Politics – The approval rating of the U.S. Congress dropped to near-record levels and is lower than U.S. President George Bush's mark, a Gallup poll indicates.
The same poll indicated approval ratings of Bush hover around his record lows, with 29 percent of respondents voicing support for the president....
Wow, congress at a record low, shrub at a record low, and also the first time a POTUS has been below a 50% approval rating for 35 months and we have a cheering crowd here...figures
Did you happen to see that 82% of US citizens believe USA is on the wrong course ????Of course you still have that 28% who want to stay the course,well like they say,,,,you can fool some of the people all the time, but not all the peopla all the time.
Time to wake up don't you think ???
It's interesting how you have accounted for 110% of the American public. It must be a Canadian thing.
It's the Canuck/Yank conversion that's throwing you off.
It's the Metric System!
I'd like to see a show of hands across the country of people that have been polled.
well you see we here in Canada have to use two systems, the simple one C and the old world one F, so like in my comment there are two different polls, simple eh!
The 82 % was a statement I heard on tv when they interrupted the hockey game.
And hey BooBoo I am proud of you, you can actually add, big accomplishment for you
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"Gallup said Wednesday the reason for the low approval rating is because "rank-and-file Democrats are providing no support cushion for the Democratic-controlled institution."
The Pelosi/Reid Retreat & Surrender Caucus is so flaccidly ineffective that, even with an historically low approval rating, President Bush is still 62% more popular.
Worst Congress EVER!! lol, I get a kick out of it when the libs proclaim Bush the worst president ever, which isn't true, but ignore the completely the lower, much more dismal Congressional ratings.
They thought Dems taking control of Congress would improve things. Quite the opposite happened.
Comparing actions of one (or a few) hundred people to an individual is mathematical and statistical idiocy.
But spin away with your justification for mass wholesale failure!
"mass wholesale failure!"
The motto for the Pelosi/Reid Congress.
"Comparing actions of one (or a few) hundred people to an individual is mathematical and statistical idiocy.
But spin away with your justification for mass wholesale failure!"
Not really up on the whole government thing ea?
It's a comparison tween the branches of government
The Admin, the Executive branch and Congress the Legislative branch.
That's like 2 of the 3 branches.
Not too up on the gvt thing there eh jester?
The Executive branch is composed of (for all intents and purposes) one indivicual, you know, the deciderer.
The legislative is composed of the House & Senate, 535 people.
It isn't just one person. There are 230 of them. They act independently of the Senate or the Excutive branch. They have 51 votes in the Senate. They cannot provide leadership even with their own Democrats. They cannot get elected without running as conservatives, and as conservatives they don't vote with Pelosi, and the liberals. They just elected another conservative in Missippi. He will hold that seat in November. The dingbat they elected in Louisiana will lose in November.
Hayduke,
The presidency consists of more than just the president. You have to take into account that his actions, while he in the end makes the decision, consists of numerous different cabinets and advisers. So comparing the president and his people to Congress is a not as idiotic as you would like to say.
But I do agree its an unjust comparison as Congress consists of both parties who in a lot of cases work to block the actions of the other. Not to mention they fill a different role in the government.
But to be fair, Pelosi and the other Dems swore that things would change after they won....but I don't think they lived up to their promises.
Things did change though. Gas was only $2.09 a gallon on November 1, 2006. The stock market was at its highest ever point that week as well.
And things did change in Iraq as well, instead of withdrawing like was promised we stayed. The Surge worked, the Democrats gave hundreds of millions in tax dollars for the surge that they criticized the entire time.
We got change when unemployment numbers started rising again. We got change when home foreclosures rose by 40% less than a year after Pelosi took control.
And of course, we had the 1st 100 days that absolutely nothing was accomplished. We even got change in mininum wage laws...which was the 1st wage increase to not apply to the US Territories where Dole and Starkist (both Pelosi supporters) run their operations.
Gee, I wonder why it's the "worst Congress ever." I wonder why not a damned thing is getting done. hmmmm, couldn't be all those CON artist filibusters, now could it?
Filibusters?
What filibusters?
Democratic Senators attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by making a filibuster that lasted for 75 hours.
When was the last time you saw our congress in gauged in a 75 hour debate or filibuster
A filibuster, or "talking out a bill", is a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body. An attempt is made to infinitely extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay the progress or completely prevent a vote on the proposal taking place.
Strom Thurmond (D-SC) set a record in 1957 by filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes, although the bill ultimately passed. Thurmond broke the previous record of 22 hours and 26 minutes set by Wayne Morse (I-OR) in 1953 protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation.
No Republican filibusters yet. Nice piece of fiction, DenOrat!
Ah yes more ranting and raving by the neoclowns! Perhaps you should consider this before you go patting yourselves on the back for as low as the Democrats are the Republicans are even lower!
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_rep.htm
There there is this to consider.
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong2008.htm
Things don't look too good for the poor neoclowns this year!
Things don't look too good for the Neosocialists this year.
Whatever sparky - I'm not the one grasping at straws!
You can't do that while your thumb is stuck up your backside.
At least my head isn't stuck up my ass the way yours is!
How exactly did you get it stuck there then, with your thumb already there, I mean?