Posted on 10/28/2011 2:34:36 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi on low congressional approval: Congress has always been 'the object of mockery' By Daniel Strauss - 10/28/11 04:39 PM ET
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) explained Americans' low approval of Congress as something that's been going on throughout the country's history.
Pelosi added that she fell into the category of Americans who did not approve of the body's job performance lately, as well.
"The fact is that Congress has always been the object of mockery in the history of our country," Pelosi said Friday in an interview with CNBC. "I myself would include those who are dissatisfied with the conduct of Congress. I don't know who know who is in favor of how things have gone forth because you've seen a polarization."
Pelosi's comments come amid recent polling that finds Congress at deep approval lows.
On Friday, a YouGov/Economist poll found that just 8 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 67 percent disapprove. That low disapproval number near perfectly matches findings by a New York Times/CBS News poll that found Congress's job performance had won a 9 percent approval rating among Americans.
pelosi wouldn’t know American history if it hit her in the a$$.
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She is absolutely right!
AND THE PUBLIC IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!
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That’s The Long and The Short Of It...and they just don’t get it, and never will...!!!!!!!!!!
Semper Watching!
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“My job was to go to congress, that grand benevolent national asylum for the helpless, and report on the inmates there”. Mark Twain
Mockery? We aren’t mocking them. We loathe them. We wouldn’t loan them our spare lawn mower. If we were waiters, we’d do unimaginable things to their food. If they were our neighbor, we’d train our dogs to go crap in their yard and if the dog wouldn’t do it, then we’d do it ourselves!
With very good reason, but holy cow! A 9% approval rating? That goes way beyond mockery and into outright loathing and contempt.
Not always b!tch but, in part due to you, henceforth.
Baloney. The best we can get out of Congress is gridlock. It's when Congress is setting records for bipartisan spending, debt, and government growth that the public's approval reaches record lows.
I was impressed at some of the tough questions Bartiromo served up to Nan.
Of course all you could hear was the MDMA talking on the responses.....
But the approval of each congresscritter's rating in their own district is much higher, thus demonstrating the power of bringing home the bacon.
The Democratic Party *does* go back into the 18th century, after all. Thanks Sub-Driver.
Yep. Of course, all you can do is affect change in your own district or state. It doesn’t matter how many people all over the country dislike Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid. As long as a majority of the residents of the 8th district of California or the state of Nevada like them, they will stay there. However, the whole country can get them out of their majority leadership positions, which they did in Nancy’s case last year. Let’s get Harry out of his next year. I’m in one of those districts where I am heavily ournumbered by Democrats in my district but can’t afford to move at the moment. I am represented by Al Green and always vote against him. But, he has only been challenged by a Republican once: the first time he ran in 2004. Since then, he has always won with over 90% of the vote. But it could be worse. I could live a little to the north and/or east and be represented by Queen Sheila. Oh well.
She obviously has NO clue as to just how close to a tar and feathering......
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