clipped from www.foxnews.com WASHINGTON â€”  Democrats pledged to take Congress in a new direction when it won control in November 2006, but less than six months after taking the reins, Americans aren’t pleased with the results, giving lawmakers an all-time low public confidence rating. In a Gallup poll released Thursday, only 14 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in Congress, a Gallup poll reports. The poll shows an all-time lowest confidence rating and one of the lowest ratings for any institution in 30 years. The lowest confidence rating for Congress was 18 percent during 1991 to 1994. In 1994, the House switched from a Democratic to Republican majority after 40 years of one-party rule. “In six months, Democrat congressional leadership has managed to bring it all back to where they began — at the lowest congressional confidence levels in Gallup’s history — at least we know Democrats can be successful at something,” NRSC spokeswoman Rebecca Fisher said in a statement.

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1. As the news announced two days ago that a committee was issuing “Contempt of Congress” citations for Executive Branch officials (past ones, specifically), I pondered the continued (was that way last two months for the Immigration sham) almost at the bottom approval ratings of congress (yeah, those ones, below the Prez by about 20 pct, too) and wondered how anyone could be held in contempt of a body that is just about universally rejected for not accomplishing their official duties?

   Maybe it’s time “We the People” issue a contempt citation back at them. I think I’ll work on that for my next post.

   They have spit on us enough, told us we’re too stupid and/or ignorant enough, too mindless enough plenty in the last few years, and then they have the gall to stand up and scream “WE HAVE A MANDATE FROM THE PEOPLE!!!!” when they want to get some idiotic bill passed.

   Face it, they use us to get power and money, then kick us to the curb when we don’t agree, marching in lockstep with them.

   Hey, I thought they didn’t like “mind numbed robots”…unless, of course, it’s to get their way…

   Comment by xformed — 7/28/2007 @ 11:38 am

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2. So many I know say they have given up on voting. It doesn’t matter which party is in, and the act of voting just seems to encourage them.

   Not a good think in a Republic.

   Comment by Increase Mather — 7/28/2007 @ 12:47 pm

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