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Observations on the 109th Congress...

Paul M. Weyrich from AIM posts these observations and comparisons of the new 109th Congress. He is succint as always and very much on point.

I will add one other observation about todays politicians that has also been noted elsewhere. Whether or not you agreed with the older generation of politicians that Paul discusses, for the most part you find that many went into public service out of a sense of public duty and service. Most were erudite and well spoken, and were good verbal and written communicators. As an example I use our former (retired) Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D. Texas). I exchanged correspondence with him on several issues; while we did not always agree, he offered intelligent and well thought out arguments to support his view point. We could, in fact, agree to disagree and I have nothing but the profoundest respect for him.

The same cannot be said of many of the 'new' generation politicians, and I have to agree with Paul on many of his observations about both Congressmen and Senators. A woe to anyone that gets between them and a camera - it is safer walking across a freeway (ok, maybe not much safer ;-) ).

posted by Clayton @ 9:18 AM