elephant, donkey, or junkie???

How is it fair that someone can run under a certain party philosophy, get voted into a seat under that party, then turns on said party to join another party. A party they have said during a campaign or two they fundamentally disagree with.

Is it constitutional I ask?!

Arlen Specter didn't mince words when he did it....He was going where the votes were. Now in Albany, the same nonsense in the New York Senate. In my mind, this is bullshit. You were voted in under certain conditions, one of them being you would represent the party that elected you. If you become disgruntled with your party for what ever reason, well tough luck. Sweat out your term. You can't deceive the people who voted for you. If you do, then you are the worst kind of politician, worse then a lawyer. You are a fair weather poly-tician. You dance when ever, where ever the band is. You can not possibly have a moral code or ethical tether to your thinking, because your to busy plotting your next move to keep your seat. You are addicted to the action, and drama. You are a willing pawn at the nasty end of the battle of the majority.

The next question I have is; can we clean this sewage up?

It seems to be everywhere. Dirty deals. Dirty coups. Pay to play. Mutiny and sabotage. Aren't we bigger then the bullshit political skulduggery we have been allowing for so long? Do we really need the nonsense of a filibuster to eat up time on an appointment of a different party? Or vote no because you can? We have some big domestic problems that need to be addressed by everyone who deals with the lawmaking process. 

If you want to be 'the man', leave office and get in the lecture circles. We need people who can focus on education, budgeting, health care, social security, & equal rights for all Americans. Not those who focus on themselves and their careers. It is a privilege to serve in a political capacity in this country. A privilege to represent the people who vote for you and your ideas.

The solution I think is simple.

If you can't understand, or for some reason, can not apply what I have said to your circumstance, then I have one more suggestion. Leave the seat in the hands of the party you were elected under, resign, and come back next term as a isle jumper. It is dignified and sensible.