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drm604

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7. Sorry, but I don't have a problem with someone spending a long time in the Senate

Reply to cali (Reply #5)

Thu May 31, 2012, 09:25 AM

May 2012

if their constituents like them and want to keep voting them in. There's nothing "grotesque" about it if it's what the constituents want.

You considered Kennedy's career to be grotesque? I don't even know what to say to that.

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I am not an enthusiastic supporter of my progressive U.S. Senator this year [View all] cali May 2012 OP

Yes, Pat Leahy has become fossilized and not so progressive vt_native May 2012 #1

Perhaps we need a maximum age limit Sherman A1 May 2012 #2

It's a decision to be made by the voters. drm604 May 2012 #3

uh, didn't I say right in the OP, I don't believe in term limits. cali May 2012 #5

Sorry, but I don't have a problem with someone spending a long time in the Senate drm604 May 2012 #7

it's difficult not to have contempt for people who deliberately cali May 2012 #8

There's not limit to complacency, ineptitude, or self-serving. Jakes Progress May 2012 #4

depends who was running against him in the dem primary cali May 2012 #6

Principle be damned? Jakes Progress May 2012 #10

Senators who've been in office a long time are figureheads; their staffs are what is important FarCenter May 2012 #9