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Here's Why Congress Is Losing 660 Years of Experience("The Tea Party extremists")
ABC News ^ | May 5, 2014 | Ryan Struyk

Posted on 05/05/2014 3:55:19 PM PDT by mdittmar

Before the first Star Wars movie, before Microsoft was founded and before John Paul II became Pope, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., was elected to Congress. And now, after 40 years in the House, Waxman is calling it quits.

But he’s not the only one: A whopping 528 years’ worth of experience is about to walk out the door of the U.S. House of Representatives – the most since 1996 and the second-most in at least four decades. Add that to the 132 years of experience leaving the Senate, and you get a staggering total of 660 years.

When we caught up with Waxman, as well as his longtime coworker from across the aisle, Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis., to talk about their tenures in Congress, there’s one word they both agreed described Congress today: gridlocked.

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To: mdittmar

I love how all this “experience” is considered a plus by this author. I can’t see any good coming from Pigman Waxman holding any position for more than 2 months.


41 posted on 05/05/2014 4:30:58 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3152237/posts

24 AND MUCH MORE IN 12 MINUTES BE THERE!


42 posted on 05/05/2014 4:47:20 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: SampleMan
Total BS premise. 365 Army recruits don’t have 30 years of Army experience after their first 4 wks.

Liars at ABC are particularly vile...

43 posted on 05/05/2014 4:52:05 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Are we finally going to get a smidgen of truth? - - Freeper Veto!)
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To: mdittmar

They experience getting there and then repeat it to stay there. A better description would be: “One year of experience repeated 660 times.”


44 posted on 05/05/2014 4:53:36 PM PDT by Nuocmam
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To: mdittmar

Of course there are never any Marxist extremists.

Pray America wakes up


45 posted on 05/05/2014 4:54:29 PM PDT by bray (The Republic of Texas 2022 is here)
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To: mdittmar
You drive down 125th Street in Manhattan at 2AM and you'll see 668 years of experience too.Some “experience” is more valuable than others.
46 posted on 05/05/2014 4:58:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: mdittmar

So if every year we get another $1,000 BILLION in Debt and unfunded liabilities, 660 man-years would mean that would represent $660,000,000,000,000 (that’s $660 TRILLION) they’ve stuck our children with. Think about it. They had 50 (weeks) * 660 years = 33,000 man-weeks during which they did NOTHING to stop the bleeding.

Don’t let the doorknob hit you in your fatcat asses!


47 posted on 05/05/2014 5:14:35 PM PDT by Thom Pain (If you like your country you can keep it. Period.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

660 years of cronyism and “business as usual”. Not a serious loss IMO. The Republic will survive. Heck, it may actually get better.


48 posted on 05/05/2014 5:19:31 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: bray

“Of course there are never any Marxist extremists.”

This is perfectly reasonable and logical; that position is not “extreme” from the MSM of view.


49 posted on 05/05/2014 5:21:07 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: mdittmar
there’s one word they both agreed described Congress today:

What the hell's wrong with gridlock?

50 posted on 05/05/2014 5:21:28 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: SampleMan
Total BS premise. 365 Army recruits don’t have 30 years of Army experience after their first 4 wks.

Spot on.

Even if it were correct, that would be worse. The founding fathers wanted a part time government of part time citizen representatives. Not permanent, professional politicians, i.e. rulers.

PS: the "experience" they refer to is in the areas of corruption, criminal activities, crony capitalism and trampling on the Constitution; and they get more skilled at it every year. We don't need that sort of "experience".

51 posted on 05/05/2014 5:33:39 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yeah, the prossies in the capital building just dress a little differently. A parliament of whores.


52 posted on 05/05/2014 5:35:25 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: mdittmar

GOOD! Get rid of all these corrupt bustards!


53 posted on 05/05/2014 5:37:24 PM PDT by vpintheak (I will not comply!)
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To: mdittmar
Here's Why Congress Is Losing 660 Years of Experience("The Tea Party extremists")

It's like getting rid of hemorrhoids; No downside at all!

For the sake of accuracy, that would be 8 years of (corrupt) experience repeated 85 times!!

54 posted on 05/05/2014 5:50:09 PM PDT by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: mdittmar

660 years experience in screwing up the country. May each one rot in H.


55 posted on 05/05/2014 5:53:19 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: mdittmar

I’m reminded of an old “Far Side” cartoon that depicted a number of people mingling at a “Part of the Problem Convention”.


56 posted on 05/05/2014 5:55:05 PM PDT by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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To: NathanR
The Mythical Man Month. Good book.

LOL!

57 posted on 05/05/2014 6:05:20 PM PDT by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: publius911
The Mythical Man Month. Good book.

Or the mythical 9 women who produced a baby in 1 month!

58 posted on 05/05/2014 6:10:18 PM PDT by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: mdittmar

A 660 year old congressman died? Isn’t that the only way they leave?


59 posted on 05/05/2014 6:13:05 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: all the best

How much air do you suppose ol’ penstock nostrils has stolen in his 40-odd (and I do mean odd) years in congress?


60 posted on 05/05/2014 6:23:54 PM PDT by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
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