[jnsun]

I believe it only takes ONE election cycle (six years) for a US Senator to get a comfortable Congressional retirement pension. Someone correct me if that's not true. Quite inappropriate and hypocritical relative to the working citizens (that is, us) for whom they supposedly represent - which in Webb and Warner's case they do not.

Hence in one Senatorial election campaign an individual only need lie and deceive like a lawyer to get life's gravy. That was clearly true for Jim Webb who pretended to be conservative (gun rights, etc), then voted ala Obama, Reid and company once elected.

That is exactly why the principles of "conservatism," e.g. personal responsibility for all one's decisions, need to be clearly, ideologically, and definitively stated.

Mark Warner is an excellent political example - he was not a bad governor, when he was on the spot for executive decisions - but once Senator he IS a political party puppet. A truly disturbing manifestation of party (ala Communism, Nazism, Baathist, etc) politics. Democratic Party obviously (leftism), but Republican Party not far behind (fecklessness and self preservation).

Johnny Suntrade

[kabar]

Warner was a terrible governor unless you like to be taxed to death.