They act like they are our masters. They need schooling.
I spent years dealing with those guys on a one-to-one level. I knew them, their COS's, their staffers. Believe me, some of the biggest jerks are people you would not expect, and some of the nicest, most self-effacing and hard working ones are ones you would not expect either.
I don't think "both sides are to blame." I think the GOP has EARNED the lion's share of the blame with their unified obstruction, deliberate foot-dragging, and general assholishness, and I see nothing wrong with pointing it out--those bastards were sent to DC to legislate, not to obstruct. They need to get the goddamn spirit and start doing just that.
Congressional salaries are a matter of public record, you know. I wouldn't mind making that dough--and I'd do more to earn it than some of those SOBs do. I know about their health care plan, because it is very similar to the military one....of course, those bastards get "front of the line" privileges at Walter Reed and Bethesda, in front of active duty servicemembers. How do I know this? A Congressman without an appointment, who decided that one day was a good day to have some elective surgery, TOOK MY ANESTHESIA following an operation I, on active duty, "had" to have (scheduled in advance, and not "elective"
, causing the medical staff to have to scramble to find an alternate method to sedate me post-op. As a consequence, I suffered a shitload of post-op pain and ended up hospitalized for almost a week instead of two or three days. I was not a happy camper and I let the senior military leadership know as well as some of my acquaintances on the HASC. Of course, that was well after the fact and didn't help me at the time. It was dead fucking wrong, though.
They act like lords, when they are our serfs. They need to "get correct" and start working for We The People, or be put on notice that they're going to get tossed.
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