Confidently Unconfident In Congress
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Polls
The lowest approval ever for Congress.
Just 14% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress.This 14% Congressional confidence rating is the all-time low for this measure, which Gallup initiated in 1973. The previous low point for Congress was 18% at several points in the period of time 1991 to 1994.
Congress is now nestled at the bottom of the list of Gallup’s annual Confidence in Institutions rankings, along with HMOs. Just 15% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in HMOs. (By way of contrast, 69% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the military, which tops the list. More on this at galluppoll.com on Thursday).
You know what’s funny? I’m in that 14%. I approve of what Congress is doing because they’re trying to pass the legislation that the country says they want: stem cell research, immigration reform, Iraq accountability, ethics reform, etc.
So I guess that begs the question: is the country more pissed off at the Dems or the Repubs? Doesn’t really matter at this point, but the Dems are definitely trying. Can’t say the same for the Repubs.
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June 21st, 2007 at 10:16 am
They tried to pass ethics reform????????? I’ll I’ve seen them do is backtrack from what they said they were going to do. Looks more like the staus quo on that front.
June 21st, 2007 at 10:38 am
Congress did something I approve of yesterday. They passed a resolution condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad for his call to destroy the state of Israel. The vote was nearly unanimous, except for only two congressmen, both currently presidential candidates, Dennis Kucinich and, you guessed it, Ron Paul!
Come on all you Ron Paul fanboys…post my comment on one of your forums so you can get people to come here and explain to me why his decision is justified. Do you think Ahmadinajad is right? Does Israel deserve to be destroyed? Does the call for the destruction of Israel not qualify as an “incitement to genocide” as defined by UN conventions? which is it?
Or will you deny your messiah before the cock crows? Bring it on boosterites!
June 21st, 2007 at 11:01 am
Jimmy - No problem. Not every idiotic, asinining, stupid thing that is said in the world needs to be rhetorically responded to by the US Congress. In fact, did it occur to you that Ahmadinajad probably LOVED the reaction and attention given to him by the United States Congress. So what is Ahmadinajad going to do with the next round of economic/political disasters in Iran, he will run out and declare: Kill All the Jews - which will in turn get some reaction from the US/Isreal - which will in turn be used to support Ahmadinajad among hardliners in Iran.
Jimmy, I’m all for assassinating Ahmadinad and all the mullah fuckrags in Persia. I’m for bombing their little nuke plants into oblivion. I’m for blasting Toby Keith songs via giant speakers mounted on A10 Warthogs through the streets of Tehran. I’m for playing 300 in every movie house in Iran — but this kind of meaningless resolution is strategically stupid. And Ron Paul obviously thinks the same.
Ron Paul 2008
June 21st, 2007 at 12:06 pm
You really believe that Ron Paul thinks the same as you?
Don’t tell me you drank the kool-aid too, Dos!
June 21st, 2007 at 2:16 pm
I was a Ron Paul supporter before being a Ron Paul supporter was cool, Jimmy. The man wants to abolish the income tax on day one. He is going to slash 95% of federal spending because it’s outside the scope of the enumerated constitutional powers of the federal government (someone will have to translate that for Justin). And he won’t be a globe trotting internationalist like Woodrow Wilson, Bill Clinton and George Bush.
I don’t think there is a chance in hell of him winning the nomination, but count me in if it gets the Republicans back to a reality-based, prudent foreign policy and smaller, less intrusive federal power.
I’m not really for invading Iran - I would suggest we leave Iran in the very capable hands of our Hebraic brothers in the region. Or if we do, we should not try to convert it democracy and occupy it. But the Jewish Lobby may think different. (Just a second, the ADL just knocked on my door, because I said “Jewish Lobby” which is similar to the mafia in that it simply does not exist).
Look, this Congressional resolution is meaningless — that is why the Democrats could passed it. If it had any teeth do you think for one second it would have passed?
Now come on Jimmy, get on board, Ron Paul 2008! Yee Ha!