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RKP5637

(67,108 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:02 PM Mar 2013

DU POLL: What is your approval rating for the current congress?

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	Less than 0%
	6 (67%)
	0-5%
	2 (22%)
	6-10%
	0 (0%)
	11-15%
	0 (0%)
	16-20%
	0 (0%)
	What congress?
	1 (11%)
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DU POLL: What is your approval rating for the current congress? (Original Post) RKP5637 Mar 2013 OP

It's a tie Politicalboi Mar 2013 #1

Some parts of Congress are doing the best they can. Some annabanana Mar 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author RKP5637 Mar 2013 #3

Agree. femmocrat Mar 2013 #5

Excellent point!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #6

Excellent point!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #7

Thanks for giving me the opportunity annabanana Mar 2013 #9

I know you weren't, and they were excellent points! RKP5637 Mar 2013 #10

Given that republicans set the calendar, democrats have done well, getting bluestate10 Mar 2013 #8

There should be a "lower than dog shit" option DJ13 Mar 2013 #4

Less than 0 for Republicans in congress... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #11

Yep, the republicans in congress are absolute asses. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #12

They seem to have adopted 2naSalit Mar 2013 #13

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #14

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

1. It's a tie

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:05 PM

Mar 2013

Last edited Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:37 PM - Edit history (1)

I hold cat shit at a higher rating.

On Edit: ONLY referring to the GOP side of congress. They hold the reigns, so it's their shit.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

2. Some parts of Congress are doing the best they can. Some

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:06 PM

Mar 2013

Last edited Sun Mar 3, 2013, 07:25 AM - Edit history (1)

are doing their damnedest to stop them.

This particular, undifferentiated question irritates the hell out of me. By itself it is distorting.. obfuscating.. misdirecting..

A favorite beltway method of saying "they're both just as bad"..

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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

5. Agree.

Reply to annabanana (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:25 PM

Mar 2013

I would never lump them all into the same category. I TG for Pelosi and most of the progressive democrats, even if I don't agree with them 100% of the time.