"The Democrats could care less about families"

[trumad]

<snip>
For lawmakers within a reasonable commute of Washington, longer weeks are not a burden -- although they are likely to cut into members' fundraising and campaigning activities. But for members from Alaska and Hawaii, the West Coast, or rural states, the new schedule will mean less time at home and more stress.

"Keeping us up here eats away at families," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. "Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families -- that's what this says."

Time away from Washington is just as important to being an effective member of Congress as time spent in the Capitol, Kingston added. "When I'm here, people call me Mr. Congressman. When I'm home, people call me 'Jack, you stupid SOB, why did you vote that way?' It keeps me grounded."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501342_pf.html

I've been working 5 day weeks my whole adult life... My family is fine.

[ClassWarrior]

1. This from the party of page-rape.

NGU.

[Norquist Nemesis]

9. Yeah...and where's the review on THAT!

Maybe I should call my Congressperson (Biggert) and let her know it's only one of a host of reasons I didn't vote for her. (Not that I would have anyway! LOL!)

[skipos]

2. Yes, we COULD care less. It is Republicans who COULDN'T care less. nt

[Sugar Smack]

8. "Could care less" is bad grammar.

x(

[sui generis]

16. inst it odd taht

the wlrod is flul of bad selplres too, yet we can eliasy mkae out waht tehy maen? "There's lots" of bad grammer ever dang where, y'all.

[Sugar Smack]

21. LOL!

:rofl: :spray: Thanks for that!

[Gormy Cuss]

30. Depends on interpretation.

I'm taking the Congressman at his word. The Democrats could care less about families, they choose instead to care more than the Republicans do.



p.s. "could care less" when one means "couldn't care less" annoys me too.

[Sugar Smack]

Heh, heh.

So, really he IS speaking the truth. He just didn't mean to. :spray:

[enki23]

37. not if you meant it literally

.

[baby_mouse]

61. THANK YOU!!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

I thought it was an Americanism. Does this mean I get to start correcting people?

/grammar police

:bounce:

[raccoon]

46. Right on!

It drives me nuts to hear, "I could care less," when the speaker means,
"I COULDN'T care less."

[Sugar Smack]

56. YAWP! Raccoon, you just made my day.

:D Thanks!

[shadowknows69]

3. Oh cry me a freaking river

I get to see my wife about 5 hours a week. We work 3 jobs between us. Vote yourself in another raise, you'll feel better.

[meegbear]

4. A 3 day workweek and you still BITCH!?!

Thank God he doesn't represent me.

[underpants]

5. Hey Jack you CAN resign

No one is forcing you to be there. Why don't you move your family up there with you? Don't worry the kids won't have to go to school with all them dark ones the taxpayers will basically pay for their private school.

[ClassWarrior]

10. Yeah, if he doesn't believe in an honest day's work...

...for an honest day's pay, who needs 'im?

NGU.

[novalib]

6. GUESS WHAT, YOU MORON???!!!!!!

(not you, trumad)

But GUESS WHAT, Rep. Jack Kingston, YOU PATHETIC MORON ---

MILLIONS of families MUST WORK 40 hours or MORE to feed their children.

And YOU object to having to be AT WORK from MONDAY through FRIDAY??!?!?!?!?

It shows ME just how OUT OF TOUCH Republicans are!!!!!

[trumad]

11. It's not even 5 full days

They start at 6:30 p.m. Monday and will finish their business about 2 p.m. Friday

[HughBeaumont]

54. That would kick SO much ass to have hours like that.

Not having to fight traffic. Leaving at 2.

Of course, downtown DC's a lot different, as they don't "stoop" to take public transportation from Bethesda or Chevy Chase.

[HughBeaumont]

52. I'm part of that "MORE" group, as is my wife.

Gee, I guess we should all BE as lucky as Rep Kingston. I'd love 4 tens and more money, but HEY, I live in that there "reality based community", I guess.

[sweetpotato]

7. How about the rest of us shmoes?

I'd like a 3 day work week so I can spend more time with my family, too.

[TahitiNut]

12. It seems to me that Democrats worked hard to let them spend more time with their families.

After all, it's not like they were dragged kicking and screaming into the Congress. :eyes:

[sdfernando]

13. I have no sympathy.

These people are crazy. They knew what was expected of this job going into it....To paraphrase a well know quote: If you can't do the time, don't take the job!

