tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161781017528873219.post5780790364289574567..comments2023-10-17T04:51:04.961-07:00Comments on Telemachus: Remember When Our 'Best and Brightest' Actually Ran For Congress?Frank Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948885430465501408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161781017528873219.post-76745488779441155582011-06-02T12:28:15.572-07:002011-06-02T12:28:15.572-07:00In the second Congress! already fighting and acti...In the second Congress! already fighting and actin like babies!<br /><br />Just what sort of republic do we have, Mr. Franklin? Honestly...Frank Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948885430465501408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161781017528873219.post-51285731813083244832011-06-02T06:42:17.471-07:002011-06-02T06:42:17.471-07:00You may find this quote from Surviving Inside Cong...You may find this quote from Surviving Inside Congress, published by the Congressional Institute, to be of interest:<br /><br /> “There are few shining geniuses,” wrote Fisher Ames of Massachusetts, who described his colleagues as sober, solid folks. “There are many who have experience, the virtues of the heart and the habits of business. It will be quite a republican assembly.”<br />....Like many who would follow in his footsteps, Ames discovered soon into the 2nd Congress that familiarity could breed contempt – especially in the Halls of Congress, where he complained about the yawning listlessness of many who served there. “Their state prejudices, their over-refining spirit in relation to trifles, their attachment to some very distressing formalities in doing business,” he said in tallying the reasons for his growing disenchantment. “The objects now before us require more information, though less of the heroic qualities than those of the 1st Congress.” <br /><br />If the public demands it, the current Congress could/will rise to the occasion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com