Lonecowboy
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Oldtimer said:Lonecowboy said:Oldtimer said:The "seniority" systems of Congress (set up by Congress)- which gives those that have served the longest the highest ranking and power-- also lends itself to those who have been there the most years being the most likely to stay...
With the power attained thru senority- comes the ability to buy the big dollar campaign donations to stay in office- which now with the corporates being considered "a person" they will able to get campaign assistance in anonymity too without anyone knowing who is buying them....
And so we end up with the best government money can buy!!
Does this mean you don't support or vote for max bacus oldtimer?
Did you vote for Burns- even tho he broke his term limit promise to Montana :???:
I'm not a Baucus fan--but never heard Max Baucus ever make such a pledge- and this last time around there wasn't even a realistic/credible R candidate running against him...Did you actually vote for Kelleher? :???: The Republican Party wouldn't even let him in the convention after he won the nomination- they stuck him in a little room of his own :wink: :lol:
But that election was a great example of what seniority will do-- where a candidate is in so long- and bringing home so much pork for the home folks (with an opportunity to earmark for home lots more now in his 6th term as chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance)- and has built up such a campaign warchest and corporate lobbyiest backing that no credible opposing party candidate will even run against them....
He actually ran on his seniority- and the power he would have if re-elected...
(As of 2010 he is the longest-serving Senator from Montana, and the fifth longest-serving U.S. Senator in office.)
He collected 73% of the vote- to Kellehers 27%....
Do you really believe 73% of Montanans are Democrats :???: - or did many of your fellow R cultists think maybe some of the riches would rub off on them :???:
Or maybe they were like me and sat that one out? voted none of the above- did you compare actual number of votes in the different races? or just use percentages because it looked better to you? :shock:
you never did answer if you support and vote for bacus or not- just illuded to it! :wink:
but I'll man up and answer your other question direct too- yes I voted for Conrad Burns every chance I had. and proud to do it.
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and thank God this time the rest of the state saw what a crooked old hypocrit he was and he was beat out by Jon Tester...
now that was a very misleading statement- tester didn't even win his home county, or anything on our end of the state except the reservation vote- that schwietzeer even admitted was rigged. he was elected by the transplant liberal Californians and university students that were paid to vote. look up what counties he did win- what was it like 3 of them?
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