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“Just how damn long does one have to spend in the political system to realize it is corrupt to the core?”
Obviously, the time differs for each person. Hagel was living with and seeking voters in the more corrupt side of the equation. Probably, it took the horrors of a stupid, unjust war and sufficient casualties for him to realize the price was too high.
Dodd, Biden, Feingold, Kucinich, Holt and others choose to try to work within it and find a way to keep from being corrupted.
Until we make much needed changes to the system, we need to identify and support those who choose to fight in an unfair battle ground and as many have previously said, support candidates who seriously believe they can change things without being corrupted.
I am not accusing you, but I detest the chicken little approach regardless of the sincerity of that frightened chicken.
