Trump may hang a skin on the wall.
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The hazards of following your conscience rather than your constituency.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@mik said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
The hazards of following your conscience rather than your constituency.
Well, that's sort of the problem, isn't it? Do you do what YOU think is right, or do you do what you were elected to do? If there's a conflict, there are solutions, on the part of the official and on the part of the citizenry.
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You can only really be for broad principles ahead of an election (lower taxes, more/less medicare, higher/lower environmental regs, etc. etc.)
But - most of the actual decisions you will face as a representative will not be tied to specific things you ran on.
Question is - do you govern by your principles, or do you govern by poll?
If you're governing by poll, what's the use of a representative and why don't we just have direct democracy?
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@axtremus said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
Alaska can always elect an Independent or Democratic U.S. Senator.
Sure.
What are the odds?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@axtremus said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
Alaska can always elect an Independent or Democratic U.S. Senator.
Sure.
What are the odds?
@jolly said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
@axtremus said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
Alaska can always elect an Independent or Democratic U.S. Senator.
Sure.
What are the odds?
Maybe when hell freezes over?
Of course, if you've ever visited Alaska, you might be forgiven for thinking that it had.
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I see that she's been elected to the Senate now for close to twenty years. She is past her political shelf life anyhow. She ought to retire from politics and take up Board work or some kind of community volunteer work.
@renauda said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
I see that she's been elected to the Senate now for close to twenty years
In December 2002, Murkowski—while a member of the state House—was appointed by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski, to fill his own U.S. Senate seat made vacant when he resigned from the Senate after being elected governor.
The appointment caused controversy in Alaska. Many voters disapproved of the nepotism. Her appointment eventually resulted in a referendum that stripped the governor of his power to directly appoint replacement Senators.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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You can only really be for broad principles ahead of an election (lower taxes, more/less medicare, higher/lower environmental regs, etc. etc.)
But - most of the actual decisions you will face as a representative will not be tied to specific things you ran on.
Question is - do you govern by your principles, or do you govern by poll?
If you're governing by poll, what's the use of a representative and why don't we just have direct democracy?
@xenon said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
Question is - do you govern by your principles, or do you govern by poll?
If you're governing by poll, what's the use of a representative and why don't we just have direct democracy?David Cameron governed by poll much more than previous PM's. What a freaking disaster that turned into.
We get the chance to kick them out once every few years. We shouldn't be micromanaging them in the interim with referenda. Presumably, this woman will be get her just reward, too.
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@xenon said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
Question is - do you govern by your principles, or do you govern by poll?
If you're governing by poll, what's the use of a representative and why don't we just have direct democracy?David Cameron governed by poll much more than previous PM's. What a freaking disaster that turned into.
We get the chance to kick them out once every few years. We shouldn't be micromanaging them in the interim with referenda. Presumably, this woman will be get her just reward, too.
@doctor-phibes said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
We get the chance to kick them out once every few years. We shouldn't be micromanaging them in the interim with referenda. Presumably, this woman will be get her just reward, too.
Sen. Murkowski once lost the GOP primary then ran a write-in campaign to get herself reelected as Senator. The people of Alaska really wanted her at one point, not that long ago.
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@renauda said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
I see that she's been elected to the Senate now for close to twenty years
In December 2002, Murkowski—while a member of the state House—was appointed by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski, to fill his own U.S. Senate seat made vacant when he resigned from the Senate after being elected governor.
The appointment caused controversy in Alaska. Many voters disapproved of the nepotism. Her appointment eventually resulted in a referendum that stripped the governor of his power to directly appoint replacement Senators.
@george-k said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
@renauda said in Trump may hang a skin on the wall.:
I see that she's been elected to the Senate now for close to twenty years
In December 2002, Murkowski—while a member of the state House—was appointed by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski, to fill his own U.S. Senate seat made vacant when he resigned from the Senate after being elected governor.
The appointment caused controversy in Alaska. Many voters disapproved of the nepotism. Her appointment eventually resulted in a referendum that stripped the governor of his power to directly appoint replacement Senators.
Yes indeed, time to leave.
On the other hand, I applaud her for taking leadership and voting according to her conscience regarding Trump. The rabble by itself is at best only capable of a trade union mentality which, as we all know, is quite politically undesirable in the large scheme of things.
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