We see patterns that are not there, and when you have an incentive to find a pattern (even if it is only being pleased with yourself for being so observant), you will find one. Though some patterns are real. Whenever we elect someone, they start doing dumb stuff.
Of course, that seems to happen when we elect their opponent, too. There must be a subtler pattern underneath all this that I am missing.
Oh, I'll just go out on a limb here and suggest the less than subtle pattern is that elected officials do dumb stuff no matter who elected them.
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