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...quit your day job. You need a job to get a job. And you shouldn't pretend you were nothing more than a simple man from Russell, Kansas, for the past 35 years. Prospective employers don't look kindly on gaps in your resume. In the process of disavowing his presence in the belly of the beast, Dole also denied his legacy of passing moderate, bipartisan legislation, a record of real accomplishment...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It is time for Washington to quit using our concerns as an excuse to raise your taxes...
Suplee was chosen by a congressional committee to replace G.O.P. nominee Sophia Nelson when she quit the race for personal reasons. Suplee charges incumbent Robert Andrews with alienating Democrats in Congress, endangering his ability to form coalitions with them on legislation. Suplee also supports term limits, balancing the federal budget and reducing immigration...
...there were serious ideological, even institutional, reasons for leaving. "Going from being in the majority, from being chairman of a committee, to minority status is difficult and quite a change," complained Representative Charlie Rose (D-N.C.) upon announcing that he would quit after 12 terms in the House...
ALREADY OUT: Representatives Mel Reynolds and Walter Tucker and Senator Bob Packwood quit because of scandal. Representative Kweisi Mfume took over the NAACP. Representative Norman Mineta took a job at Lockheed. Representative Bill Emerson died of lung cancer...