MOST AMERICANS THINK THAT CONGRESS SUCKS…AND SUCKS BIG-TIME!

Just when it seemed as if voters’ antipathy toward Congress couldn’t get any worse, along comes a Rasmussen survey which says that the approval rating of Congress has now slipped back into single digits. It now stands at a depressing 9 percent, tying an all-time low. And therefore the American people continue to come out on the short end of the stick because of the ineptitude and blatant corruption of our political "leaders." With no apparent progress being made regarding our lackluster economy, high unemployment, high gas prices, and the ongoing stalemate over raising the federal debt, I feel it safe to say that the American people have pretty much lost all faith in the ability of these career politicians to do what needs to be done to get this country back on the right track. “Congress is totally discredited as an institution,” so says Democratic pollster and Fox News commentator Doug Schoen. “I never thought it could go this low." “But given its performance and the economic crisis we are facing, it is not inconceivable that it could go lower still,” warns Schoen, the author of “Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement Is Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System.” And yet, when was the last time you saw any member of Congress who seemed to be the least bit distraught or who expressed any level of concern regarding the low opinion which a majority of the American people now have of Congress. I never see any who seem to be too terribly tore up about it. Hell, they're still gonna get their enormous paychecks regardless of what we think of them. What the heck to they care what we think about them. They're all so confident that come election time we all will have forgotten about everything, let bygones be bygones, and march off to the polls and vote them all right back in again.

Oddly enough, 9 percent of all respondents in the recent Rasmussen Reports survey actually felt that Congress is doing a good or excellent job. These morons have got to be the dumbest folks on the planet. Either that or they just happen to be the recipients of some of the larger government subsidizes currently being doled out. That number compares with the 50 percent who rate congressional job performance as being poor. I'm sure if there was an option that was below poor, many would have chosen that. Anyway, this recent poll marked the second straight month that congressional approval has hit 9 percent. From January 2007 to December 2010, when the Democrats were in control of both chambers of Congress, congressional approval varied from a low of 9 percent to a high, sort of, of 26 percent, Rasmussen Reports says. Most of the time during that period, congressional ratings hovered in the low teens. Most people are now wondering just how low can it go. Now personally, wouldn't you think that just this kind of a situation would create an ideal opportunity for Republicans to demonstrate some much needed leadership as well as some adult supervision? Isn't that what we all were expecting to happen after the last election? I mean what better time than now for the Republicans to be proactive and to demonstrate to the American people that they are not part of the problem but are a big part of the solution to what's really needed regarding all that presently ails America. But, I'm just not seeing it. Right now my favorite congressman is Rep. Allen West. He is exactly the kind of no nonsense guy that we need a whole lot more of in Congress. He just makes so much damn sense. The bottom line here is that it's now time for the Republicans to LEAD!


Other findings from the survey:


Voters are increasingly inclined to say that the primary role of Congress is to keep bad legislation from becoming law. Previously, most respondents said the main job of Congress was to pass good laws to benefit the nation. Voters now are split evenly, suggesting that they want poor legislation to be blocked.


Just 16 percent of survey respondents say Congress has passed legislation in the past year that will improve life in America significantly.


Eighty percent of respondents say members of Congress care more about advancing their own careers than helping their constituents.


A plurality, 42 percent, say they believe that the majority of members of Congress are corrupt, according to the Rasmussen Reports survey, compared with 32 percent who do not believe they are corrupt and 26 percent who are not sure.