You hate them, you really hate them
Mark Tapscott looks at the latest Gallup poll results revealing widespread disgust with Congress–both parties:
Gallup’s latest survey turns up extensive evidence of deep public disgust with the performance of the Democratic majority in Congress. On six major issues, Gallup found solid majorities either disappointed or angry with the performance of the Democrats.
On Iraq, for example, 68 percent are either disappointed or angry, while on the economy, the figure is 53 percent. For healthcare and dealing with the federal budget deficit, the figure is 60 percent, it’s 65 percent on immigration and 55 percent on government reform.
Only on terrorism did Gallup find less than a clear majority of people saying they are disappointed or angry with the Democratic majority and even there the figure is 49 percent.
Those figures indicate a wholesale failure on the part of the Democratic majority in Congress to deliver on its two fundamental promises in the 2006 election campaign, to clean up Republican corruption in Washington and to change U.S. policy on Iraq.
But before Republicans get too happy about seeing the Democrats abysmal failure, I suggest the root of these numbers isn’t simply a dissatisfaction with policy failures, but rather an indication of a deeper disappointment borne of the widespread failure of Big Government.
Commenter Crowe: “Doesn’t anyone appreciate all the hard work that went into passing all those non-binding resolutions?”
And don’t forget that 0 for 40 record.
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Related: Denny Hastert will announce his resignation later today on the House floor.
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Ooooh those figures have to sting. This as the Dems bring out the white flag yet again, too. Not too bright.
The bigger and more intrusive government gets, the greater will be the dissatisfaction with its performance. Reagan was right. Government is too big, it spends to much, and it is too much involved in people’s lives (through regulation and various codes).
Michelle, couldn’t you have linked a site that didn’t have comments like “Thank you for your loyal service to the Fourth Reich, I’m sure the Fuerer will miss you”?
They lied and we’re fried! They lied an we’re fried!
Part of the problem with these polls is the lack of detail on why the numbers are what they are. For example, many conservatives are angry with congressional Republicans for out of control spending, though they spend less than Democrats, while many liberals are dissatisfied with congressional Democrats because they aren’t surrendering in Iraq fast enough while more moderate Democrat voters are unhappy with their own party because representatives do act like they want to surrender in the first place.
My guess is that if you really broke these numbers down, according to who the people being polled currently support in ’08 as a barometer of whether they were moderate or extreme right or left, and gave a bit more percentage credit to the moderates to even the results out since on the whole the country tends to be more moderate, the resultant numbers would modestly support Republicans and absolutely bury Democrats.
Doesn’t anyone appreciate all the hard work that went into passing all those non-binding resolutions?
And don’t forget about the great time and effort invested in the impeach Cheney legislation.
That was money well spent. /sarc
Lawmaker: (n.) one who makes law, not endless hearings and committee meetings aired during C-SPAN prime time.
Jerks!
Not for nothing is the US Senate self-described as the “world’s greatest deliberative body.” The HR is trying it’s best to be the second-greatest deliberators. As long as you can deliberate over something, you never really have to make a decision – and we all know that decision-making is an anathema to them there congress-critters.
The gallup poll does provide insight as to the depth of disatisfaction, but not the reasoning behind the disatisfaction. The Dems inability to lead is obvious to conservatives, but will it be obvious to the other side of the aisle voters?
The only governmental agency that runs efficiently is the military, because the Constituion states this is the sole responsbility of the Federal Government provide a military and protect the borders. The dems want to raise taxes and further enslave those that pay taxes. I cannot undersand a population of the people that enjoy their money being extorted for governmental largesse, other than those that desire these high taxes really aren’t the ones paying the taxes but receiving the ‘refund’ every year. You are either an entitlement slave or a tax slave. I for one am tired of taxation without representation. Even the Republicans are too full of themselves. This cycle must be broken.
Hastert served his country, and those ‘liberal tools’ commenting on the CommieNewsNetwork show how pathetic they are; and do explain why they are so easily mislead by the Dems…
As a card carrying member of the “hoi polloi” I think I have some insight into why we, the “unwashed”, are so unhappy.
Very simply… we are extremely sick and tired of the people who are supposed to represent us, and look out for are well being, doing anything but that!!!
They are beholden to masters who are bent on destroying the middle class, and stamping out the independent spirit of the American people. They could give hoot about what WE want. They only care about what THEY want. That is at cross purposes!
