Feign surprise
Congress’ newest ratings are the lowest ratings for Congress ever. They are hovering somewhere in popularity right between open bed sores and wallowing in pig shit on a 100-degree day in Arkansas.
There’s a lot of reasons for it — most of which have to do with the fact that the lot of them are amongst the most greedy, corrupt (morally and ethically), and power hungry people walking around the face of this planet (excluding Hollywood, of course).
That they also consider themselves above the law probably has something to do with it too:
All 13 members of Congress subpoenaed in the Duke Cunningham investigation have refused to turn over documents and testimony, citing congressional privilege. This was under advice from the House general counsel.
Keep in mind, this is the same Congress that, when questioned by Major League Baseball over its constitutional authority to investigate the steroid scandal, replied that its jurisdiction extended to “any time” and “on any matter.”
So while they seem to think their subpoena power is universal, don’t expect them to be held accountable themselves.
h/t to Glenn Reynolds
You know, Republicans approve of the way the Congress is going by about 50% more than Democrats: 37% to 24% with just 18% of independents approving.
The most likely reason, therefore, for the low approval ratings is disappointment that Congress is not anti-war enough.
Left by Preston on September 20th, 2007 at 6:23 pm