They're not there to 'make friends'.. they're there to pass laws their constituents voted them in for. Plain and simple.
Myself, and the other constituents pay their salary, and they are supposed to do what we tell them we want them to do.
The fact that they failed to do so, is the reason they're being called back in the first place.
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Now, that said, I know that we need to 'play the system' as well in order to get our goals reached... I just hate that that's the way it has to be done.
And this is why I could never be a politician. My 'political doubletalk' filter would clog up too fast, and I'd probably punch someone