[Arkansas Granny]

39. Or to quote Super Chicken (one of my favorite cartoons ever):

"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it."

http://www.digital-sledgehammer.com/superchicken/

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. lazy fucking republicans screwing america over.

[MazeRat7]

15. Hey I have a suggestion if they don't like the "required" work schedule...

RESIGN !!!

MZr7

[Selatius]

17. Why don't you fucking work 50, 60 or more hours a week, Jack, you sack of shit.

Then see what kind of toll that kind of workload has on your family cohesion.

You bitch when somebody honestly expects you to work 40 hours a week, yet too many of your Repub friends remain mute as ordinary workers work more hours than they ever have, more than workers in all other industrialized nations, for pay that is often the lowest on average in the industrialized world.

[aquart]

26. You mean, like the rest of America?

Can't wait to see how much sympathy he gets with that spoiled brat remark.

[Nite Owl]

28. And work in retail

where most of the jobs are and you'd better plan on Saturday and Sunday to be away from the family too.
I hope this makes some headlines to show people what these people are like and what they think of them. The fact that they could even think of saying something like this while making what they do and getting their benefits besides the fact that they campaigned for this job, they weren't drafted or made to work in Congress. It's supposed to be a privilege.

[SammyWinstonJack]

60. Or work 12 hour days with split days off for three weeks and only one day off

the remaining week of the month. See what that does to a marriage and family life. What life? :rofl: :cry: :rofl: And vacation time? Forget that! Republicans congress critters couldn't care less about families and apparently they don't want to work but they expect to be paid anyway. Nice work if you can get and they did.

[OzarkDem]

18. Quit your job, then Jack

I'm sure we can find a hard working Dem willing to take it from you.

BTW, Jack, if you want to blame someone for these rules.

Keerist, remember when all these GOP'ers were bashing government and elected officials for being corrupt, lazy and over paid? The shoe is sure on the other farkin' foot now, isn't it? Hypocrisy, thy name is GOP.

[Demobrat]

19. Keep talking Jack.

Let the voters who work their butts off just to survive see just who is "representing" them.

[sui generis]

20. yeah, they got their short hairs waxed on the news this morning

wah wah wah, fry me a liver.

I thought it was inappropriate to drink at work Congressman Kingston, so you should cut back on the whine while you're on the clock.

[Skidmore]

42. What was said on the news?

Was it about this article in particular?

[sui generis]

57. no, it was an article about how senators complaining about

being overworked are hardly worked at all.

I think there was a little bias in the reporting though - it showed the reporter traipsing through empty halls and offices, and though I saw it at 4:20 this morning, I'm not sure if it wasn't likewise filmed at 4:00 a.m.

Channel 11 NBC Dallas.

Just the same, it would be instructive to have them work a federal work week for federal minimum wage at least one month a year.

[Nite Owl]

22. Typical repuke statement and way

of looking at something. What about the families of America that work 60 hrs a week, what about moms and dads working and hardly seeing their kids to pay for bills and food, what about not having healthcare and losing their homes because they passed a bankrupcy bill that punished them, etc, etc, etc. They are the most self-centered people on the planet these conservatives. It really is 'all about them' and screw everyone else.

[porphyrian]

23. Fucking waaah.

Sorry to make you DO YOUR FUCKING JOB, ASSHOLE.

[Jed Dilligan]

24. That's why we should move the capital to Lebanon, KS

geographical center of the continental US.

[NavyDavy]

43. hell f**king no!!!! he just has to do his job and trvl like every other

congressman has done since the beginning of this experiment we call the USA

[Jed Dilligan]

55. Of course he should do his job...

and I know the capital isn't moving.

Countries are, however, known to benefit when the capital is close to the middle of the country--as Washington, DC was when it was originally planned.

[Double T]

25. Now that the bastards will have to work a 5 day work week............

THEY will probably want a 40% pay raise!!

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Man, talk about being egocentric! Why should any 'public official' be above the rules

governing the rest of us? Hey, Jack, why don't you try raising your kids by yourself and holding down a job where you work 45+ hours a week and were on-call 24/7? That's what I did.

[sarge43]

29. Get your lazy ass over to Iraq, look a soldier or marine

in the eyes (preferably one who's on his second or third tour) and whine that pitiful story.

You sad sack of shit.

