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Title: Glen Beck on congress
Post by: Otherguy Overby on September 15, 2008, 05:51:52 AM
This morning I had Glen Beck on the radio:  He mentioned that congress didn't have much of a popularity thing going on.  It seems that twice as many people like George Bush as they do congress.  George's numbers are 18%!  It seems that more people believe 9-11 was a put up job at 12% than congress at 8%!  The only thing they can compare to is the number of people who think the moon landing was faked at about 6%...
Title: Re: Glen Beck on congress
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 15, 2008, 06:01:36 AM
IMHO, anti-war sentiment was at an all time high when this congress/senate was seated.  Democrats got the majority in both houses on the promise of ending the war.  They didn't do it.  And on top of that you've got a laundry list of corrupt businesses being bailed out financially by congress.  I'm not surprised!
Title: Re: Glen Beck on congress
Post by: MrRezister on September 15, 2008, 06:03:52 AM
ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE MOON LANDING WAS NOT FAKED?Huh?

Anyway, I think both sides rely too much on polls like these.  The polling data suggests that the sitting Pres is wildly unpopular, so both candidates are out there yelling "I'm NOT Bush!!!" at the tops of their lungs.  Obama's only argument is that McCain is a member of the same party, and thus must be exactly like GWB.  I'm not a huge fan of Bush or McCain, but Obama scares the bejeebus out of me.
Title: Re: Glen Beck on congress
Post by: taurusowner on September 15, 2008, 06:04:11 AM
Exactly.  The one thing this new Congress got elected on was their claim of ending the war.  They failed at the one thing they said they would do.  So to Republicans, of course they disapprove, because they're Dems.  And to other Dems, they're failures and DINOs.
Title: Re: Glen Beck on congress
Post by: Jamisjockey on September 15, 2008, 06:40:43 AM
Quote from: taurusowner on September 15, 2008, 05:04:11 AM
Exactly.  The one thing this new Congress got elected on was their claim of ending the war.  They failed at the one thing they said they would do.  So to Republicans, of course they disapprove, because they're Dems.  And to other Dems, they're failures and DINOs.

Alot of people, including myself, crossed party lines to vote out some of the asses who were sitting on the hill last cycle.....of course, I was in Utah, so instead of getting 80% of the vote, the (R)'s got 79% of the vote.....  laugh