Congress gets low approval, too

Associated Press has released a recent poll result that indicates that Congress shares the president’s low approval poll numbers;

People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs and little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues.

An AP-Ipsos poll also found that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a more popular figure than the president and her colleagues on Capitol Hill, though she faces a gender gap in which significantly more women than men support her.

The survey found only 35 percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, down 5 percentage points in a month. That gives lawmakers the same bleak approval rating as Bush, who has been mired at about that level since last fall, including his dip to a record low for the AP-Ipsos poll of 32 percent last January.

Of course, there’s a couple of ways to interpret that fall in numbers, and Democrats, of course, blame the President;

People are unhappy, there hasn’t been a lot of change in direction, for example in Iraq,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., chairman of House Democrats’ campaign effort.

Yes, that’s my idiot Congressman, the perpetual Bush-bashing automaton. If VanHollen had half-a-brain and could think for himself beyond the Democrat caucus’ talking points, he might consider that maybe the American people (who still sent a large number of Republicans to Congress, effectively hamstringing the Democrats so they can’t over-ride the President’s vetos) are tired of the Democrats’ version of political performance art – sending pre-vetoed legislation to the President to make intellectually-vacant and nebulous statements instead of cooperating with the White House and doing the job they were elected to do.

But VanHollen isn’t the only illiterate buffoon in Washington, but at least this former Clintonista halfway understands;

“People wanted change in Washington” on many issues, not just Iraq, said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., a member of the House Democratic leadership. “I’m not surprised about where people are. They’re hearing only about Iraq.”

Oh, yeah? Maybe that’s because you dolts thought you won elections because of the war, when in fact, Republicans just decided not to vote in the last election and that’s how you children got the majority. Democrats have been shouting from the rooftops that dead troops = a majority in Congress. You’ve threatened to cut off funding for the troops, you’ve called them murderers and SS prison guards. How do you expect the American people to react?

Stop being a one-trick pony (or in this case, a no-trick pony) and do your damn jobs – for a change.

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