John Dingell served in the House from 1955 to 2015, which is an insane length of time. His wife then succeeded him. One family having exclusive control of a Congressional district for well over half a century is kind of banana republic-ish
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Yes, definitely worth it to freak out about this.
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Who's freaking out?
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Chosen by a majority of the voters every two years though
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those poor voters not even getting a say. What a travesty of... wait you mean they kept electing him because he represented their interests well? That's just crazy talk!
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You should have added... Rest in Peace you whiny piece of shit. Shutting the fuck up is quite inexpensive, free even. Try it
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You know he has to get voted in, right?
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80+ years a seat is held by one family? Tell me why Michigan voters think this is a good idea.
#TermLimits - End of conversation
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The man obviously gave his constituents a reason to respect and admire him. Small wonder this would be a foreign concept to you.
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The voters decided, dude.
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I will admit I was not super aware of him, but learning more about him and his family upon his death, holy jeez. Such an interesting guy/family.
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And Deb Dingell is only in her 50s so this dynasty is in no hurry to end...
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If it ain't broke...
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Yeah! We should be able to vote people like that out of office! Oh, wait ...
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Apparently, the people in that district like them. No one forced them to continue to vote them in. They could have voted them out at any time.
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You can simultaneously acknowledge someone had good policy ideas while find it disturbing that their family controlled a Congressional district for 8 decades. Nuance.
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