Comment Rescue: All due respect, WTF Tom?
The comment below is thought provoking. It isn’t provoking the right person (Tom Carper) but it provoked me to think about why Tom Carper is running yet again?
He doesn’t need the money. Public life has made him richer than the most decadent sultan of the old Ottoman Empire.
He doesn’t have some burning desire to take on the GOP. That truth is established on a daily basis.
He doesn’t have corporate paymasters that need to be further enriched. Certainly after this most recent tax “reform” even his most rapacious corporate paymasters are saying “enough already.”
What is it? Why doesn’t Carper retire?
Tom Carper is riveting, watching him or reading the text of an interview one is overcome with the greatness of this man. Term limits? And we hold up these Senator for life types as role models for countries suffering from Politicians/Strongmen for Life. Tom look long and hard at Matt Denn’s decision.
Maybe this will help you figure it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDtYgdzcCog
Tom Carper could retire now and have his proteges (minions?) continue to do his work for a decade or more .
Let’s see, we’ve got Carney as governor, LBR in the House, Jeff Bullock as secretary of state … and I’ll let the rest of you add to the list.
Why? For the same reason that state legislators would rather go out of Leg Hall on a gurney instead of on their own volition.
They’re part of a club and they don’t want to leave. It’s hard to explain unless you’ve been there. It’s impossible to justify even if you have been there.
I’ll contribute to anyone who wants to primary him. I would love to do it if I had the time
It’s not exactly hard work.
I dunno, the thought of that AMTRAK grind every session day doesn’t appeal to me.
It’s very revealing that you admit he got rich doing “ public service”.
It isn’t exactly a secret.
At least Carper can point to his wife’s job, which paid better than his does. Biden only had the generous home buyers who worked for MBNA.
Patience, friends… I’m getting good vibes.
I wonder how many people started in politics worth much less than a million bucks and how many retire after 20 years from politics as millionaires? Gee I wonder how many state employees, teachers, fire fighters, etc do?
Carper is but one DINO of many in this state and we shall not be so lucky as to see him merely retire, suspect it will take a Bill Roth moment or something like it. But consider that Coons is precious little better.