Left, Right, Middle, Republican, Democrat, Non-Affiliated… It doesn’t matter! The government is not ours any more. Outsiders, elites, and charlatans have weaseled their way in.
Throw the bums out? They just put in new bums!
It may already be too late to change.
Why shouldn’t Republicans be happy about an “indication of a deeper disappointment borne of the widespread failure of Big Government?” I don’t see how any Republican, even the ones that gave us Medicare Part D, can get outflanked on big government by the Pelosi crowd.
I was called last night for a national poll. It was a first for me, so I decided to participate. I could not rate the US Congress any lower than “poor” with the response options. Abysmal was not available.
Fire them all and start all over again.
We no longer have “rule by consent” and I feel a revolution is in the wind.
Two words:
Term Limits
When we stop electing the “Eite” and start electing the everyday person, we may start to see some people who understand what this country is about making the decisions we need. Term limits would also help to stop some of the “good ole boy” syndrome (as well as earmarks).
I blame global warming.
You mean this isn’t Bush’s fault?
Well, since Bush causes Global Warming…
Term Limits on Congress – Yes
Restoration of Impoundment – Yes. It’ll need to be a Constitutional Amendment, or Congress will just take it away again.
Getting into more controversial ground, I think that the 17th Amendment should be repealed.
And let’s talk about selecting the members of the House of Representatives by lot, from their district’s voter rolls. The British House of Lords shows that a randomly selected group of people can do a pretty good job, better than a pack of professional politicians.
I’m a proponent of the term limits myself. The career politicians have given themselves one raise after another, without asking the voters if it was okay. They have continually played politics with the lives of our military. And they are abysmally (love that word) negligent on securing our own soil.
We need some folks in Washington with character, not a hunger for perks.
You can take this anyway you want, but sometimes in the military we are reminded: you are here to protect democracy, not practice it.
That does tend to make things more streamlined when you are told what to do and not get to vote on it.
Don’t take this as a complaint, it’s a way of life.
I don’t use the word hate. To me that
is a word that says I am having a self destructive moment by allowing myself to feel hate. I would much
rather LOATHE someone because it makes it seem that by the very sound of the word, there is something
so wrong with that person or those persons that “they” are causing me to feel this way. Thus, when I
talk about liberals, leftists or Pelosi and Reid, I feel
supremely justified in saying that I loathe what they
are doing or what they stand for.
On the other hand, I too, thought that the reason
dims were loathed was Pres Bush’s fault as is global
warming, cholera, consumption, head lice, athlete’s
foot and Pelosi’s bad face lift and Harry Reid’s lack of a spine.
Seriously. Turn off bold.
Yes I do I really do!
I’ve seen this kind of polling before. The American people dislike Congress as a playground for political hacks, but they don’t include “their” congressman. A more accurate poll would be the aggregate of individual polls for each and every congressman in his/her district. I’m sad to say we conservatives would be disheartened by the results.
People will express dislike about the other guy, but don’t you pick on the home team.
Congress critters push pork for a reason. Nationally Murtha and Byrd are criticized by a wide majority of Americans. The voters in their home districts/states, however love all those federal tax dollars they funnel into the home troughs.
I hate to say this. I REALLY hate to say this, but:
Now I’m starting to understand why the Judicial Branch has been doing the job of the Legislative Branch. They figure SOMEBODY has to do it!
Great idea…never happen.
Term limits are looking more and more attractive everyday but, I doubt we could win that one too.
Everyone here already knows I support term limits and some of the other suggestions above, so I won’t repeat that here.
However …
I defy anyone from any party to show me where in the Constitution it says that there are any of the following stated as requirements to serve in public office at any level:
(1) A college degree in political science
(2) A professional politician
(3) A lawyer (or at least have a law degree)
(4) Be independently wealthy
(5) Have the support of big business. or unions, or any other self-serving entity
If those were legal requirements this country would have never gotten off the ground because the majority of those that served in the early years were simple everyday folks (farmers, traders, hunters, etc.).
We need to get the money out of the election process so that people who want to serve for the right reasons can have an opportunity to do so again.
The fickle political breeze of the barnyard is blowing in a different direction this morning according to the latest “poll”; yet, we are still subject to the same stench.
The butcher’s bill is still yet to be paid in the Middle East.
How low will Pelosi go?
Which of course is why they don’t break them down.
