Whether or not you approved of the bailout, you have to count yourself lucky to be witnessing an historic event.\u00a0 Take a good, hard look at what is unfolding before us.\u00a0 One elected official after another said they could not vote for this legislation because their constituents back home were not in favor of it and would vote them out of office.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, this was part of an openly discussed game plan yesterday before the vote:<\/p>\n
Both parties were also scouring the political map to identify lawmakers who face little or no opposition for re-election in November, knowing they would be more willing to vote yes. New York Times News Service<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Think about that again. \u00a0 They wanted<\/em> to vote for it, but the people they represented were overwhelmingly against it and would have thrown them out for approving the bill.\u00a0 How often does anything of REAL importance happen this close to an election?\u00a0 This is so close to election time that the legislators are accountable<\/em><\/strong> for their votes.\u00a0 Imagine that!\u00a0 And they are scared.\u00a0 They can not do their politics as usual because they don’t have time so spin it.\u00a0 This is a magical time to witness: politicians acting out of accountability rather than self-interest.\u00a0 Were that it was always true…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Whether or not you approved of the bailout, you have to count yourself lucky to be witnessing an historic event.\u00a0 Take a good, hard look at what is unfolding before us.\u00a0 One elected official after another said they could not vote for this legislation because their constituents back home were not in favor of it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13762,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13762\/when-the-grasshoppers-vote-to-enslave-the-ants-the-ants-vote-with-their-feet-i-opt-out-of-california\/","url_meta":{"origin":4716,"position":0},"title":"When the grasshoppers vote to enslave the ants, the ants vote with their feet: “I opt-out of California.”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"December 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"From newgeography.com:So, in protest to the insensitive indulgent big-spenders that run Sacramento, I say, \u201cDon\u2019t touch my junk!!!\u201d My beautiful California home is now on the market for $2,000,000. 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