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The curse of the Zombie knows

Beetlejuice — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:43:10 +0000

In reply to True about politicians, Beet.

The curse of the Zombie knows no borders. Anyone seeking political office opens themselves to infection. There is no cure.

In reality, that was one of

Austin Train — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:31:07 +0000

In reply to Why Politicians Suck

In reality, that was one of the safest campaign platform planks your candidate couild possibly have run on.

Why? You might well ask.

What are the odds anything raising the Federal minimum wage to $12/hr. makes it through Congress?

Therefore: Safe, because it's completely unworkable, and easily blamed on others when it happens. The problem is, voters know, whether consciously or otherwise, that this is the case, and candidates doing and saying things like that rarely if ever come out ahead when the votes are counted.

You just managed a Dennis Kucinich Presidential campaign in microcosm.

And why are you challenging a solid liberal from the left in a safe district anyway? Really? Better would have been to find some fence-sitter and make the same move there.

The real idea is to move the center to the left, not move the left farther left.

True about politicians, Beet.

Rootman — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:28:25 +0000

In reply to Politicians are all

True about politicians, Beet. But here was a good-hearted guy who had never held office, a lifelong civil rights warrior, who saw himself as a Mr. Smith going to Washington. Never got close to the Beltway, yet was transformed by the reality distortion field.

Politicians are all

Beetlejuice — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:55:37 +0000

In reply to Why Politicians Suck

Politicians are all zombies...they need money, not flesh, to survive.

I take it you aware you opened the political Pandora's box for everyone to see? No politician will promote any piece of legislation, no matter how good it would be for the public, that would undermine their chance for political office with special interest groups, be they challenger or incumbent.

Makes one think hard whose interests are being served.