“Don’t poll me bro’.”
(or is that “Don’t pole me bro’”?
We can’t win the term limits argument, but we could win a revocation of seniority in congress on the equal representation argument.
Well, that Gallup poll indicates that Pelosi and Reid are right on track with where I thought they would have Congress about this time – in the gutter. *sigh*
Speaking of Pillosi GaWhore (thanks Bear).
Thank God she is going to shorten their work week to 4 days. Maybe they can do 1/5th the damage now.
*zzzzzzzzzz
Um, urrr, yes, we really REALLY hate you!
Keep it up guys and we might actually have a shot at taking back some seats.
I guess Soros doesn’t have total control over the American people…just the Democrat party. Gotta love it.
Roger your last post DL.
“Pillosi GaWhore”? What does that even mean soap? Nice…you were raised to call women whores?
Politicians of today have taken the “Serve” out of “Service” which leaves us with “Ice”.
dakine,
Ummm, pet name. You do not have to like it any more than I have to like the “Lady” she has become with the power she has been given.
Would Pelosi GaLiar make your tummy more warm? Wat were the promises she made after she bacame speaker? Did she live up to a single one?
Hey, I am paying for this and getting screwed – you figure it out.
The people are a bother. Keep them at bay by tossing them a bone occasionally.
Oh, that makes it clear for me soap. You don’t like Pelosi’s stance on the issues and think she’s been a poor Speaker of the House, so it’s okay to call her a whore. Gotcha. You’re kidding, right?
Make up your mind dakine. Your last post accused me of calling women whores.
Tell you what, go look at the other threads and tell me how you feel about the Americans who use their children as human shields. I am not alone when I call them goonbats.
Look at another thread that posts a picture of the white flag being raised and tell me who you see in the cartoon and look at all of the pet names these “surrendercrats” are called. After your research, come back and give me a hard time (as usual).
Last I saw, this thread is about how “we hate them, we really, really hate them”. Well, guess what, I do.
Go home now and get out your “Bushitler” doll and pins and have some fun. This thread is not about your disdain for soap.
Make up your mind dakine. Your last post accused me of calling women GaWhores.
Tell you what, go look at the other threads and tell me how you feel about the Americans who use their children as human shields. I am not alone when I call them “goonbats”.
Look at another thread that posts a picture of the white flag being raised and tell me who you see in the cartoon and look at all of the pet names these “surrendercrats” are called. After your research, come back and give me a hard time (as usual).
Last I saw, this thread is about how “we hate them, we really, really hate them”. Well, guess what, I do.
Go home now and get out your “Bush-Hitler” doll and pins and have some fun. This thread is not about your disdain for soap.
Sorry for the double post. Don’t know what happened.
Try this soap. Make cogent arguments and state your opinions in a rational, coherent manner. Reason, facts, evidence…these are all your tools. Avoid personal attacks and using silly demeaning nicknames for politicians and other public figures with whom you disagree. Otherwise, you’re no better than those silly twits you love to hate who like to “get out their Bush-Hitler dolls and pins and have some fun” while posting about the same on Kos and HuffPo.
BTW, while I’m well aware that Ms. Malkin enjoys using annoying nicknames in her blog posts, I’m pretty sure she doesn’t condone referring to any woman as a “whore”. Manners and civility soap.
Well DA what would YOU call a person, male or female, who takes a bunch of money to perform a service for the client that no one else will do.
I think Soap has it right. You are missing the very reason that Nan P has taken Congress to a new low.
trinitytim, Pelosi is a terrible SOH. However, she’s also a wife, mother and grandmother. There’s no honor in referring to any woman as a “whore” (and that includes actual prostitutes). Incompetent, shrill, misguided, annoying…for sure, but silly and childish name calling just makes folks look like tools.
A political whore is a political whore no matter what gender he or she happens to be. It has nothing to do with sex or (lack of) respect for women; it’s about selling out.
Hardhead, I understand the usage, but frankly, that’s not the way soap used the word. He was using it as an explicit personal attack on a female politician he disagrees with. BTW, hard for me to come up with a member of the Senate who is not a “political whore” by your definition. Kind of the nature of the game, yes?
THIS!
I so agree. I do not think for even a milisecond that our founding fathers planned on Congress being a lifetime appointment with huge paychecks and even bigger retirement.
Term limits would be a great start.
But there is much more wrong with the sytem.