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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. It seems like when people go into politics (not all, but a lot),

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:25 PM

Nov 2016

after awhile they become corrupted and co-opted and start caring only about maintaining the power of their position. They might have started out with the intent to do something good for their country, but that idealism eventually gets squelched and the honorable senator turns into someone not so honorable, who is so addicted to his power and position that he'll go along with whatever needs to be done to maintain that power.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. No shit.

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Republican senators need to think about how they want to be remembered in history [View all] gollygee Nov 2016 OP

It seems like when people go into politics (not all, but a lot), The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #1

I have emailed both of my Senators with what I hope they will accept as a respectful request Arkansas Granny Nov 2016 #2