Should Victims of Tragedy Automatically Become Senate Member

[Stratego]

[John Galt]

this was the basis for why Patty Wetterling, who lost her son because some guy took her son and then assumedly raped and murdered him like 20 years ago, ran for the house seat against michelle bachmann. while i think bachmann is an idiot who has no business in government, wetterling was even worse.

or for another example, take john mccain

[Precocity]

[Sparse1]

[eynon81]

[Aaron]

Totally. We should have way more emotional dim-watt bulbs in Congress than we already do.

This thread should be in the lounge

[lnrw]

Being smart has never been a prerequiste for being senator, why start now?

This may not be a constitutional option, but let us say for arguments sake that we appointed the survivors of the 9/11 attack to the Senate.

What if they voted to nuke all the middle east countries?

Would that be a good idea?

what if they voted themselves billions in compensation?

What if they voted their families eternal compensation?

I don't think this is a very good idea, because the only reason they would be there is because someone close to them was killed somehow. That's not a qualification to sit in the senate.

Whatever may be the status of the United States, and however poorly it is administered, we are a nation of laws. we do not appoint people to congress. We elect them. Merit is not obtained via tragic accidents and murders. There is no basis for them to be in any seat of power without due process; i.e. being elected by the people.

This would create another reason for heinous crimes. Kill or have someone killed that is close to you and bingo, senate seat. Or someone could kill someone close to you because they knew you would vote a certain way.

[John Galt]

[The Dude]

[dontworrybehappy]

Um, no. We elect people into office in this country. Nobody "automatically" becomes anything. That ain't how this ship floats.