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Originally Posted by theking
"1- We the People elect those that represent us. It is by our choice and our benevolence that they serve at our will. We do not elect them to speak to us, we elect them to speak for us. His or anyone's representation in the Senate or House is not all that impressive due to who they are, but rather because we chose them to represent who we are (which they usually are very poor at)."
Exactly...and the people chose him to serve them for 47 years...the third longest sitting Senator...in the history of the United States. Outstanding.
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You think he got that way clearly on merits? Wow.. what punch are you drinking? The Kennedy's have held that seat short of one person for a very long time (and the one person was because Teddy wasn't old enough at that point. He would have had the seat on name recognition alone otherwise and had another 4 years or so added to his so impressive record. Sorry, not impressive at all.
Senator Byrd, Senator Thurman, etc etc are in there from their name being more recognizable than their opposing candidate's. Hell, half those old guys are senile anyway. The other half are so out of touch with their constituency that it's laughable.