Quote:Are you even reading my post or just skimming key words?  How you draw your conclusions are incomprehensible to me.  With that said let me try again:

 

For some reason you seem to be in love with the idea of a 90 year old man dozing through half of the senate meetings he attends then voting a party line just because he has experience in office.  I counter that notion that common men rotating in and out of political office also have experience, it is called life experience. Serving 30 years or more in politics does not make you a genius, it makes you bought and paid for by the powers that put you there.  That to me is what a politician is, one who serves the man behind the dollars that keep him in office.  

 

On the other hand why can't a janitor serve in the house of representatives for 8 years?  How about a restaurant owner?  An electronics engineer?  A district manager for any company?  I advocate putting these people in office.  Each one has unique skills that lawyers and professional politicians do not possess.  Yet somehow in your mind that concept constitutes me wanting a "House of Lords"

 

Nothing wrong with any of those people/professions running for office. Many don't, however, because the title of "politician" has been so denigrated by people like you. Why would they want to listen to people like you who has judged them without knowing a thing about them?

 

You know nothing about 95% of those who serve in Congress, yet they are all slime balls to you. Unfortunately others have taken the same lazy, easy way to talk about politics, so it gets harder and harder to recruit a wide spectrum of people to run.

 

When are you going to give it a shot? You obviously think you are so far above the average politician in morals and intelligence. But you'll sit on the sidelines and take potshots that are unoriginal and mostly untrue.

 

And how about showing us that research that shows that there are no restaurant owners, electronic engineers, or janitors currently in Congress.

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