If you take your reelection for granted, you’re begging to get axed,

As they entered, Lemuel Sixpack was in the middle of his trademark long- winded oration. His last name was really Sixpack and, as a proverbial icing on the cake, he represented the Prohibition Party.

Yeah,” Robertson nodded grimly. “It’s the whole problem, isn’t it? People just doing their jobs.

Yes. I guess he was the last remaining Southern Republican, when the term meant something else than unreconstructed Dixiecrat.

Most of Senators loves their job, with all the perks and influence it carried, but doesn’t hesitate about complaining how dreadful living in Washington is. Awful town, keeping them away from their wonderful states, even though many couldn’t be seen in their home states except for campaigning periods.