Remember Senator Hayakowa and his (in)famous,"We stole it fair and square." Goldwater took it to a leftist Supreme Court and lost over the issue of a president, on his own, nullifying a Senate approved treaty. Bad decision, but interesting precedent for NATO, no?

An example of sweater's utter stupidity as well as the staff who came with him, was we had received a letter from a constituent organization asking for a private bill to commemorate a 50 year anniversary, which was not allowed under the rules. So I passed it to the White House asking for a simple letter, explaining how house rules prohibited the request. The response? They explained to us how to introduce a private bill! I remember well my shock and outrage at the stupidity and second grade level of reading comprehension.

Our expectations of competency were considerably higher than now.