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There once was a time in Washington, D.C., when freshmen members of Congress \u2014 senators and House members \u2014 spent their first terms learning to locate the Capitol Hill restrooms, which they did without hardly ever uttering a word out loud.<\/p>\n

Those days are gone. The media these days bestow instant celebrity status to congressional newbies. I wish we could silence some of them.<\/p>\n

There were exceptions to the old way of senators and House members having to earn their way under the spotlight. I can think of Robert F. Kennedy, who took office as a senator from New York in 1965. He became an instant star, even though he never really liked serving in the Senate. The rest of \u2019em largely stayed quiet until they earned their spurs. Hillary Rodham Clinton took her Senate seat in 2001 as her husband was leaving the presidency. Indeed, Sen. Clinton was a household name \u2014 as was RFK \u2014 before she decided to seek elected public office.<\/p>\n

These days? We get the likes of Republicans such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert. I\u2019ll lump at least one Democratic lawmaker, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, in that camp of instant celeb. The media seem to enjoy reporting on the things these people say, even when they make little sense.<\/p>\n

Lately, too, we have heard from that GOP nut job Madison Cawthorn, who yapped about sex parties, bringing a dose of embarrassment to fellow Republicans in the House.<\/p>\n

I fear this all is a consequence of social media. Everyone has a recording device on their \u201csmart phones.\u201d Whatever one can say is recorded instantly and shared with every human on Earth.<\/p>\n

I guess I\u2019ll just have to sigh out of frustration, knowing there ain\u2019t a thing I can do to change the world in which we live. Maybe I\u2019ll just have to learn to tune out the blatherings of these newcomers and listen more intently to those with actual governing experience.<\/p>\n

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