Shame of Incumbency

Politicians in past election cycles have returned to their states or districts bragging of all the pork they have brought home, or all of the power they have amassed as senior statesmen, heading important committees or subcommittees, and flouting all that clout to dazzled constituents. Today, with unprecedented Federal spending engendering unprecedented deficits, I wonder if any Representatives or Senators will have the temerity to try such a line, touting their odious abuse of power. Unfortunately some moderate Republicans or Republicans in name only are standing for re-election. Among their number are erstwhile Presidential candidate John McCain in Arizona who is facing consistent conservative J. D. Hayworth in the GOP primary and Lamar Alexander who made common cause with Obama by approving Sonia "Soviet" Sotomayor for the United States Supreme Court and on cap and trade. Instead of expressing pride in their service in Washington D.C., far too many of our members of Congress should hide their heads in embarrassment for how they have facilitated the fall of the country so far, so fast.