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To: Road Walker who wrote (291652)6/19/2006 7:10:53 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1585398
 
then we would just get average people running for congress



To: Road Walker who wrote (291652)6/19/2006 7:45:46 PM
From: steve harris  Respond to of 1585398
 
geez, me and old yellow dog democrat on the same page...lol

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To: Road Walker who wrote (291652)6/19/2006 8:28:58 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1585398
 
"As far as getting "qualified people" to run, I think we would be better off with a bunch of common sense workers than the elitist politicians."

Which is exactly what they don't want.



To: Road Walker who wrote (291652)6/19/2006 9:11:12 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1585398
 
I don't know if this is still true, but Texas used to pay it's legislators a true pittance. The logic was, if they couldn't steal enough through bribes and graft to make it worthwhile, they were too stupid to be there.