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Mark Twain once wrote,

“Now reader, suppose you were a congressman. Or suppose you were an idiot. But I repeat myself.”

“The 109th Congress is so bad that it makes you wonder if democracy is a failed experiment,” says Jonathan Turley, a noted constitutional scholar and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington Law School. “I think that if the Framers went to Capitol Hill today, it would shake their confidence in the system they created. Congress has become an exercise of raw power with no principles — and in that environment corruption has flourished. The Republicans in Congress decided from the outset that their future would be inextricably tied to George Bush and his policies. It has become this sad session of members sitting down and drinking Kool-Aid delivered by Karl Rove. Congress became a mere extension of the White House.”

The Worst Congress Ever
How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts — in five easy steps

By MATT TAIBBI

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/worst_congress_ever