Posted on 07/19/2023 4:14:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
It is astounding how bizarrely distorted our 'representation' in the Senate has become.
Lisa Murkowski is the perfect mascot for Senate Republicans. She is a Democrat in all but name, an aristocrat who inherited her office, and a beneficiary of rigged elections. She has more in common with Nancy Pelosi than the average Republican voter, and every time Alaskan Republicans attempt to throw her out of office, Mitch McConnell's minions manipulate the rules to save her.
For McConnell, Murkowski is another beholden senator kept securely in his pocket who will vote how he wants on any given day. That might not be so bad (except for the good people of Alaska, whom she purportedly represents) if McConnell were not also an aristocrat who routinely betrays Republican voters. However, because his loyalties lie with President Xi, multinational corporations, the World Economic Forum, and his good friend Joe Biden, China Mitch uses the leash around Murkowski's neck only when he needs help sticking it to the American people. And oh, how Senate Republicans love to screw over the American people!
I mention this person because she and other backstabbing Senate Republicans (think John Cornyn, Mitt Romney, John Thune, etc.) got together to do their version of Festivus in July, during which they told The Hill how much they absolutely loathe normal Republican voters. "[O]ur party is becoming known as a group of kind of extremist, populist, over-the-top [people] where no one is taking us seriously anymore," Murkowski laments.
Our party? Alaskan Republicans tried to cashier your rear years ago, and you thumbed your nose at their wishes, ran as a write-in candidate, and got elected by Democrats. Instead of stripping you of your ranking position on choice committee assignments, Senate Republicans celebrated your "victory" over the actual Republican nominee...
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Why can’t Republicans get rid of the Turtle?
THAT question would be best answered by the good people of Kentucky. I’ve wondered the same question about the people of Delaware that kept “Joey the Sniff” in office for 50 years.
Let’s not let Lindsey Graham and the people of SC stay out of this discussion.
The uniparty hates its voters.
"If they are consistently at odds with their constituents, how do they keep returning to office?"
There are a number of factors, but maybe one to consider is that its not just Democrats who are involved in election rigging.
The GOP base has taken over most of the major county GOP operations, as well as the state party. The GOPe is thrashing around trying to figure it all out. It isn’t pretty.
That here in GA.
Republicans rig elections by controlling access to the primary ballot. In my deep red precinct, Democrats don't even run, unless they run as Republicans, and only party approved candidates have ballot access in the primary. A true conservative has to run as a third party.
As an aside, judging from some of the ads I have seen recently, I think Ranked-Choice Voting is the next big thing here in Arizona.
Repeal the 17th!!
We could stop this but it would take reducing the length of their terms. Six year terms are way too long and allow them to entrench themselves and succumb to outside interests.
Two year terms like in the House. And they can only serve 3 terms.
Term limits would solve a lot of problems.
Kentucky voters love him. They are the only ones who count in this election.
Many “Republican” politicians just play a role. They really work for their donors.
Yes. In Georgia that’s a catastrophe. Only one republican should be allowed to run.
Or just go back to Senators being appointed by the state legislators. The original purpose of the Senate was to represent the state legislatures.
Not so much when you consider the likes Anthony Fauci, who had his rat paws involved at the federal level since the 1980s, or when a Bill Barr constantly turns back up in critical positions when the administrative state faces threats. In both cases, use of the word "expertise" doesn't mean what the average person imagines it means when applied the roles those buggers played.
That speaks volumes about Kentucky Republican voters.
I suppose. Probably would rather have a senior senator then a senator among 100.
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