Funny headline on Drudge today implying that a public opinion survey ranking confidence in Congress at only 11 percent will be indicative of a large turnover come November.
Really? I seem to remember writing a post a few years back saying that voter confidence in Congress was something like 9 percent, even though the re-election rate always seems to be over 90.
Sure, there are always a few poor parasitic souls in Congress who end up getting bounced every election, but by and large, the power of incumbency is too strong for most challengers to overcome.
Public opinion polls reflect exactly what they say they do: the opinion of the taxpayer who is fleeced to provide for the cushy lifestyles enjoyed by our politicians. They do not reflect the opinion of big corporations or powerful interest groups, the coddled elite who fund the re-election campaigns of their whores in Congress so they continue to receive preferential treatment in the form of protectionist regulations, tariffs, and bailouts.
Money talks, bitches walk.
TB, I fear you are right as we are led to the voting madness of Nov. The choices always seem to be: a poke in the eye or a poke in the other eye. Save for Ron Paul, there isn't one of the congress critters I would trust as far as I can throw the Lincoln Memorial or any of the state worshiping monuments in DC! Baaa, baaa say the sheep as they are led to the shearer.
Posted by: Redman | July 22, 2010 at 10:28 PM