Who is Running Washington?

I keep reading the news and see where every day or so, a presidential candidate at a press conference will “open mouth and insert foot.” A day later, they have an apology speech. Who needs reality TV when we have these people?

Some are overt blunders and some are subtle mistakes. Obama talked about “wasted lives” of our American soldiers. Not a great thing to say to those soldiers’ families no matter your view on the war. McCain jumped on the “I hate Rumsfeld” train after lauding him at his retirement since he “deserves Americans' respect and gratitude.“ Hillary demanded a beginning to troop pullout in 90 days… but with no end date. A bill sure to be struck down, but a lovely political maneuver for the sake of the publicity.

Putting all their blunders, misstatements, posturing and spin aside for the moment; who’s running Washington? We’ve got Senators and Representatives traveling the country - especially in primary states – trying to earn votes for primaries, grab money from anyone they can, and gain endorsements along the way. Don’t they have something to vote on or legislation to pass, i.e. THEIR JOB they were elected to do?

Did you know Congress only spent 72 days at work in 2006? 125 days if you count Mondays and Fridays, the “non-voting days.” The average over the last 20 years was 152 days. You and I work about 100 days more than that and they earn $165,200 per year.

On their “off” days, aren’t they still supposed to be representing their constituents rather than looking for a “better job” by campaigning? Think about it. Would you hire someone for a job you had, who did not show up to their current job? Of course not. Why then would you vote for someone for president when they did not do their job they were already in? Someone who, knowing they could not fulfill the duties of their current job, did not step down to allow someone else to do it?

This is nothing new and indeed incumbent officials have fought election battles while in office to stay in office. But even then, they were not doing the job they were elected to do and what they were getting paid for. This is the very reason that I have said, when elected in 2008, I will not run for reelection in 2012. I’m going to stay at work for you. If I’m doing a good job, you will vote for me again. If I am not, you should not vote for me anyway. Makes sense, doesn’t it? There’s more where that came from. http://www.presidentadams.com/. Common Sense for Uncommon Times.

Steve
Steve@PresidentAdams.com

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