Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation

Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation by techdragon on Saturday February 27, 2016 @07:17AM (#11186897)

I find it utterly staggering how frequently US politics seems to be in "election mode"... 2 years away from the Presidential Election that race gears up meaning that the president is only really 'focused on the job' for half the time and campaigning the rest, then there's the senate, half term senate elections because what the hell do you need to alternate back and forth so frequently for, its the same term for each election you've just made it twice the political mess with this half term election nonsense...

I live on the other side of the world in Australia... and I am STILL getting BOMBARDED with this constant cycle of election crap going on in the USA due to how much the US media drives advertising.

Its just crazy... You guys have way bigger problems than the whole "the people think POTUS is in charge, but congress is actually meant to be in charge", it starts with the fact none of your politicians have enough time to do their fucking jobs due to all the campaigning.

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Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation by douche on Saturday February 27, 2016 @08:55AM (#11187081)

House Rep terms are really kind of stupidly short. Two years means they are constantly on the hamster wheel of campaigning.

Now, there could be the argument that being a professional politician was never supposed to be a thing, but any hope for that is dead and gone, probably before Washington set the precedent of stepping down after two terms.

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