[cardinal4]

Everybody's been yelling, "We need a conservative in this race." He's here and his name is Duncan Hunter.

Another plus for Hunter s the fact he is not a Senator. Once one reaches the Senate, their idealism and convictions dissolve with the privileges and perks of Mandarinism..(is that a word??)

[MNJohnnie]

Another plus for Hunter s the fact he is not a Senator. Once one reaches the Senate, their idealism and convictions dissolve with the privileges and perks of Mandarinism..(is that a word??)

Yes, yes it is a word and one painfully appropriate and spot on for describing the current collection of absolute clowns running the US Senate.

Man`da`rin´ism

n. 1. A government by mandarins (senses 1 or 2); character or spirit of the mandarins{2}.

man·da·rin Pronunciation (mnd-rn) n.

1. A member of any of the nine ranks of high public officials in the Chinese Empire.

2. A high government official or bureaucrat.

3. A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles.