I've said this before, but it started with Newt Gingrich. He realized in the 80s that the conservatives were going to lose a demographic battle, so he worked to do two very particular things:
1) destroy America's trust in government
2) attack the institutions from the ground up
How Newt...
Originally, the number of representatives in the House was supposed to be adjusted and tied to the census. Because some states are really big and some are really small, you have to pick a number that kind of distributes the number of constituents represented evenly. Can't just say "every 20k...
I had to fucking turn that off. "Couldn't have a stronger mandate" is bullshit. They got a plurality. However, because of how the electoral college is skewed, NOT as a result of its original design but because the House is so mis-proportioned at this point, they got the executive as well...
I'd love to see the old gang get back together, and I truly don't care about some of the super secret convos we have in there getting out. What's the worst that can happen, everyone figures out that Matt is gay??