--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > The disfavor for Bush registered by polls is surpassed only by > > the disfavor for the majority-controlled Congress whose poll > > numbers are even worse than Bush's... > > > > Funny, that. > > From the article: > > > And the president's team takes solace in the fact that the public > > holds Congress in low esteem, too. More than half disapproved of > > Congress generally, and Democrats in particular, in the latest Post- > > ABC survey, though their ratings were still better than Bush's. > > Funny indeed. You'd better write the Post and tell > them they got it wrong.
All polls until this week consistently reported 10 points less support for Congress than for the President. Fact. Deal with it. > > One of the major reasons Congress doesn't have better > ratings is that Democrats were elected to do something > about the Bush disaster, and they haven't been able to > accomplish much yet because of all the crap the > administration and the Republicans have been pulling, > refusing to obey subpoenas, withholding documents and > other information on the grounds of "executive privilege," > and filibustering anything the Democrats try to do so > that a 60-vote majority is required to get anything > passed. Not to mention instructing Attorney General > Gonzales to stonewall and lie in hearings, and blocking > any attempt to establish contempt of Congress > proceedings. >
