Member Of Congress: It’s Easy ‘To Manipulate A Nation Of Naive, Self-Absorbed Sheep’

[tod evans]

Congressman pens 'deeply disturbing' confessions in scandalous tell-all

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/12/congressman-pens-deeply-disturbing-confessions-in-scandalous-tell-all.html?intcmp=hplnws

A steamy new novel about to hit bookstores is - if true - threatening to blow the lid off Congress and the dirty deeds some D.C. lawmakers allegedly engage in to stay in power.

The 84-page book “The Confessions of Congressman X,” is being shopped around as a game changer that gives readers a look into the lascivious lifestyles of politicians and provides a glimpse “at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own.”

Mill City Press, the book’s Minneapolis-based publisher, says the name of the author is being kept private because Congressman X “wants to remain anonymous for fear of retribution.”

A website set up to sell the scandal-heavy tome offers up a few early gems:

- “Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power and special-interest money that’s lavished upon them.”

- "My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything."

- "Fundraising is so time consuming I seldom read any bills I vote on. Like many of my colleagues, I don't know how the legislation will be implemented, or what it'll cost."

- "We spend money we don't have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation. It’s about getting credit now, lookin’ good for the upcoming election.”

The book, which its publisher describes as "deeply disturbing," goes on sale May 24 for $9.95.

[timosman]

This isn't common knowledge? :confused:

[luctor-et-emergo]

Nothing new in there..

Anyways, if this is a congressman, I doubt he/she will remain anonymous for very long.

[CaptUSA]

Yeah, this should be pretty obvious.


"No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems -- of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2. Whatever is No. 3 is far behind". Thomas Sowell

The only "disturbing" part about this is that it was released anonymously.

[donnay]

Member Of Congress: It’s Easy ‘To Manipulate A Nation Of Naive, Self-Absorbed Sheep’

By Michael Snyder, on May 12th, 2016

You may not believe the incredible things that one member of Congress is saying about the corruption of our political system and the gullibility of the American people. In a brand new book entitled “The Confessions of Congressman X“, one anonymous member of the U.S. House of Representatives confesses that he hardly ever reads the bills that he votes on, that his main job is to get reelected, and that it is “far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification”. This book is being published by Mill City Press, and it is being billed as “a devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own.” I don’t know if you would classify this anonymous member of Congress as “brave” since he does not wish to reveal his identity, but the things that he is admitting confirm suspicions that many of us have had for a very long time. Just check out a few of the most important quotes from his book…

-“Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power and special-interest money that’s lavished upon them.”

-“My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything.”

-“Fundraising is so time consuming I seldom read any bills I vote on. Like many of my colleagues, I don’t know how the legislation will be implemented, or what it’ll cost.”

-“Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works.”

-“It’s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.”

-“It’s about getting credit now, lookin’ good for the upcoming election.”

-“We spend money we don’t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation.”

That last quote made me want to tear my hair out.

This is exactly what I have been saying for years.

One of the things that will really get me ranting is the national debt. Since Barack Obama entered the White House, we have been stealing an average of more than 100 million dollars from future generations of Americans every single hour of every single day.

What we are doing to future generations of Americans is beyond criminal. In a just society, a whole lot of our politicians would be going to prison over this. And now this anonymous member of Congress is openly admitting that they understand precisely what they are doing.

And in the quotes above you can see the contempt that our career politicians have for the American people. They know that society has become so “dumbed-down” that it is easy to trick and manipulate most of the population. And they are also very well aware that the key to staying in office is raising as much money as possible. In fact, according to the Washington Post the candidate that spends the most money wins 91 percent of the time.

Read more: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/member-of-congress-its-far-easier-than-you-think-to-manipulate-a-nation-of-naive-self-absorbed-sheep

[Ronin Truth]

Soon to be made into a widely acclaimed and awarded cable mini-series, most likely. :p :rolleyes:

I still much prefer CONgresscritters, as in the CONstitution. ;)

[Ronin Truth]

Flock manipulation is pretty much a no-brainer, piece of cake for most sociopaths.

[timosman]

http://nypost.com/2016/05/13/were-running-a-f-ing-casino-politician-tells-all-in-manifesto/



An anonymous congressman has dropped a bombshell election-year book that confirms why Americans hate their national government and have rallied to anti-establishment presidential candidates like Donald Trump.

