CHANGE
Oh wait…there is no change in Congress. The Democrats’ Congress was there for the last 2 years (successfully making President Bush a lame duck). Anyone approve of the way Congress controlled America for the last 2 years? If so, you’re probably in the 21% approval rating of how the Democrats have started off their next 2 years.
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This gets old, but I guess if you were a quick learner, you wouldn’t be a conservative. Congressional approval ratings are low, but there are lower for the GOP than they are for the Democratic party. Overall approval ratings have been sub 50% since 2003.
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You should just stick to the “polls are all bogus” meme.
fitfit, your own link shows that Congressional approval rating was twice what it is now when Republicans controlled the House and Senate (2003,-2006). Therefore, your excuse is incorrect. Try a new one. Dunno how you missed that either. It’s in a pretty chart for you. Didn’t even have to read.
They’ve barely done anything and people already hate them. LOL
No Scott, it shows a steady decline since 2001, with the Republicans becoming the least popular party since the middle of 2005.
Republican approval ratings fell because they were trying to “out Democrat…Democrats” when it came to spending. They lost their way.
We held them accountable by voting them out of power, now we have hopenchange that will usher in an era of socialism and larger government…there’s change you can believe in.
Doesn’t really matter what the nation thinks of the Republicans at this point, they aren’t in power. All that matters for the Republicans is that they keep their constituents happy for the next couple of years.
The dropping Congressional approvals will have a negative effect on the Dems once the “howobamagotelected” duh crowd gets up to speed as to who is really, really running the show. Also note, at the gallup site the right track/wrong track for the country isn’t going to keep the dems at 37% for long and now, it’s the dem faces that are dominating the news.
21%? That high, huh? That is only because the polls don’t allow for giving negative ratings.
And yet, people keep voting Democrats into office, including the highest office in the land.
People watch American Idol and MTV’s Real Chance For Love too. Ain’t no accountin’ for taste. Democrats just market shiny things better. Their crap of late may smell like Kobe filet mignon, but it’s still crap. Too many voters (myself included) often fail to notice that until the first bite-err, first week.
there rating is only high because of all of the “hope” for “change”. they are just giving them enough rope to hang themselves
Democrats increased their numbers by getting conservatives disguised as conservatives and ran against Republicans. A very good tactic because the hardcore leftist are in charge of the party thanks to electing blue dog democrats.
Of all democrat “faces” I can’t stand to see is Barny Franks.
I can imagine terrorists and adversaries around the world get a picture in their mind of what America is by Barney Frank…
I would not blame the Democrats for the losses of the Republicans. How can anyone look back the past 8 years and say this Administration followed conservative values? Bush nearly doubled the national debt in 8 short years? Republicans stopped being conservative a long time ago… I have no clue what they morphed into, but they certainly not conservative.
Watching the lefties try to spin things is entertaining.
Wonder what they will say when it hits single digits?
They’ll still be claiming a 52%=mandate thing
Oh I remember hearing something like that before:
That was with 50.7% (+3.5 million) of the vote and 286/251 Electoral College Victory — vs. —
Obama with 52.9% (+9.5 million) of the vote and 365/173 Electoral College Victory
Thank you blast!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Now, was it right then, or wrong? I say wrong then and wrong now. I said it was wrong back then as well.
Intentional or not, you’ve just demonstrated the art of duplicity in Democrat talking points; something that we are literally swimming in since 1/20/09.
People say, “Give Obama a chance” yet are often the same people who claimed the 2000 election was stolen, never gave Bush a chance, and now not only want a free pass for The Infallible One, but EXPECT AND DEMAND it.
Scott, I was pointing to the hypocrisy of what you said “They’ll still be claiming a 52%=mandate thing” — I actually made no such claims.
I know you didn’t blast. Neither did I when Bush made the same claim. Yet, you did demonstrate the duplicity of people who might say it’s wrong for Bush to have claimed a mandate, but back Obama and Democrats today when they claim that they somehow have a mandate.
