tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169420095530503988.post5612270255575794580..comments2023-08-15T22:02:59.649-05:00Comments on Sunshine State Sarah: I'm more of a Hoosier than Dick LugarAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11251723007613713377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169420095530503988.post-40642822948875972482012-03-16T18:14:32.964-05:002012-03-16T18:14:32.964-05:00When I first read this story and even more since I...When I first read this story and even more since I've read your post I'm wondering if we shouldn't try something a little novel: part time legislature. It works for Texas. <br /><br />I figure during the off-time you're expected to go home. Home being the place that you were elected to represent. I'm pretty sure that's what the founders intended. If you don't want to live there, fine. That clearly means you also don't want to represent the folks who live there, so get out.Rick Hornsbyhttp://flyovercountry.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169420095530503988.post-46280467581625465572012-03-16T16:18:37.525-05:002012-03-16T16:18:37.525-05:00It is unbelievable that Dick Lugart moved out of I...It is unbelievable that Dick Lugart moved out of Indiana in 1977, before I had graduated from college, yet continues to represent the Hoosier State in Washington. Besides fixing this obvious loophole, we must also elect True Conservatives to the House and Senate (and State/local offices, too). It will take a lot of Conservatives to defeat the Social Democrats, and their fellow travellers, like Dick Lugar. Send him Home, wherevert that is...Editorhttp://www.aconservativern.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169420095530503988.post-29712335191013523712012-03-16T10:35:49.431-05:002012-03-16T10:35:49.431-05:00"DC Dick" Lugar is a product of the typi..."DC Dick" Lugar is a product of the typical Hoosier sense that we somehow just aren't worthy enough to have someone like Rhodes Scholar and international statesman Dick Lugar representing us, and Lugar has played on that his entire career.<br /><br />Truth is, very, very few elected officials remain residents of their states, either physically or spiritually. Most Members of Congress reside full time in the D.C. area and either maintain a condo in the district or use the home of a family member as their voting address.<br /><br />Perhaps one of the things we need to take a closer look at is why things have gotten so busy in D.C. that our Congressmen must live there full time in order to maintain some semblance of normality?Jacob Perryhttp://www.jacobperry.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169420095530503988.post-66723352544544204332012-03-16T10:17:56.455-05:002012-03-16T10:17:56.455-05:00That's unacceptable that Lugar doesn't liv...That's unacceptable that Lugar doesn't live in IN. Washington politicians are out of touch as it is. Hopefully Indiana voters kick him out of office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com