Posted on 03/23/2007 1:14:11 PM PDT by janereinheimer
APPROVAL RATINGS FOR CONGRESS DIPPING (AGAIN)
Many of the newbies rode into town and thought they were going to shine like radiant little stars. After all, they had been promised --and had promised the taxpayers back home -- that they were about to solve all the problems of the western world. And maybe even Antarctica, since that was a subject that also warmed their hearts.
Little did they realize that there would actually be people in Washington who did not agree with them. Nobody ever told them that. Here they thought they'd be insulated from those mean old Republicans and others, even some in their own party, who disagreed with them.
Somewhere along the way, they actually had to confront regular, ordinary taxpayers who also did not agree with them.
What had happened to their world? The grandeur of their innocence suddenly started to smell just as bad as the very people they replaced. They were actually taking all that PAC money that seemed to be just falling out of the sky.
"Here, have some more," the PACmasters gleefully told them. "You've got all those campaign debts to pay off. Why not start off with a clean slate when you get sworn in."
"Are you sure?" the newbies asked.
"Sure, I'm sure," the PACmasters whispered in their cute little ears.
"Is it legal?" the newbies asked.
"Of course, it's legal," the PACmasters assured the newbie baffoons. "Would I lie to you?"
"I guess not," the innocent little newbies said, tentatively.
That was then, and this is now.
They rode into town and joined the Big Mess on the Potomac. There are Democrats who'd rather be caught dead than be caught actually speaking to a Republican.
And there are Republicans who run the other way when they see anything that looks like a Democrat coming their way.
Then there are all those protestors. How did they get into the back hallways anyway?
How are we supposed to sneak out of the chamber and slink back to our offices if there are all these newspaper types and protestors hanging around back there ready to pounce on us?
Get them out of here. They can't tell us what to do. We are the Congress!
Sure you are. And your approval rating is slipping again. Didn't you hear?
In fact your approval rating is actually less than that of the president. You know, the guy you've all been told to disagree with. How do you like that?
So just remember that Gallup says only 28% of the American taxpayers actually approve of what you're doing up here under the Dome. Yes, newbies, that means you.
President Bush's overall leadership approval rating has jumped up to 41.6%. So next time you think the people in the United States don't like him or approve of the job he's doing, just remember that he's nearly twenty points ahead of you Domed Ones.
Oh, and by the way, the Republicans? The taxpayers gave a 75.9% approval rating for the ones you apparently don't want to emulate since they're on the "wrong side" of the aisle. (Investors Business Daily, March 2007 poll).
From a historical perspective, Truman left office with a 22% rating.*
Johnson left office with ratings in the low 30s.*
Bush 41 left office with ratings at 28%.*
And Bush 43? He's doing okay. Just remember, his approval is better than yours.
Don't crow too much. Unless you want to be a one-term newbie. That could happen too. Especially if you let Aunt Nancy whip you into her image. She's gonna be a one-term speaker, probably.
She's only just kidding when she says she's the most powerful woman in America. She doesn't really believe it. And you shouldn't either. She can't even keep her troops in line.
Why just today, for instance, the big fat initiative to de-fund the troop needs in Iraq and Afghanistan failed in Aunt Nancy's House. Out of all that political rhethoric that's been flying around, when the final votes were counted, it was 218 to fund, and 212 to not fund.
That means our soldiers get more ammo, food, and armor from the taxpayers back home.
Not from the domed ones. The troops over there will remember that you guys under the dome were going to leave them high and dry because you thought you were supposed to play political war games with their Commander in Chief.
The groundswell you hear in the background is called Troop Surge.
Of course, you realize that this whole deal will be vetoed if your bill, which carries a March 2008 deadline, goes through the Senate. Since none of you guys are military experts, how in the world do you presume to tell our best and our brightest how to win a war? Or how long it ought to take?
So just get back to doing the job you were elected to do. If you had wanted to run a war, you should have joined the military. Politicians do not know how to do that, so leave it to the experts who are trained to be the best fighting team in the world.
Our old governor, Gray Davis, had gotten so ridiculous (just like the Dems in Congress now) that we yanked him out of office by recall and voted Arnold in (which many now regret).
Maybe it is time to start threatening these moronic Dems with recall if they continue wasting valuable time trying to "get" Bush and his team instead of being responsible adults by taking care of the people's business!!!
"Ask not what your PAC can do for you, but what you can do for your PAC. Screw America." (new pledge to be taken by members of Congress)
Considering that Pelosi and company are a bunch of dip sticks, It seems fairly obvious that their polls are dipping.
Now that people have a Dimocrat Congress to compare him to!
I thought James Webb was going to save the day.
DITTO to that! I like the idea of (1) recalling them and (2) reminding them to get back to work. (Or maybe just get to work). I don't think they realize that they are supposed to be working for the taxpayers.
Wait 'til they hit the slippery slope.
We need to take out the PACs. Period.
I saw the liberal media says that the reason Pelosi & Cos' numbers are falling is that they have not ended the war, as promised.
Of course, that doesn't explain why Bush's numbers are much higher.
Sounds like thew limbo...
How low can you go?
My congressman, Mark Kirk, of IL, is a Republican, but I disapprove of him. He's pro-choice, pro-illegal alien, pro-gay marriage, anti-gun rights, pro-pork barrel spending, and anti-Iraq surge. About six weeks ago, I e-mailed him and asked why he's a Republican. I haven't received a response yet.
Or as the Housewife on the Potomac shreiks, "We need to fix that."
They have no mandate and should not ram their socialist and peacenik agenda down the throats of the American public.
They were elected to "throw the bums out", not because of any support for their ideas. Do nothing if you want to remain popular.
I don't think they get that at all. But maybe they'll muse about it when they get thrown out in the next go-round. We can only hope.
Goodness, whatever happened to the 100 hours? That flew out of the window pretty quickly. What a shocker. Truth be told, this always seems to happen. Congress changes hands and the new leaders sweep into power flush with optimism and big ideas and then, sooner or later, burn out. At least it took the Republicans 12 years before they completely imploded.
As hard as they try, the media can't quite figure out what to make of it all.
Me thinks they're trying too hard to make it fit their theory rather than look at the reality.
Just a thought.
Quint and I are from Illinois too. We have Lipinski. Isn't that special?
I think Kirk is basically pro-Kirk and that explains the rest of it.
They're basically a bunch of sandbaggers. That's worse than the carpetbagger from New York. Things could be worse, though. She could move back to Illinois and run for the Senate. With the big war machine that Daley has, she'd probably get in. So I'd just as soon New York keep her.
Hopefully, the rest of the country will come to its senses by the time the election rolls around and Obama will be run out of the presidential race.
We're coming back, haven't you heard?
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