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gatzap
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gatzap asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 8 years ago

Has there ever been an umemployed politician?

After losing a campaign for RE-election has any politician Un-willingly been unemployed or had to take a job among other working people?

Many take a couple of months then are employed by companies or organizations they had influence over. Others are offered partnerships in law firms or positions as consultants.

But mid level management? Sales to individuals or business to business? I don't recall hearing of any. Even names that were as ostracized as todays Weiner or Bob Filner (former San Diego mayor) don't suffer economically. Same with legal problems like Marion Berry or Alcee Hastings.

Worst present case I can think of is former Illinois Governor Blagojevich and when he gets out of prison I don't see him pan handling.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Yes it happens quite a bit actually. I heard of one ex-congressman (don't know from which state) who was on unemployment for a year until he found a job delivering pizza. I'm sure he sucked just as badly at delivering pizza as he did as a congressman too.

  • 8 years ago

    hilary clinton......House Republicans released a report on the Benghazi attack that was highly critical of the White House and the State Department; the White House dismissed the report, and House Democrats called the report biased.[130]

    Among dozens of findings, the report[131] states that:

    "Senior State Department officials knew that the threat environment in Benghazi was high and that the Benghazi compound was vulnerable and unable to withstand an attack, yet the department continued to systematically withdraw security personnel"

    The "[Obama] Administration willfully perpetuated a deliberately misleading and incomplete narrative that the attacks evolved from a political demonstration caused by a YouTube video."

    "... after a White House Deputies Meeting on Saturday, September 15, 2012, the Administration altered the talking points to remove references to the likely participation of Islamic extremists in the attacks. The Administration also removed references to the threat of extremists linked to al-Qa’ida in Benghazi and eastern Libya...."

    "The Administration deflected responsibility by blaming the IC [intelligence community] for the information it communicated to the public in both the talking points and the subsequent narrative it perpetuated."

  • Tootoy
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Tom DeLay.

  • John
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Show us your survey.

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