The veteran politician lays bare a rotten and corrupt Congress enslaved by lobbyists and interested only in re-election in an anonymous, 65-page manifesto called “The Confessions of Congressman X.”

“Like most of my colleagues, I promise my constituents a lot of stuff I can never deliver,” he admits. “But what the hell? It makes them happy hearing it . . . My main job is to keep my job.”

The House member — a Democrat who is either still in Congress or served sometime over the past two decades — says more time is spent fundraising than reading bills and calls Washington a “sinkhole of leeches.”

The title of one chapter sums up his view of congressional leaders: “Harry Reid’s a Pompous Ass,” he says of the Senate Democratic leader.

The book, published by the small Mill City Press, is based on years of transcribed private discussions, which the congressman last November gave editor Robert Atkinson.

Atkinson declined to say whether Congressman X is a current or former House member.

X says the cloak of anonymity gave him the freedom to expose *secrets, including how the public’s money is wasted.

“We spend money we don’t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation. It’s about getting credit now, lookin’ good for the upcoming election,” he says.

He said he and his colleagues often lie to try to be all things to all people instead of tackling the nation’s problems.

“I contradict myself all the time, but few people notice,” X says. “One minute I rail against excessive spending and ballooning debt. The next minute I’m demanding more spending on education, health care, unemployment benefits, conservation projects, yadda, yadda, yadda.”

Voters are described as gullible, know-nothing jerks, while the only people who count are the big donors who pour billions of dollars into lobbying.

“Voters are incredibly ignorant. It’s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification . . .,” vents Congressman X.

He says money “corrupts” and House members are “puppets” to lobbyists who bankroll their campaigns.

“Business organizations and unions fork over more than $3 billion a year to those who lobby the federal government. Does that tell you something? We’re operating a f–king casino,” he says.

He describes himself as a “closet moderate” who supports charter schools and tax vouchers to allow poor kids to go to private schools.

But students take a back seat to partisan politics..

“Our education’s in the toilet, and all we do is snipe at each other,” he says.

Congress is too polarized and partisan to get anything done, by the congressman’s account.

“There seems to be a complete disintegration of confidence in government. A fear that government is its own special interest,” he says.

“America’s on an irreversible decline and no one in Washington seems to care . . . God help us.”

The controversial book set off a guessing game in the political world about the author’s identity.

New York sources speculated it’s Rep. Steve Israel (D-LI), a moderate who announced he’s retiring and who has complained about the constant need to fundraise to finance re-election campaigns.

But Israel, a novelist, denied that he took pen to paper this time.

“Absolutely not true, never heard of it before. And frankly, now that I’m leaving Congress, if I were to write a book like that, I would put my name on it,” *Israel said in a statement.

[Anti Federalist]

-“Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power and special-interest money that’s lavished upon them.”

-“My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything.”

-“Fundraising is so time consuming I seldom read any bills I vote on. Like many of my colleagues, I don’t know how the legislation will be implemented, or what it’ll cost.”

-“Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works.”

-“It’s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.”

-“It’s about getting credit now, lookin’ good for the upcoming election.”

-“We spend money we don’t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation.”

No surprise in any of this.

Is well known and confirmed information, to anybody that is paying attention.

[Jamesiv1]

Back in Feb 1986 I predicted a book exactly like this would come out in May 2016. I also predicted a guy named Michael would write an article about it and post it on a website on May 12, 2016.

[Ronin Truth]

Back in Feb 1986 I predicted a book exactly like this would come out in May 2016. I also predicted a guy named Michael would write an article about it and post it on a website on May 12, 2016.

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan

[Jamesiv1]

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan

Back in '75 I predicted a guy on an internet discussion board would quote Carl Sagan to challenge a claim I made about one of my predictions from February 1986.

[CaptUSA]

“It’s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.”


Should have followed that up with, "Thank you to all the politicians preceding me. By getting the government to educate the populace, you have given us exactly the sheep we've always wanted."

[Ronin Truth]

Back in '75 I predicted a guy on an internet discussion board would quote Carl Sagan to challenge a claim I made about one of my predictions from February 1986.

“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” -- Yogi Berra

[Spikender]

And now this anonymous member of the House can retire happily on the spoils he reaped from those sheep.

God Bless.

[timosman]

Duplicate thread, posted earlier today - http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?495278-Congresscritters