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Topic: Congress less popular than
colonoscopies, root canals, poll finds |
Congress less popular than
colonoscopies, root canals, poll finds
The Hill [Washington DC], by Justin Sink
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/8/2013 4:48:22 PM
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| A new poll released Tuesday finds the national favorability of Congress has again slipped into single digits, with American´s elected officials now polling lower than painful medical procedures and a certain Canadian rock band. The survey, from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, showed Congress with a mere 9 percent favorability rating. By contrast, 85 percent of voters see legislators in a negative way. Congress didn´t fare much better when compared against a wide swath of generally disliked staples of modern life. Asked for their preference between Congress and lice, the microscopic insects
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Tucker, 1/8/2013 4:50:17 PM (No. 9105685)
And the president?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
august9, 1/8/2013 4:53:18 PM (No. 9105691)
Question -----
What´s the difference between congress´s actions, and a colonoscopy?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Bobn.t, 1/8/2013 5:04:36 PM (No. 9105714)
Congress is where the colonoscopy starts.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 1/8/2013 5:16:47 PM (No. 9105735)
Immediately before a colonoscopy the colon is not full of--erm, ahem--steaming ordure.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Davids918, 1/8/2013 5:34:51 PM (No. 9105770)
My grandfather used to say (in the mid-seventies)"give Congress 2 years off, with pay, so they can do no more harm".
I say the GOP should be making sure they point out how liberal, an extreme, the Democrat agenda is.
Point them out, since only about 20% identify as liberal compared to 43% as conservative.
Democrats have controlled the Senate for 6 years (2 with Obama as Senator).
Democrats created most of the out-of-control spending when they had the House, Senate and WH.
Compare that to the years when Republicans controlled Congress with Bill Clinton and it resulted in a surplus.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
marthaville, 1/8/2013 6:17:04 PM (No. 9105821)
The problem is that most people like their own representative and senators. Otherwise these people would not be elected. We can do nothing about representatives from other districts and senators from other states. It really doesn´t matter what we think.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hamrman, 1/8/2013 6:20:28 PM (No. 9105825)
Another brain dead poll...really, who do they ask? Lo-intelligent uninformed Sheeple? If we could get the same yo-yos to do the same for the president and his admin without the artificial propping up, it would be lower than congress!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
readaholic, 1/8/2013 6:25:01 PM (No. 9105839)
I´m sure most of these poll respondents don´t have any idea of what the difference is between congress and the senate. Gee, let´s hear more about what fools "think."
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/8/2013 6:25:47 PM (No. 9105841)
Why not poll on what voters think about the msm.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
srhcb, 1/8/2013 7:17:42 PM (No. 9105916)
As an avocation, journalist polls below lawyers and prostitutes.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/8/2013 8:05:26 PM (No. 9105954)
Well, O´s job of blaming congress for "running up the debt" seems to be working. Meanwhile, have you seen the millions and in some case billions of dollars that government agencies (EPA, HHS, FBI, Dept of Ed. etc.) receive every year? It is astounding!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
maisy, 1/8/2013 9:19:12 PM (No. 9106051)
Why so high???
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 1/8/2013 9:28:22 PM (No. 9106062)
´Congress´ is the combined bodies of the House of Reps and the Senate. Other than that nitpick, #8´s point stands.
I would add watching paint dry and sock sorting to the choices of activities more popular than the current Congress.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/8/2013 10:33:56 PM (No. 9106127)
Why do voters think that sending back the same old same old will produce different results ?
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