Who are your constituents?
That might be an interesting question to ask your senators and representatives -- especially if they are in a different party politically than you are.
I pose the question because of this letter to the editor in the March 19 edition of Time magazine:
[Sen. Joseph] Lieberman [I-Conn.] lost the democratic primary because his constituents know that he is a lightweight shifting his allegiance as the wind blows, trying to play both sides of every issue. He is the poster child for term limits in Congress. He is still there because he is working the system for himself, rather than for the American people. How do we get rid of him?
BOYCE ABBOTT Chicago
Sen. Lieberman did lose the primary election, but rather handily won the general election as an independent. Mr. Abbott's letter seems to suggest that elected officials only constituents are those who belong to the same party.
As a Republican living in California, do I even have a senator by Abbott's standard?
Abbott's claim that Lieberman "is a lightweight shifting his allegiance as the wind blows" is also laughable. There are few politicians of either party who have been as steadfast as Lieberman whether you agree with him or not.
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You missed that the moron who wrote this lives in Chicago - he is not even one of Lieberman's constitutents, even if he wanted to vote against him.
Never underestimate the imbecility of a liberal. It can be breathtaking at times.