Source:PBS NewsHour– Mark Shields and David Brooks.
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“In this episode of the Doubleheader — where syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport with Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan — the guys discuss the kerfuffle in Alaska between former Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Mark Begich, plus the hitting phenom tearing through baseball, Yasiel Puig.”
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As much as Congress is put down and looked down upon (and I’m one of them) the House of Representatives and Senate are serious institutions and Congress as a whole is a serious. (Or at least it’s supposed to be since it’s funded by our tax dollars) Congress is supposed to be an institution with serious people who run for Congress in both chambers for the right reasons.
Of course there are people who quite frankly do not deserve there even if their voters deserve to have them there, but by in-large members of Congress are there because they want to serve their country and the people they represent. Who are well-educated and well qualified to serve in government who could make a hell of a lot more money outside of government including serving the public outside of government like at think tanks and writing books and teaching, and so-forth. Rather than deal with the stress and other difficulties that come with being in Congress either the House or Senate.
I just told you why Sarah Palin won’t even run let alone get elected to the United State Senate, because she’s not in politics to serve in government, but to get her views known about American politics. And make a lot of money doing that and that she’s not much more than a political celebrity and commentator (sort of the Kim Kardashian of American politics) and bash people that she doesn’t like, like establishment, Center-Right, business-oriented Republicans, who aren’t culture warriors.
Government and politics is supposed to be for serious people who want to serve our country. That’s one reason why we our forced to send our tax dollars to Washington. Not to pay for the advancement of the careers of political celebrities whose only real skill is pissing people off and drawing a lot of ratings for cable networks and partisan publications. The latter is what Sarah Palin is a natural at and something she’s making a lot of money doing. But governing is not for her because she’s not a serious politician and never has been.
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