Comment by tomrod
6 months ago
Continuing your observation, this presumes they read and think deeply about the bills they vote on. They do not.
6 months ago
Continuing your observation, this presumes they read and think deeply about the bills they vote on. They do not.
I remember the day I mentioned this in my high school^ honors sociology class and the eventual valedictorian exclaimed that I was stupid to think that. The system has been broken for longer than I have been alive, but the indoctrination has been working to make up for it.
This was a Blue Ribbon School 1992-1993 yup. https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003...
Reading all bills that reach the Senate is like reading two Bibles per year. The swing vote legislator? Maybe. But the partisan extremes?