Funny huh
Scott, I don’t write partisan articles for publication supporting the Bush Administration and then toss out an inflammatory comment “They’ll still be claiming a 52%=mandate thing”… in that I see hypocrisy given Bush’s own record.
I never said it was wrong for Bush to have claimed a mandate, I have not stated that Obama has a mandate. I am merely responding to your comment which sounded so much like Bush’s.
blast, I’m not attacking you. I don’t mean YOU have done this. I’m talking about others; people on the far left and today’s Democratic Party leaders…people who ARE claiming Obama’s got a mandate.
I never said Bush had a mandate (I said the opposite)
You never said Obama and Dems have one
I wasn’t clear, and you seem confused (righfully so) by my lack of clarity re to whom I refer
Ok, your comment came across differently to me, thank you for explaining your position.
And the Peta ad makes up for any inconvenience! haha…..
Happens all the time mon ami! I knew we were saying the same thing & that I wasn’t making my point well. Just had to keep trying to get past the email voice. My apologies & yes, the PETA thing makes up for it. Only thing that ad needs is bacon-oh wait…
Do you have a talking computer or do you have a mental image of the voices of the people who comment to you?
I am holding back on the puns and stuff on the peta thing. I know Mata is reading this!
Actually blast (no bs here) my pc DOES talk. When I get emails, it says, “data being received”
All other messages are going to be upgraded w the new Obama theme pack. It was supposed to be out the first day (remember, “ready to lead on day one”?), but got held up. I guess there’s some trouble translating the messages from Hopeychangeystan to english.
But of course, Fit. No one is denying that the GOP has fallen out of favor. But that’s what happens when they try to out-Democrat the Democrats, and run a moderate RINO, virtually undistinguishable from the Democrat.
Then top it off with the Democrat candidate campaigning on a conservative issue – tax cuts.
What do we have? A nation that still leans conservative in economics for taxes, and follows the lips of the guy who promises them the moon… tax cuts plus free govt everything.
It’s a bit early to be arguing approval ratings for anyone. So far the Dems are on track to pass off massive pork as “stimulus”, and they are trying desperately to get the GOP to share in that scam by their approval… tho they don’t need it. But I suggest time will reveal all if we are patient.
Still haven’t gotten to the “PETA” thing on the “injection of humor” thread yet, blast. But you do know I can out truck a truck driver when necessary, yes? The biker boys have taught me well how to hold my own over the years. LOL
ROTFLMAO
Hopeychangeystan (TM) Scott of FA
I have seen computers that talk, but I am almost deaf, so I sort of have voices for you guys in my head.
Hopefully mine is low and throaty like Marlene Dietrich’s…. :0)
I bet you can, of course I have my evil brain resources to draw from as well, but in your case I would call you ma’am and be polite 🙂
I sound like Elmo
I think that the Democratic Congress approval rating just prior to the November election was less than Dick Cheney’s — meaning less than 15%. Yet, the Dems made major — gains — in the election, in both Senate and House.
If they are now up to a 21% approval rating, that’s a forty percent improvement over the pre-election 15%.
Ya gotta love polls. Something it them for everyone. Numbers make the world go round. Math rules.
– Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach, CA
MataHarley you are now forever Marlene Dietrich in my head 🙂
Actually I think that’s what happens when a RINO tries to run as a conservative. McCain did not campaign in the general election as a moderate. He was constantly trying to appease the base. He should not have had to do that after the primaries, but he did.
How can it be twenty one percent if each democrat won reelection? A followup to these polls would have to ask how each person rated his individual congressman and why the discrepancy between any positive vote for the individual representative/senator and the institution?
It’s about Congress as a whole-Republicans included, but Controlled and led by Democrats.
It’s not about individual Congressmen and Senators
21% approval rating for congress? That rating pretty well represents the percentage of congresscritters who have conservative principles, vote accordingly and reflect the will of their constituents with that vote.
