Bloomberg: Tea Party Congressmen Accept Cash From Bailed-Out Bankers.
“Tea Party favorites such as Stephen Fincher of Tennessee were swept into Congress on a wave of anger over government-funded bailouts of banks. Now those incumbents are collecting thousands of dollars for re-election campaigns from the same Wall Street firms whose excesses they criticized. They have taken no significant steps to curb them or prevent future taxpayer-financed rescues.” Would you ever let a Congressperson watch your wallet or laptop, while you visited the john? I sure as hell wouldn’t. So why do we keep voting these losers into office? I know, I know … it’s about as useful as yelling at the sky when it inconveniently hails ...
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Just saw in the news that Obama has held more fundraisers as president to date than the previous 5 presidents combined.
I think L. Ron Hubbard needs to update his adage: don’t start a new religion, just run for office.