[Sapere aude]

31. My wife and I are apart during the week due to our jobs. We don't' like it but

it's what we need to do now. Today is our 20th wedding anniversary. We will celebrate on the weekend.

[ninkasi]

32. How pathetic

What about our troops, who have had to endure multiple deployments? Don't they have families they love? What about people working two minimum wage jobs and still not able to make ends meet...thanks, Cons, for caring about them. Until something happens to them, I guess it doesn't happen, or the people it happens to don't count.

They were against Family Leave, even though it's unpaid. They have preached to thousands of single mothers that it's just too bad if they have to work more than one job to keep their family fed, and don't expect any help from the government, because we've got more important things to consider, like how to get another tax cut to the wealthy slipped in before we leave office. Speaking of the wealthy, how many members of Congress are millionaires?

Their sniveling is really pathetic, and only shows how disconnected they are from the reality their policies have created for millions of hard-working Americans. I guess shipping all those jobs out of the country is their twisted way of being sure more people spend more time with their families, even if they are living in tents because they can't afford decent housing. Conservatives make me sick.

[trumad]

36. Excellent post and spot on.

[lumberjack_jeff]

33. Then take longer vacations, Jack.

You don't need a note from mommy to miss work.

This Democrat wishes you'd stay home all year.

[williesgirl]

34. They should have to be there Mon-Fri, all day. Don't apply if you don't want to work.

[LSK]

35. contact Jack and let him know how you feel

http://vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H0872103

Make sure you call on Monday and Friday from work and tell them where you are that day.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

38. If I applied for a $200K per year job in Washington

I sure as hell would be moving my family there. This greedy prick wants to work 15 3-day weeks per year, and is crying about having to work 3.5 days a week for a longer period of time.

Fuck him.

[npincus]

40. you forgot to mention the lifetime pension!

Did you ever have a job where you worked for a couple of years and then get a generous pension???

WHAT THE FUCK. Greedy 3-day work week motherfucking pricks.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

59. And all the future opportunities for "consulting" gigs

Lobbying, corporate representation, etc. If he doesn't like it, fuck him, he can resign and let someone who really wants the job represent the citizenry.

[KingFlorez]

41. Work is work

Most citizens in this country work 5 days a week, why shouldn't Congress? When you run for Congress, one of the things you have to think about is spending time away from your family and how to deal with it.

[immoderate]

44. Stay home, Jack.

You won't be missed.

--IMM

[Solo_in_MD]

45. Faulty assumption

Pols are working when they are in thier home district...I want mine home often enough to keep in touch lest they end up being creatures of the beltway.

[catnhatnh]

47. Jack SHOULD be off from Thursday thru Tuesday....

...that's when he should hold down his OTHER job-40 hours a week at McDonalds on the burger line. Then report back Jack, on how THAT affects your family.

[Vox Acerbus]

48. My Letter to Jack

To: [e-mail]
Subject: Hey Jack!

Whatchya doin' Friday? Because I'm actually WORKING, like thousands of your other constituents.

I wonder why you ran for Congress if you didn't want to work for the people?

Hopefully your constituents will remember your unwillingness to actually work for the money that we all pay you when you're up for re-election. Your laziness and whining are an embarrassment.

If your family is so spirtually and emotionally weak, sickened and dysfunctional that you all can't survive while you're actually working a semi-full work week as a Congressman, then you should resign and seek therapy and help to hold your withered, damaged relationships together. Good luck with that.

[deepthought42]

50. LMAO...love it!

:toast:

[gasperc]

49. so why didn't the boneheads legislate the 3 day work week?

what a pathetic shithead

[zbdent]

51. For as little time the Repukes spent in session this year

they could have stayed in hotel rooms in DC on the weekends and still not spent half the year away from home ...

[The Stranger]

53. Who pays for that piece of shit to fly back and forth?

[ck4829]

58. Waaaah Waaaah. Guess what Kingston.

This is how normal people work!

:nopity:

[ComerPerro]

62. no one values families like the party of Mark Foley

[geniph]

63. Damn those Democrats, expecting you to WORK for your salary!

I mean, who do they think Republican legislators are anyway, servants of the people or something?!

I hate to break it to Rep. Jack Kingston, Idiot-GA, but most of us peons out there in the real world have to actually work 40 hours a week - or - GASP! - even more. And we have families, too. I guess our employers could care less about our families.

:nopity:

Whiny bastid, ain't he?