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On Leaving Office
National Review Online, by Ramesh Ponnuru
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Posted By:StormCnter, 12/12/2012 5:27:19 AM
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| Elliott Abrams criticizes Senator Jim DeMint (R., S.C.), Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R., Mo.), and other politicians who leave office before their term has expired to take other jobs. It may well be that Ms. Emerson can do a lot of good at the Cooperative Association and that Mr. DeMint will serve the conservative cause well at Heritage. Nevertheless there is something deeply offensive about walking away from the job you so ardently sought from the voters. That act diminishes the significance of elections and indeed of representative democracy,
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The Abrams piece articulates the criticism well, but is a non-postable site.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Pluperfect, 12/12/2012 6:18:48 AM (No. 9060927)
I agree with Abrams. Unless serious health issues are involved, there are always lofty sounding justifications for abandoning your office, but it´s always about making more money.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 12/12/2012 6:52:22 AM (No. 9060960)
Many Republicans leave office voluntarily but few Democrats do. Draw your own conclusions.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
varkdriver, 12/12/2012 7:37:48 AM (No. 9060996)
Excellent point, #2; Dimocrats only leave office in a zippered rubber bag [Robert KKK Byrd, Ted ´The Liberal Lyin´ Of The Senate´ Kennedy, etc].
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/12/2012 7:57:47 AM (No. 9061033)
Would be nice if Bam Bam would walk away.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Judith, 12/12/2012 8:03:19 AM (No. 9061046)
Listening to the republicans right after the election, especially the leaders, I think DeMint accurately decided there really was no republican party to support. Only a party declaring it would copy whatever the dems did. Which, considering who they chose for the 2008 and 2012 campaigns, they have been doing for a long time.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
pickle1, 12/12/2012 8:04:42 AM (No. 9061050)
I agree. They should never go into the office without fulfilling it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
realrep, 12/12/2012 8:13:59 AM (No. 9061069)
It shortchanges the supporters and volunteers.
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Star-Ledger [Trenton, NJ], by Janelle Griffith
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Academy Award winner Ben Affleck is the latest Hollywood star to lend his celebrity to a social cause. Next week, the "Argo" and "Good Will Hunting" actor will join thousands of others when he lives off of $1.50 per day as part of the Live Below the Line campaign, from April 29 to May 3. Billed as a means to challenge the way people think about poverty, the campaign requires participants to feed themselves on no more than $1.50 a day for five days.
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