"If we have learned anything in the last few months, it is that votes can be bought pretty easily when you are spending the taxpayers’ money rather than your own.
And what if there had not been a special election in Massachusetts this month? Then how would Congress and President Obama have gotten the message from the people? They don’t seem to pay attention to letters from their constituents or phone calls (“We’re sorry, but the voice mailbox of the person you are calling is full.”) They didn’t pay attention to more than a million people who marched on Washington in September (“That looks more like 30,000 people to me!”). And they didn’t pay attention to the fact that NOT EVEN ONE Republican would support the bill in the Senate (so much for Obama’s promise to end the partisan rancor in Washington).
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The question the American public needs to have answered once and for all is: “Can you hear us now?”
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The question that remains to be answered is whether there is any wisdom in Congress."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/opinion/columns/frank/article_c3a57952-08aa-11df-856f-001cc4c03286.html
Editor's 2 Cents The people’s veto: Has its time come?
Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:00 am
By FRANK MIELE |DailyInterlake.com (MT)
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