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Ernie Chambers on Judiciary Committee

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A-FIXER:
K.I.S.S. is the word for me today.. too much of any other just invites clouds... in My Mind.

OnTheFly:
May I add that I don't think Chambers is any more a lier, than he is a publicity hound.  I think he immediately jumps on a possible explanation that defends his position without researching the facts.  After he has made the accusation, he is stuck with his original statement and a conspiracy that requires all the evidence to be tampered with.

Chambers is much like Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton who never let a good tragedy go to waste.  If there is even the slightest chance there was wrong doing, they will be there getting their self serving exposure on the media.  It is a horrible shame, but these people do more harm to the group they are supposedly defending than they do good.

Fly

00BUCK:

--- Quote from: RobertH on March 01, 2013, 01:33:46 PM ---Cobra was on the warpath all week.  he and Christensen had quite the fight earlier this week.  im so tired of his antics.

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And that is why we need to push for REAL term limits in this state. Two terms and you are done. Done done.

Bucket:

--- Quote from: 00BUCK on March 02, 2013, 05:33:13 PM ---And that is why we need to push for REAL term limits in this state. Two terms and you are done. Done done.

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I've never been a fan of term limits, as I firmly believe that people deserve the representation that they vote for.  I will concede, however, that Ernie Chambers is a poster child for why they may be needed.

What I wonder about (and I admit my ignorance) is why one person like Chambers is allowed to have such an ability to muck up the legislative process.  I constantly hear how he's such a master of the Unicameral's rules, but that merely raises the question about why those rules continue to exist or the other Senators don't change them to reduce his ability to be such a wrench in the works.  In my mind, Chambers is a cancer on our state and has probably done more to hurt his constituents than any single politician in the state.

NB:
I vacillate back and forth on term limits.  On the one hand, people get what they deserve, but on the other hand, no good ever comes out of lifelong politicians.  Lee Terry promised he was two terms and done, but then said "it takes that long to get everybody to know your name so you can get on the important committees".  Hmm...  Isn't that kind of proving the term limit point?  Get in, try to push your ideas through, and get out.

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