story broke, I sat there and said this is the reason we need TERM LIMITS. Too many people doing next to nothing conducting the peoples' business. Part of the reason the founders set things up as they did was the intention for people to come, represent the people of their community, and get out to resume their lives. They did not envision people staying 30, 40, 50 years. Average life expectancy wasn't even that long!
Then why did they include term limits elsewhere and not in the house and senate? And why lifetime appointments elsewhere?
