re: #19 HappyWarrior

I agree. I don’t think anyone here truly begrudges her for helping out her constituents. After all, it’s part of the job but my problem is with her getting herself in to office and others in to office while decrying “big government” yet going around and using that same government to get pork which no doubt is done to help her re-election chances. On the other hand, I wonder what good is it to elect someone to government who hates it anyhow? Sounds counterproductive to me but that’s another story.

Of course I don’t blame her for helping her constituents through legal means that were designed for her to do so. That’s her job.

But there’s something cynical and sinister and ugly about pretending that government doesn’t help anyone on the one hand, and then capably using its resources on the other to help your constituents

It’s like a grown-up version of the college kid who flaunts their working-class cred while driving the new car their parents bought them.