The latest NY Times/CBS Poll is out and there are some disturbing numbers in it. For the most part, it is straightforward and bland. Nobody approves of the President. Most everybody believes that the country is headed in the wrong direction and everybody hates the members of Congress. Except for their own. Wait, what? That’s right, the only person that people want to remain in office is the only one that they can vote for. Here are the two pairs of questions that bare this out:
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
10/27-31/06 Approve: 29% Disapprove 56%
How about the Representative in Congress from your district? Do you approve or disapprove of the way your Representative is handling his or her job?
10/27-31/06 Approve: 58% Disapprove 26%
Do you think the representative in Congress from your district has performed his or her job well enough to deserve re-election, or do you think it's time to give a new person a chance?
10/27-31/06 Deserves Re-Election: 46% Time for New Person: 44%
Do you think most members of Congress have done a good enough job to deserve re-election, or do you think it's time to give new people a chance?
10/27-31/06 Deserve Re-Election: 16% Time for New People: 70%
I had to read these questions several times today. I could not believe my eyes. “Should we re-elect a new Congress?” “Hell yes! Throw the bums out!!! Except for my Bum. My bum is doing just fine.”
I am sure that I don’t need to spell this out but I am going to anyway. If everybody votes for the only Congressman that they feel is doing fine, then ALL Congressmen will be re-elected. There will be no change in Congress.
This is what we get when we have only two choices (one step away from no choice) in our political system. Who do you want to represent you? Dumb or dumber? Corrupt or criminal? Richie Rich or Richie Richer? Corporate America or Corporate America?
I go to the polls this Tuesday knowing that either way, donkey or elephant, America loses.
Posted by webtoad at November 2, 2006 01:04 AM
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