By Graham Moomaw
- FOXNews.com
Ditch the witch! Two terms and we vote them out forever. We have had enough of people that have been around since Moses parted the Red Sea.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md, is just one of the dirt bags that passed a bill she didn’t read. She made sure we would get substandard care while her ilk continues to be treated like royalty.
I’m certain I saw this loser serving wine at the Last Supper. Random thoughts while determined to prepare lots of shovel read jobs at Forrest Lawn, J.C.
Politicians are staying in Congress longer and longer, but in an election year with a noticeably anti-incumbent mood, some Washington outsiders are challenging the idea of making a career out of public service.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md, speaking during a fundraiser on Monday, March 15, 2010 in Baltimore, is preparing for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo)
WASHINGTON — Politicians are staying in Congress longer and longer, but in an election year with a noticeably anti-incumbent mood, some Washington outsiders are challenging the idea of making a career out of public service.
“We need folks coming in from the outside who have paid taxes and created jobs and lived under the regulations that these career politicians have created,” said Jim Rutledge, a Republican attorney running to unseat Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski, who has 33 years in Congress between the House and Senate.
Rutledge is typical of the outsiders running this year, who know statistics are not in their favor.
Between 1789 and 2002, 13.9 percent of House members and 21.9 percent of senators served 12 years or more, according to the Congressional Research Service.
In today’s Congress, 42.9 percent of House members and 45 percent of senators have been in office for 12 years or more, according to data compiled by the authors of the textbook “Congress and Its Members.”
Term limits supporters, who think 12 years in Congress is plenty, say those numbers have an easy explanation.
“The powers of incumbency in this country are so great that it is nearly impossible to unseat an incumbent, barring death, indictment, scandal or retirement,” said Philip Blumel, a Florida financial planner and president of the advocacy group U.S. Term Limits.
In 2008, 94 percent of incumbents were re-elected to the House and 83 percent were re-elected to the Senate, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Complete Story
Term limits are a big thumbs up IMO.
People this old should never be voting in congress.
The majorities be damned.
They can speak as loudly as they want in the private sector, but their bully pulpit should be restricted due to age.
Robert Byrd has no business determining policy.
The people of W.VA. that keep re-electing him should have their head examined.
My father died due to the affects of the same disease that killed Ronald Reagan.
Alzheimers is a horrible disease.
We don’t need to embarrass these people.
Thank them, and go on.
Term limits,…..yes !!
Policy should always be trumped by common sense.
Term Limits or BUST!!! And only those who pay income taxes should have the priviledge to vote! That would tilt the future of America in the RIGHT DIRECTION for sure once the welfare state is no longer able to continue voting themselves $$$! Would also make Dems either implode or forced to stop their spending and behave! (think they are too far gone to EVER be salvaged)
I’d just as soon send the rat bastards to jail. They would get free food, cloths, health care. They probably wouldn’t recognize much different anyway. Free government housing is still free government housing, dontchano!