Golly!! That conjecture means that 110 and one-quarter congresscritters, out of 535, actually represent 47% of Americans (those of us who voted a conservative ticket during the presidential election).
It appears we will be heavily out-gunned for a couple of years, at least.
Mata
Re: My post about the 21% approval rating of congress.
Thanks for attacking my first post on floppingaces. It appears that my attempt at satire was not interpreted that way. In the future attempts will be made to clarify the intent of my message so that everyone, even you, will understand its meaning.
Oh….one more thing! I was born 1942 and every moment I am alive I appreciate having been born in America. The odds for this to happen were quite slim, considering most babies by far are born elsewhere in this world.
McCain did not appease his base with the bank bailout, the gang of 14, campaign finance, immigration, playing to the lib press prior to running, etc., that is why he is considered a RINO. He ran on tax cuts and the war, conservative issues and choosing Palin made voting for him palatable for most of the base. He is fiscally conservative, he blew it with the bailout and lost part of the base.
youngblood… I had misread your post and “satire” after a long day (middle of online exams for continued ed). I confess, I had to read it over several times to get your drift…. and frankly, not sure even now that I *do* get the point of your comment. Especially since I doubt we have even 21% of GOP Congress people who even know the meaning of the words “conservative”, “fiscal responsibility”, or “smaller government”.
But I jumped the gun at a misinterpretation and flew off the handle at you. For that, I am very sorry.
And just as immediately as I had hit submit/send, I deleted it myself as unnecessary. Which is why you don’t see it anywhere here in this thread, but saw it in your email alerts. You can’t “delete” the emails that go out… but as an aside, you should know they are not necessarily the final versions you see on the threads. Those go out from the second you hit submit, but do not contain any editing the commenter may have done after the first publishing.
So my apologies to you, and welcome to FA. I’m sure you’ll love the *other* authors here… :0). The next time your satire eludes me, I’ll just let it go.
Time for another reality check guys… sorry.
That’s interesting fitfit, but sadly as relevant as posting the approval rating of African American politicians in Congress.
This thread’s about Congress as a whole, and the American people think they suck.
Who leads, controls, and dictates Congress?
Scott sticks fingers in ears, closes eyes and begins to mutter “there’s nothing wrong” over and over.
Quite the opposite. I’m saying when Congress’ approval is 21%, I think there’s something wrong with Congress. I think the way it does business, the way it does NOT do things, it’s leadership, and its partisan ramrodding is what caused it to go down to 21%.
Congress’ approval is 21% (lower than it was under Republican control). So, why is Congress’ approval only 21%?
Perhaps Fit is trying to convince us that the almost supermajority of Congress… who was also the majority party since Jan 2007… is unable to take advantage of that supermajority because of those nasty GOPers… LOL
Fit, we’ve been enjoying the fruits of your win here. The Dem Congress and Dem POTUS can push thru anything they want, without one vote from the Republicans. They [Republicans] have no power to do anything…. and most certainly not drive down the public opinion of Congress. That’s all on your guys and gals… solely.
Welcome to responsibility, and no where or one to which you can pass the buck.
Scott sticks fingers in ears, closes eyes and begins to mutter “there’s nothing wrong” over and over.
Actually, I think it is closer to the “term limits” furor of a few years ago. There were lots of polls where people wanted and supported term limits.
“We need to enact term limits for the other representatives. MY representative is great.”
So it is with these types of polls and breakdowns.
“Congress sucks, but MY Senators – the ones I voted for are great!”
January 21-24, 2009
Democratic congressional approval rating 49% Disapproval rating 38%
Republican congressional approval rating 26% Disapproval rating 62%
Generic question, Democrats or Republicans doing better job? Dems by a 2:1 advantage
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_rep.htm
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_dem.htm
Diageo/Hotline Poll conducted by FD. Jan. 21-24, 2009. N=800 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.
– Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach, CA