“Roberts hadn’t lived in KS for decades. Why should he represent the voters in KS?”
This is not directed at the poster.
I have a few questions and would appreciate honest reflection on them. Where do laura Ingram, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Mark Levin, Sarah Palin and other endorsers of Tea Party Candidates live? Your state? How about Rush Limbaugh who is reported to have coined the tern, RINO? How did you learn to read about events and complain that the mainstream media never report on them. How many books have you read that were not written by one or more of the above mentioned people?
Where does their influence come from? Do you believe everything they say? Why do they carry more weight with you than your own member of congress, Mayor and city councilman?
Do you recognize that you are in an echo chamber that has become a cult? Do you think you could go to congress and change it? Anyone else? Does our form of government evolve? Do you think the poplar vote should be acceptable? Should people who think only your way be allowed to serve?
Obviously I don’t expect answers, but I do expect some very angry posts. Maybe a few honest “I hadn’t thought of it that way” responses.
I get called names for saying how I feel but I make it a point of trying to behave like a civilized adult.
I’ll answer honestly.
Where do laura Ingram, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Mark Levin, Sarah Palin and other endorsers of Tea Party Candidates live? Your state? - No, I live in MA. None of them live here.
How about Rush Limbaugh who is reported to have coined the tern, RINO? - again. No. He lives in Florida.
How did you learn to read about events and complain that the mainstream media never report on them. - Being from MA, where talk radio got it’s start, I saw that very early as I would read the papers and on the radio would be stories that weren’t in either one. Political scandals were covered up, etc. And that was just locally. But it led to seeing the same thing on the national level.
How many books have you read that were not written by one or more of the above mentioned people? - Hundreds. I read Beck’s “The Overton Window” and wasn’t impressed. Levin is much more along my line, a lot more constitutional stuff. I’ve read Rush’s four books. I tend to read a lot from the Founders (go to the source) and have written a book based on John Adams’ writings.
Where does their influence come from? - I think it comes from being a conservative voice in a world of liberalism, the same source of Goldwater seizing the nomination and Reagan’s popularity.
Do you believe everything they say? - no I don’t. I have enough knowledge to tell if what they are saying is true, or if I don’t, I research it.
Why do they carry more weight with you than your own member of congress, Mayor and city councilman? - easy answer on that one. I live in MA.
Do you recognize that you are in an echo chamber that has become a cult? - That’s ridiculous. Do you not enjoy talking to people that are of the same mind once in a while? To realize, “it’s not just me that thinks this way.” Do you say the same thing to the Establishment, who are definitely in an echo chamber that disdains any other views but their own.
Do you think you could go to congress and change it? Anyone else? - It takes a while to turn a ship, but yes, government has been changed by individuals before.
Does our form of government evolve? - No, it remains republican, but the leftist would like to turn it into a social democracy, with limited influence from the people, with judges and unelected executive agencies making the “laws” we should live under.
Do you think the poplar vote should be acceptable? - in what respect? to elect our leaders, yes. If this question refers to the electoral college, it’s still a popular vote, just at the state level. The people have the authority to enact law through electing their legislatures, or acting as their own legislature through referenda, etc.
Should people who think only your way be allowed to serve? - another ridiculous question. Of course not.
BillHilly - you are posting dumb questions
“Where does their influence come from? Do you believe everything they say? Why do they carry more weight with you than your own member of congress, Mayor and city councilman?”
What have OUR “Republican” members of Congress done onver the last 25 years to LIMIT the size, scope interference with everyday life of the average American? - They have increase the SIZE and POWER of the Fed. G’ment, thus allowing unscrupulous officials to use various agencies of the Fed. G’ment (IRS, EPA, etc) to harass American?
Are you in favor of trusting, believing “your own member of congress, Mayor and city councilman?” - Yes you are a fooling yourself.