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2007-06-21 Home Front: Politix

Dem Congress Approval at a Whopping 14%!

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Posted by 2007-06-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 The amazing thing about this is that the great dissatisfaction is coming from left wing dhimmicrats mainly. They just have no grasp of elementary math. It escapes them that they have a slim margin in the House and virtually no margin in the Senate. They can't run anydamnthing. But these Buttheads just keep whining. Without a veto proof majority in both bodies, you lefties can't dictate anything. Even a suave, smooth operator like HorseAss Harry Reid can't make somethin' oughta nuttin'. So shut the f**k up until you have the votes.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-06-21 00:46|| 2007-06-21 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 "a drunken mob of brigands, pederasts, and lawyers," as a noted romance writer once described their 19th century forbears in one of her historical bodice-rippers.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-06-21 02:18|| 2007-06-21 02:18|| Front Page Top

#3 The only thing keeping Congressional approval out of single digits is the fact that the Democrats don't have the votes to pass their surrender bills and massive tax increases to go along with their pathetic non-attempts to enforce existing immigration laws.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Crumble1004 2007-06-21 04:39|| 2007-06-21 04:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Its time to elect a horse. The next president will be a fiddle player.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-06-21 07:16|| 2007-06-21 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 And on Immigration, a whopping 3%!

Posted by doc 2007-06-21 08:57|| 2007-06-21 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "a drunken mob of brigands, pederasts, and lawyers..."

I'm partial to Ben Kenobi's description: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

Posted by doc 2007-06-21 09:03|| 2007-06-21 09:03|| Front Page Top

#7 These numbers sound a little high to me.
I suspect they are being manipulated to show a measure of support that isn't really there.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-06-21 09:23|| 2007-06-21 09:23|| Front Page Top

#8 At the source, they also show -

Newspapers - 22%
dropping with their creditability and readership, as their main market of elders ~~dies~~ drops off.

and

Military - 69%
This is good news/bad news.
It's good for supporting those who allow us the privilege of ignoring the real nasties of the world and life.
It's bad news because it will become more and more tempting to allow those who built the viable republics in Germany and Japan an opportunity to clean house here of the crap that constitutes our ruling class.
It's bad news because an igit like Harry Reid doesn't understand you don't keep poking the eight hundred pound guerrilla with a stick just to make political points. History is not kind to that sort of behavior. Sic transit gloria mundi. I'll see you two Senate seats and bet the republic.

Waiting for Sulla.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-06-21 09:59|| 2007-06-21 09:59|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't think the incompetence and resultant disapproval can be tied to the Democrats' lack of leadership.

I am not a truther by any means, but it is undeniable that the trend after 9/11 has been to insulate our government from external threats, and these have (intentionally/unintentionally?) included the citizens whom they serve.

The Capitol is a perfect metaphor for this trend. I used to live 5 blocks from the capitol building and pre-9/11 I could take a daily run across the grounds of the Capitol, including the huge veranda on the West side that looks out over the mall, monuments and into Virginia.

Now, the only people with which our lawmakers deign to have contact are those with appropriate credentials, that pass the security checks.

I've heard it remarked several times by people that they have never seen the Congress/Senate so out of touch with their base. I go to lawschool with several Republican Press Secretaries, one of whom I discussed the immigration policy debate with (pre COmprehensive Reform Bill). He asked who I was voting for in 2008, I told him no one at this point...mainly due to the handling of immigration. He told me w. a straight face that the Republican Congress had built a fence, and without missing a beat I explained that appropriating funds to build a fence is not the same as building a fence, and the average American is smart enough to know the difference. He sheepishly handed me a card and slinked away from our discussion.

The rot is endemic...but somehow the rot needs to be excised. I work as a contractor in the Government bureaucracy, though, and based on my observations the institutional inertia will not change without serious disruption.

To be clear: I am not advocating violent action by any means, but something must be done to save our Republic. Else, I will take my Law Degree and emigrate to freer climes.

Posted by mjh 2007-06-21 10:52|| 2007-06-21 10:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Else, I will take my Law Degree and emigrate to freer climes.

There are none.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-06-21 11:09|| 2007-06-21 11:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Light the torches, mass the masses and march on DC to jam term limits down their throats.

If they are not constantly working on maintaining their office perhaps they can get some damn work done and get out of there.

If not bring on Sulla and sign me up.

Posted by jds 2007-06-21 13:31|| 2007-06-21 13:31|| Front Page Top

#12 That is still 42,000,000 people

Posted by BigEd 2007-06-21 15:10|| 2007-06-21 15:10|| Front Page Top

#13 14% of 300 million is 42 million, if you're counting children, folks that have never voted, the aged, the infirm, the convicted felons, illegal aliens, and people from California. Of course, there's some overlap in those categories.

Posted by Bobby 2007-06-21 17:15|| 2007-06-21 17:15|| Front Page Top

#14 "......if you're counting children, folks that have never voted, the aged, the infirm, the convicted felons, illegal aliens, and people from California."

Include the dead and you have the Democrat voter base.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-06-21 18:39|| 2007-06-21 18:39|| Front Page Top

#15 Sulla? I'd prefer Cincinnatus. If we had more like that, "Term Limits" would be a real head-scratcher of a phrase.

Still, what would todays politicians do? Go on to farming for the maximum subsidy possible... right after making it higher

Posted by eLarson 2007-06-21 19:53|| 2007-06-21 19:53|| Front Page Top

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