Name a politician that is not an ass

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Rand Paul

"I Don't Think It's Hillary's Fault That Her Husband Had Serial Infidelities"
-Rand Paul, yesterday.

Over the last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been accused of multiple counts of plagiarism -- both in speeches he gave and in a book he wrote.
The first accusations of plagiarism came from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who noted that Paul recounted the plot of the film "Gattaca" using the same verbiage used on the film's Wikipedia page.

Since then, there have been several other revelations.
1. BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski reported that Paul had also lifted language from Wikipedia while discussing the movie "Stand and Deliver" in a June 2012 speech.
2. Politico's Alexander Burns reported that Paul, in a 2013 response to President Obama's State of the Union address, used language that was exactly the same as a 2011 Associated Press report. And in a speech at Howard University earlier this year, Paul used language similar to the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family while discussing vouchers.
3. Kazcynski reported Saturday that three pages of Paul's recently published book (more than 1,300 words) borrowed heavily from a 2003 study by the conservative Heritage Foundation, along with another example involving the Cato Institute.

Elizabeth Warren
Tammy Duckworth
Sherrod Brown
Raul Grijalva
Keith Elison
Jan Schakowsky
John Lewis
Elijah Cummings and
Bernie Sanders.

And there are more.

In reality there are plenty of people who are working to help ordinary working class people. Not all politicians are in it simply for their own selfish purposes.

Seems like a nice person.

This is strange (a bill she sponsored):

"AB-69 details the terms which can no longer as stated in the law be used to “create a hostile work environment.” As codified in the law, the terms “supervisor, manager, overseer, team leader, leader, producer, director, controller, chair, boss, captain, head person, head honcho, authority, chief, chairperson, chairman, partner, inspector or any other term that may create a perception of inequity that an employee may perceive as harmful to their employment individuality.” Speaker Atkins stated, “This legislation in coordination with our recent law regarding bullying in the workplace will successfully create a harmonious environment for our residents which will enhance their life experience.”

And I suspect living and legislating in San Diego means her constituents (legal and illegal) effect her stance on certain projects intended to improve the life of illegal immigrants. I don't agree with this, being of the opinion we should take care of our damaged and homeless vets (and our other citizens) before we spend a penny on people from foreign countries trying to suck the teat of the United States. She calls the illegal Mexicans "undocumented" to show how they've managed to exploit a loophole in our laws that people like your senator like to hold open for them. These "back door" efforts are designed to benefit the rich and keep workers "illegal."

But, to get back to the subject, in my earlier post, I was talking about the people of wealth and power, and not the underlings that work for them. It appears Atkins steers her own ship. Do you think she will become our Governor?