He called that an absolute abridgment of the people's rights. The list is endless and we need our best people to deal with these issues. To me, this is such an issue. The 12 Apostles had their Judas Iscariot, and I refuse to concede to the angry, pessimistic populism that drives this movement, because it is just dead wrong. Our negative campaigning and mudslinging have made anger the national recreation, but that's our fault, not the system's.
Ignorance is salvageable, but stupid is forever.
To make this a better country. A challenger has no record to defend while an incumbent may have hundreds of votes to explain. He's home, smoking a Macanudo, stroking his collie dog, sipping from a snifter of Courvoiser and watching an R-rated movie on cable. And I'm at my one-millionth banquet. Years of faithful constituent service - that's what gives an incumbent an advantage and, on the merits, it's deserved.