[Illbay]

Interesting. We have 435 "Godfathers" running around, with all their "Capos" and Lieutenants and "soldiers" doing the dirty work, etc.

No wonder even a well-meaning and seemingly perfect "conservative" GOPer can come off sounding every bit the RINO in election ads.

Case in point: The ad running here in Houston for Tom DeLay, arch-conservative, boasting about how much, how quickly and how desperately he wants to use OUR money to pay for prescription drugs for seniors.

NOTE: this isn't a personal dig at DeLay; he's simply one of the Godfathers. But the system corrupts even someone of his caliber.

TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!!

[GOPcapitalist]

I heard that ad too...sickening. The only one I know of who doesn't get into that garbage is Ron Paul. Though the Dems are definately more involved in it that we are...

[Jolly Rodgers]

TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!!

What are you, some kind of anti-government anarchist whacko?

[capitan_refugio]

Believe it or not, each House of Congress is guarenteed under the Constitution to set their own rules. Each House could enacted their own term limits and refuse to seat elected representatives! However, the last time that was done, the year started with "17".

There is a great book on term limits written by George Will.

[capitan_refugio]

Believe it or not, each House of Congress is guarenteed under the Constitution to set their own rules. Each House could enact their own term limits and refuse to seat elected representatives! However, the last time that was done, the year started with "17".

There is a great book on term limits written by George Will. "Restoration: Congress, Term Limits, and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy" (1993)

[Dog Gone]

Case in point: The ad running here in Houston for Tom DeLay, arch-conservative, boasting about how much, how quickly and how desperately he wants to use OUR money to pay for prescription drugs for seniors.

That's not really accurate. It's an ad run by a senior's lobby, which masquerades as an ad for Tom DeLay. It's pushing prescription drug coverage, by piggybacking on DeLay's popularity.

It's subtle and effective, and if I were Tom DeLay, I think I'd be a little angry about this ad.