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Congress, or Cockroaches?
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/15/2013 12:06:23

Good Morning.

Only one story today. Those of us that follow TRMS have heard these statistics from time to time, but there's yet another poll out about Congress.

Seems that confidence in that august body is at an all-time low. how's a 10% "confidence rating" grab you?

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I find this amusing and sad at the same time. But there is a clear dividing line. One of our Republican governors of this state recently passed on (Paul Cellucci, to ALS...poor dude.). I have referred to him as a "Pre-Gingrich" Republican. That certainly seems to be a line of change as obvious as the K-T boundary, but I digress.

But it's not just congress....or cockroaches. Some of the recent comparisons are amusing indeed.


It's gross to have lice but at least they can be removed in a way that given the recent reelection rates members of Congress evidently can't: Lice 67 Congress 19

Brussel sprouts may have been disgusting as a kid, but evidently they're now a lot less disgusting than Congress: Brussel Sprouts 69 Congress 23

The NFL replacement refs may have screwed everything up, but voters think Congress is screwing everything up even worse: Replacement Refs 56 Congressmen 29 (the breakdown among Packers fans might be a little bit different).

Colonoscopies are not a terribly pleasant experience but at least they have some redeeming value that most voters aren't seeing in Congress: Colonoscopies 58 Congress 31

And you can make the same point about root canals: Root Canals 56 Congress 32

You might get a bad deal from a used car salesmen, but voters evidently think they're getting an even worse deal from Congress: Used Car Salesmen 57 Congress 32

Being stuff in traffic sucks, but voters are even less happy about being stuck with this Congress: Traffic Jams 56 Congress 34

America might have had to bail out France multiple times over the years but voters still have a more charitable opinion of it than Congress: France 46 Congress 37

Carnies may use loaded dice, but voters still think they have a better chance of winning with them than Congress: Carnies 39 Congress 31

It may be true that everyone hates Nickelback, but apparently everyone hates Congress even more: Nickelback 39 Congress 32

Genghis Khan did a lot of bad stuff but I guess it's faded from voters' minds in a way that Congress' recent misdeeds haven't: Genghis Khan 41 Congress 37

DC political pundits and Donald Trump aren't held in very high esteem by the population, but they still both manage to just barely edge Congress: DC political pundits 37 Congress 34 and Donald Trump 44 Congress 42

Cockroaches are a pretty good reason to call the exterminator but voters might be even more concerned if their homes were infested with members of Congress: Cockroaches 45 Congress 43

Now the news isn't all bad for Congress:

By relatively close margins it beats out Lindsey Lohan (45/41), playground bullies (43/38), and telemarketers (45/35). And it posts wider margins over the Kardashians (49/36), John Edwards (45/29), lobbyists (48/30), Fidel Castro (54/32), Gonorrhea (53/28), Ebola (53/25), Communism (57/23), North Korea (61/26), and meth labs (60/21).


Of course, there's local variations. It would be interesting to poll Congress vs. the Yankees around New England....or Congress vs. Fire Ants in some southerly locations, but again I digress.
 

2 comments (Latest Comment: 06/16/2013 13:41:47 by velveeta jones)
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Comment by BobR on 06/15/2013 14:37:42
this is getting into "who would you rather wake up next to in bed: a bloody horse's head or Mitch McConnell?" territory.

Comment by velveeta jones on 06/16/2013 13:41:47
Speaking for the South, I'll take fire ants over Congress any day. Unless, I could tie up certain members of Congress to poles to be eaten by fire ants.... then, I'd choose Congress.