Comments by "bruzote" (@bruzote) on "Sen. Ben Sasse unloads on Congress at Kavanaugh hearing" video.

  1. If you gave a crap about our political system, you wouldn't be complaining about one side or the other. You did. You don't care. All you care about is your "team". Rah. Meanwhile, the country suffers because when you have a chance to be heard, you drag the conversation into a forum for nakedly party-based insults. Did it occur to you to mention how Anita Hill was stabbed in the back just so we could elect the most mute justice ever appointed to the SCOTUS? Were you sickened by that? Of course, not. You had your team jersey on during those hearings, your double-can beer helmet on with the hose going into your mouth, and the GOP foam middle finger flipping off the TV. Rah! Open your eyes and try using your brain. If you want to "fix the system", address problems in the system, don't insult half the country with your Jerry Springer-quality party politicking.
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  2. The seniority system is one thing that encourages reelection. If constituents don't want to lose their place at the table, they have to re-elect the same guy REGARDLESS OF PARTY! If "your guy" is a committee chairman, do you realize how much power your particular voting jurisdiction (Representative district or Senatorial state) has relative to the rest of the country? If your jurisdiction sends a new representative, your jurisdiction loses that special committee power! So, special interests and voters develop a keen interest in reelecting the same guy. Other special interests that don't benefit from a particular committee are not corresponding motivated to elect someone new for eventually heading another committee, because (a) they can just buy the guy who IS heading that committee, and (b) it would take *decades* for a new guy to even have a shot at being committee chairman. So, until we change the seniority system, EVERY voter has an interest in reelecting their representative!
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  3. There are so many noobs in these comments, even older noobs. Do you people realize EVERY politician has made speeches like this? Don't measure a politician by his words, unless you want to get a really long tape measure. Measure by his results. Watch this fella run for re-election when it is apparent he can win. Watch him do it over and over. Enjoy watching it, wondering where all of his sincerity about term limits went!
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