Bennet vote?

[theGinsue]

Let's help him out by making him the shortest serving senator in Colorado history.

It would certainly be my pleasure to help him achieve that goal!

[funkfool]

It would certainly be my pleasure to help him achieve that goal!

I have been politically motivated...
But now I am politically involved...
I'm their WORST NIGHTMARE!

[Drilldo]

I like to send succinct emails to them.

"Get well soon!"

"Enjoy your retirement in November!"

[Graves]

If only there were some sort of punishment implemented on former congressman who fucked their voters....

[tmckay2]

let me premise everything by saying i am very against the health care bill, i am in the health care field and my job could be hugely affected by it.

but anyway, im new to colorado and know nothing of this senator, but i was wondering what people thought theyd do if they were senator. would you try, try, try to get the pulse of the people and do whatever they wanted you to even if you didn't agree with it, or if you felt you knew what the best thing to do was and the people just didn't understand, youd vote how you feel you should? i go with the first option, as i feel that you are there to represent the people no matter what, even if you think the people are crazy. you are a servant to the people, nothing more. however, i will admit it is a complicated question. im sure very few senators even think about it, most are just looking how to get more money, more power, and stick around longer, but i thought it was interesting to think about. i will say that even though i don't agree with his decision, i do kinda like that he isn't voting simply to be re-elected. thats one thing that pisses me off about career politicians. however, that can sometimes mean you are voting without concern for what the people want. that i don't agree with at all.

anyways, just food for thought

[funkfool]

The Constitution specifies in Article VI, clause 3:

"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."For other officials, including members of Congress, it specifies they "shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation to support this constitution." At the start of each new U.S. Congress, in January of every odd-numbered year, those newly elected or re-elected Congressmen - the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate - must recite an oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.


If I were to take this oath, I would examine all legislation with these thoughts foremost in my mind:

Is this legislation permissible and in accordance with the document I have sworn to uphold?
How does this legislation promote the cause of liberty and freedom?
How does this legislation affect the budgetary 'bottom line'?
How does this legislation effect those who have placed me in their service?

It is my opinion that the health care act would fail to meet any of this criteria.

[Zundfolge]

Bennett is the perfect example of what happens when politicians are selected and not elected (not that Salazar would have voted any different...nor does he have any better attitude about us serfs)