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amb123

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3. When you put people in government who know HOW to make government work ...

Reply to nycbos (Original post)

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 11:49 AM

Jun 2021

Government DOES work. Henry Waxman knows this.

"Son, there are two kinds of Congressmen—show horses and work horses. If you want to get your name in the papers, be a show horse. But if you want to gain the respect of your colleagues, don't do it. Be a work horse."

- Joshua Talbott, Congressman from Maryland (1843-1918) to first-term congressman Carl T. Hayden of Arizona.

PS - Carl T. Hayden was bald too.

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New Rule: The Baldy Awards Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) [View all] nycbos Jun 2021 OP

One of his best "New Rules" ever! K&R for visibility. tblue37 Jun 2021 #1

Here's to the Waxman's out there! sarchasm Jun 2021 #2

When you put people in government who know HOW to make government work ... amb123 Jun 2021 #3

Competence is very appealing Wild blueberry Jun 2021 #4