[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Vote the Rascals Out!

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Vote the Rascals Out!
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1207882295.shtml


   I happened to hear a little of Chris Baker earlier this week. One of
   his callers made a remark in passing that I thought was rather
   profound. If I heard him right, he said that the essence of democracy
   is our ability to vote people OUT.
   All sorts of con artists, incompetents, and buffoons reach public
   office in a democracy. All sorts of con artists, incompetents, and
   buffoons reach public office in other forms of government, too. But we
   can get rid of them in a democracy without pitchforks or bullets.
   All sorts of deserving candidates fail to get elected or re-elected in
   a democracy. But all sorts of deserving candidates never reach
   positions of power in other forms of government, either, sometimes
   because they reach room temperature first.
   All sorts of seemingly steady people get wobbly and fall in public
   service, in all forms of government. In a democracy, we can set things
   right again with just slips of paper.
   So I think it's just fine to vote out the six RINO's that voted to
   override the Transportation Bill veto. However they got elected
   doesn't really matter. It's what they do that matters, and it is our
   cherished right to say, "no thank you."