Comments on: Connect The Dots http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Diamond LeGrande http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63634 Diamond LeGrande Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:27:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63634 Congressional approval ratings are always bullshit, and always more negative than those of the President. With the President, you're being asked whether or not you approve of one man, for or against whom you voted. You have a vested interest in him. (Or her, as the case may well be two years from now.) With Congress, you're being asked on whether or not you approve of 535 folks, of these 532 are folks for or against whom you did not vote. They're the big Other, and they're easy to hate. Congressional approval ratings are always bullshit, and always more negative than those of the President. With the President, you’re being asked whether or not you approve of one man, for or against whom you voted. You have a vested interest in him. (Or her, as the case may well be two years from now.) With Congress, you’re being asked on whether or not you approve of 535 folks, of these 532 are folks for or against whom you did not vote. They’re the big Other, and they’re easy to hate.

]]> By: Tyro http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63633 Tyro Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:27:44 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63633 <i>Republican support of Congress would be holding steady or slightly rising</i> I do have to wonder then-- what do Republicans want? Perhaps Republicans want Congress not ot have capitulated on FISA or Iraq. Well, it's worth at least experimenting with. Because when the Democrats give the Republicans what they want, the Republicans get even more angry at congress for it, it would seem. Republican support of Congress would be holding steady or slightly rising

I do have to wonder then– what do Republicans want? Perhaps Republicans want Congress not ot have capitulated on FISA or Iraq. Well, it’s worth at least experimenting with. Because when the Democrats give the Republicans what they want, the Republicans get even more angry at congress for it, it would seem.

]]> By: Oliver http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63632 Oliver Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:26:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63632 The Dems have conceded on Iraq and FISA, they haven't on minimum wage, health care, child care, unions, stem cell, etc. All stuff GOPers hate. The Dems have conceded on Iraq and FISA, they haven’t on minimum wage, health care, child care, unions, stem cell, etc. All stuff GOPers hate.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63631 SaveFarris Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:56:09 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63631 <i>what could possibly drive them to support Nancy Pelosi?</i> ..."giving them everything you want, cutting off your testicles and handing it to them wrapped in a pretty bow." If the Democratics are capitulating as much as you claim, Republican support wouldn't continue to erode. It would at the very least hold steady and possibly tick up a tad. There's something else at work in these poll numbers. what could possibly drive them to support Nancy Pelosi?

…”giving them everything you want, cutting off your testicles and handing it to them wrapped in a pretty bow.”

If the Democratics are capitulating as much as you claim, Republican support wouldn’t continue to erode. It would at the very least hold steady and possibly tick up a tad. There’s something else at work in these poll numbers.

]]> By: scott http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63630 scott Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:42:39 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63630 I'm just depressed. After the cave-in in May, I held out some hope that they'd fight again, but it looks like.......not. Wish we had Congress critters who had more sense, like the O-man. I’m just depressed. After the cave-in in May, I held out some hope that they’d fight again, but it looks like…….not. Wish we had Congress critters who had more sense, like the O-man.

]]> By: z adura http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63629 z adura Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:57:38 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63629 Pedro, your stupid comment says so much more about you than Democrats. Wouldn't you be better served to look for an absolute monarchy in a country whose constitution supports it rather than the U.S.? Pedro, your stupid comment says so much more about you than Democrats. Wouldn’t you be better served to look for an absolute monarchy in a country whose constitution supports it rather than the U.S.?

]]> By: Oliver http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63628 Oliver Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:38:23 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63628 Of course Republicans aren't going to support Congress. Dems run congress. Those Republicans are DeLay/Hastert supporters, what could possibly drive them to support Nancy Pelosi? Of course Republicans aren’t going to support Congress. Dems run congress. Those Republicans are DeLay/Hastert supporters, what could possibly drive them to support Nancy Pelosi?

]]> By: Oliver http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63627 Oliver Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63627 Except the polls don't say that at all. The polls show that the Dems loss in congress is due to independents and Democrats being pissed about the lack of activity on the war. Except the polls don’t say that at all. The polls show that the Dems loss in congress is due to independents and Democrats being pissed about the lack of activity on the war.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63626 SaveFarris Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:28:27 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63626 Under Oliver's scenario, Republican support of Congress would be holding steady or slightly rising as Democratics acquiese on Iraq. However, as <a href="http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=6722" rel="nofollow">the numbers indicate</a>, Republican approval of Congress is sinking just as quickly. Under Oliver’s scenario, Republican support of Congress would be holding steady or slightly rising as Democratics acquiese on Iraq. However, as the numbers indicate, Republican approval of Congress is sinking just as quickly.

]]> By: TucoRamirezTheRat http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63625 TucoRamirezTheRat Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2007/08/22/connect-the-dots/#comment-63625 Did it ever occur to you that maybe--just maybe--the poll doesn't simply reflect disenchantment over a single issue, and people are finally fed up with a Congress that can't seem to get <b>anything</b> done because they're always engaged in partisan sniping with each other? Did it ever occur to you that maybe–just maybe–the poll doesn’t simply reflect disenchantment over a single issue, and people are finally fed up with a Congress that can’t seem to get anything done because they’re always engaged in partisan sniping with each other?

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