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Morra Empire Chapter 4

It was a fine summer morning in Washing DC. Around the houses and apartments in the Washington DC area the televisions and radios were turned on as the Congressmen, Senators, their Chiefs of Staff and every politically motivated people tuned to the morning show where a particular Senator was planned to appear.

Good morning, DC! Welcome back to today s show. Now, it s time to bring out our special guest.

The woman in the morning TV show then presented Senator Edward Morra from New York. He looked good. His gray Armani suit with custom-made necktie really made him stand out from his surroundings.

Welcome, Senator Morra. It s good to have you with us this morning.

It s good to be here, Katherine.

Senator, I have a recent polling data that puts you at least 54 points ahead of your Republican challenger in the next election. Also, it is well known in DC that your job approval rating has never fallen below 60% in the six years as the Senator for New York. Isn t that simply remarkable even for a Democrat from New York?

Eddie smiled wide. His teeth were white and shiny and ladies just fell for his smile.

Thanks for the compliment, Katherine. Well, let me tell you that I am flattered by the approvals of those in my district. I try to do what is best in the interest of America and my District, and though sometimes that clashes, I try to explain my reasons as well as I can. I guess that my frequent appearance at the radio talk-shows could be a reason.

And I am sure the ladies like the suit.

Haha! Don t let my wife hear that! Well, I am still young and I take care in what I eat. That is why voted against the bill that would allow the fast food companies to replace sugar in their food with sugar-replacements.

Isn t that a better thing in this day and age of obesity in children and adults?

Eddie shook his head.

I m afraid not. It has uncertain long-term health effects, and people fall into false sense of security because it is not sugar . People who are obese are often in the habit of overeating and if they relax any measure of self-regulation in eating sweet things, it could become worse problem then now.

Katherine nodded in understanding.

Next question, Senator, it has been the rumor around town that you will not run for another term. Is there any credibility to such rumors?

Eddie smiled.

I m afraid that rumor happens to be true. I have decided that I have other avenues with which I can better help the American people than staying in the Senate.

Such as?

For one thing, Katherine, I can tell you for a fact that if I started a small company that hires ten full-time employees, then I would have done more to help with the unemployment than the Senate or the Congress has done in the last four years.

At such powerful metaphor Katherine was a little surprised.

Are you saying that the Senate and the Congress are incompetent?

Eddie shrugged.

I don t know if I would go as far as incompetent but more of unwilling . Let s look at a recent issue in the Senate. Senator Howard Stern has been trying to confiscate the Ironman Suit from Mr Tony Stark, whose company receives just under $250 million for an annual service, and the analysts all agree that Mr Stark and his Ironman suit saves about $100 million in weapons development and purchase. Our military spends billions of dollars in various pork barrel promises to various Congressmen and Senators.

Of course, you sit in the committee and you oppose Senator Stern s motion. Why?

Yes, I am a member of that committee that is trying to confiscate a man s private property and invention in the name of national security. The idea of having the military in charge of the suit just scares me to no end. We know that our military is inept in keeping its military secrets, and the idea of having a hundred Ironman-suited Muslin Extremists flying over DC is terrifying in itself. That is why I support Mr Stark in that he should be the only person in charge of the secrets of his own invention. Instead, the Congress has voted another $450 million into building stealth combat helicopters from Hammer Industries that just won t fly, and they are also in the process of voting on $2.5 billion dollars into missile defense system whose current status is missing the target by 217 miles !

The TV show went on, eyes of any political agent, be they Senator or Congressman or the President of United States of America, were fixated on the most popular politician in recent history.