[ManHunter]

I should add that I’ve had the occasion to meet and converse at length with a rather large number of members of the House and Senate - from both parties. With very, very few exceptions, you would be amazed at the incredible lack of intellect and command of facts, not to mention the fact that very, very few of them have any core principles other than to get re-elected.

Nancy Pelosi is easily one of the stupidest human beings I have ever met. On the other side of the aisle, former Governor (of MO), Senator and Attorney General John Ashcroft is easily one of the most inarticulate and most miserable people I’ve ever met.

[thulldud]

Puts me in mind of the story I heard about Harry S Truman. On his first day in the US Senate, he thought, "How did I get to be here?"

After he had been there a couple of months, his question had changed to, "How did THEY get to be here?"