Dingell On Opponents: 'Ignorance,' 'Inexperience' Unfit For Politics

Dearborn, MI Patch:

If first-time candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 12th District are hoping that distancing themselves from politics will help boost their campaigns, Congressman John Dingell is banking on exactly the opposite.

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Comments

[FoonTheElder]

04:21 PM on 07/09/2012

Term limits have worked so well in Lansing. That's why there is a group of Neanderthal politicians in Lansing who take all of the bills that ALEC provides them and pass them in exchange for nice political contributions from their big corporate buddies and millionaires. They serve their corporate masters for two terms and then go to work for them in private industry.

[TexianLife]

10:24 AM on 07/09/2012

“I never thought ignorance or inexperience was a qualification for running for office,” Dingell said

Since 2010, a lot of ignorant, useless un-patriotic politicians were elected to congress. They've done nothing for he last 2 years, except present hundreds of abortion related bills & voter suppression bills. They've been a waste of tax payer money.

[edejan]

03:12 AM on 07/09/2012

This Dinglebat is living proof of the need for term limits.

[Kai-HK]

02:09 AM on 07/09/2012

There is a lot of redundancy in that headline since ‘Democrat’ already implies the meaning ‘Inexperienced’, ‘Ignorant’, and ‘unfit for politics’. No need to list them out when ‘Democrat’ will do.

Kai

[notakochdealer]

12:30 AM on 07/09/2012

Time for john Dingbat to retire.

[Figerre]

09:14 PM on 07/08/2012

all these inexperienced candidates believe that their lack of experience is a plus for their campaigns -- answer me this -- if you are unaware how the Congressional rules work, how will you avoid getting trapped in them? A new look is welcome, but at least have been on some sort of public office where you are going to have to make compromises in order to have the best outcome.

The GOP has proven that you can get paid for 2 years work, and do nothing. How would you like that for your tombstone? S/He showed up, but never served the nation.

[VikingQuest]

08:07 PM on 07/08/2012

Mr Dingell,

I'll take inexperience any day over a rat who has been in office for 55 years . . .

TERM LIMITS NOW

[MDean]

07:13 PM on 07/08/2012

Sorry Dingell, it is time for you to retire...

[asiclilpup]

06:17 PM on 07/08/2012

"I don’t care about politics," Dearborn Republican and 12th District candidate Karen Jacobsen told Patch. "I care about fixing the big problems in this country before we go over the edge.”

If he really did care about fixing the country, he wouldn't vote in lockstep ideology.

[Micheal Anderson]

05:28 PM on 07/08/2012

"I don’t care about politics," Dearborn Republican and 12th District candidate Karen Jacobsen told Patch. "I care about fixing the big problems in this country before we go over the edge.”

Because fixing the political problems of this country has NOTHING to do with politics.

Their ignorance it blinding. They wear it like armor and wield it like a club.

[Captain Hindsight]

05:09 PM on 07/08/2012

Dingell is the only who has held office. And it’s his experience that he believes will carry him into his 30th term.

60 years and he still hasn't done anything to fix what's wrong in DC?

I guess he thinks that he will figure it out this time around.

[Micheal Anderson]

05:29 PM on 07/08/2012

Yeah, because it always comes down to ONE person, right?

[Captain Hindsight]

05:39 PM on 07/08/2012

In many cases it can. He should have been able to assemble quite a following in the time he was there.
After all he has managed to assemble quite a substantial fortune in taxpayer paid salaries.

[dknowles60]

05:44 PM on 07/08/2012

ditto