re: #309 Jaerik

Sorry about the page count thing. It was a popular meme for awhile so it just popped into my head, but even with it being slightly smaller or whatever, almost all bills are ridiculously long and they have a fair amount of provisions. Even if it’s not 1000+ and is instead ONLY 500+, that’s a lot of stuff, so I’m saying he may disagree with some of the other parts, which have changed since he jumped on. Also the whole in the pocket of insurance companies seems extremely disingenuous.

The reason stating the dollar amounts he’s received from insurance can be taken as a smear is because of what someone else mentioned but was completely ignored. Stats matter only when compared to something. The absolute value means little unless you know that the 2.5 M or 1M in respective areas is more/less than the average. Given the comparison to Harry Reid’s donations, it looks like he’s no more beholden to them then some of the other guys.

Also if you believe a certain way, are you really beholden to a certain group if you take money, or are you getting their money for reelection because you agree with that group. Would you say someone who takes money from the largest green technologies group is beholden to environmental causes, or is the money the effect from the cause of believing in green technologies and being environmentally conscious.

Don’t know the answer, but it seems logically a lot of you guys could be putting the cart before the horse. Obviously you may be right, but I’m all about giving a guy the benefit of the doubt especially when he has a better record then many of voting for what’s right over what’s popular.