Bob in FL
2009-10-22 08:44:53
Just a side note: I’ve seen a lot of folks criticize the Class of 1994 for “going native” and “squandering the opportunity” and “joining the Beltway Club” — both in these comments and elsewhere. I don’t think that’s fair: the honest new folks elected in 1994 — who campaigned supporting things like term limits and MEANT it — weren’t around in 2000. They didn’t go native; they retired and went back to their REAL jobs, just like they promised. The ones who stayed were the ones who DIDN’T mean it — well, they didn’t “go native”, they already WERE D.C. natives before ever they were elected.
Our mistake was replacing the retiring conservatives with Rockefeller types, instead of more solid conservatives.
