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Congress Achieves New Record - Lowest Approval Rating Evah!

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Posted by Frank G 2008-07-08 11:14|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Well, at least they are accomplishing SOMETHING.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-08 11:22|| 2008-07-08 11:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Single digits (9%) Baybeeee!! Great job, Harry and Nancy!

ROLF.. even shit has a higher rating than 9%.

fertilizer, shit lovers etc.

Posted by RD">RD 2008-07-08 11:45|| 2008-07-08 11:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Looks like it ain't just oil and coal that makes us sick, huh, Harry?

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-08 11:56|| 2008-07-08 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 I fear that Republicans are still taking too much of the rap for Congress' low ratings. Public at large seems blithely unaware that Congress changed hands two years ago.

Posted by Iblis 2008-07-08 12:20|| 2008-07-08 12:20|| Front Page Top

#5 If McCain had a brain, he'd run against Congress. But he's too much of a georgetown go along to get along guy.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-07-08 12:52|| 2008-07-08 12:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll say it again. The way to get Americans to the polls is to make them mad. "Sick" Harry and "No Drill" Nancy are doing a great job at that. Their only salvation is a brain dead RNC.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-07-08 12:59|| 2008-07-08 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Juan would NEVER run against his boys in Congress.

They're his first constituents.

Posted by jds 2008-07-08 16:01|| 2008-07-08 16:01|| Front Page Top

#8 This means Bush is now 3 times as popular as Congress.

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-07-08 17:16|| 2008-07-08 17:16|| Front Page Top

#9 fertilizer, shit lovers etc.
3 jillion flies....

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-08 18:04|| 2008-07-08 18:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Iblis, I get the same feeling - people are not blaming the Dems as they should be.

There is some sort of mental illness abounding in the nation that is blinding people to the obvious.

"Congress Sucks"

Well, you must be pretty angry at the Democrats then...

"No, those republicans running congress suck".

/sigh.

The real shame is that the porkbarrel ear-marking a-holes that ran the GOP under Hastert were THAT indistinguishable from the Dems to where people didn't notice the change!

The GOP lost because they tried to buy the public with pork and earmarks like Democrats instead of cutting spending and keeping government small, even if it meant not bringing home boondoggles to their districts.

And the leadership STILL does not "get it" that we are fed up with them and their unprincipled ways.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-08 18:16|| 2008-07-08 18:16|| Front Page Top

#11 People aren't getting it because they don't want to. Getting it means coming to grips with hard and complex realities. Our welfare state / not my fault populace doesn't want to work that hard.

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Posted by lotp 2008-07-08 19:34|| 2008-07-08 19:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Consider Congress's (and I'm talking both parties here) reaction to this news:

A. Gee, we must be doing something wrong,

or

B. It's something else's fault - I know! It's high gas prices! Not our fault!

The truth is it's because they're an embarassment to both constituencies. Regardless of party or program, the bulk of them are incompetent and thieves... and there's nothing more embarassing than an incompetent thief.

Posted by Chineque Peacock7258 2008-07-08 20:26|| 2008-07-08 20:26|| Front Page Top

#13 In the beginning, there was the Plan.

And then came the Assumptions.

And the Assumptions were without form.

And the Plan was without substance.

And darkness was upon the face of the Workers.

And they spoke among themselves, saying, "It is a crock of shit, and it stinketh."

And the Workers went unto their Supervisors and said, "It is a pail of dung, and none can abide by the odor thereof".

And the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying, "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it."

And the Managers went unto their Directors, saying, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."

And the Directors spoke among themselves, Saying to one another, "It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong."

And the Directors went to the Vice Presidents, saying unto them, "It promotes growth, and it is very powerful."

And the Vice Presidents went to the President, saying unto him, "This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigor of the company with very powerful effects."

And the President looked upon the Plan and saw that it was good.

And the Plan became Policy.

And this is how shit happens...

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-07-08 22:04|| 2008-07-08 22:04|| Front Page Top

#14 ROTFLMAO Paul.. and it's true.

Posted by 3dc 2008-07-08 22:09|| 2008-07-08 22:09|| Front Page Top

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