You said it SheLion. We need to clean out the whole mess of these pompous as*&%# who think they are the Kings and Queens of the world. They make me sick!
That's one reason I advocate TERM LIMITS! 8 years is MORE then enough for most of these idiots. The longer they sit in their seat, the more power, control and restriontions they think they can dump on us.
I, for one, am damn tired of it. And it's not just the smoking issue, either!
Then when you go to your Rep for help, they have all the lies and spin in the world to try to "appease me." It's useless.
There are some good ones! But some of the "old farts" (excuse the word, I hate it, but what else can you call them without being downright vulgar), like Kennedy and Hitlery that are good at "arm twisting." And I believe they coerce the others. Either that, or there is a lot of palm greasing going on under the table.
Another thing, the longer they remain in their seat, the more vocal they become. And the more power they seem to believe they have. They use their seat to lay down rules for the rest of us just because "they" do not like it personally. This is WRONG!
It's almost impossible to remove them. It takes a lot of work, time and signatures. Like the two we have in Maine. No one opposes them from our side. I truly wish someone would, because these two would never get another vote out of me. But I am FORCED into voting for them time and time again because I would rather cut off my right arm then vote for a RAT.