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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Sun Jan 11, 2015, 11:52 PM Jan 2015

Day-Old Congress Most Hated Ever

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a troubling sign for the 114th Congress, a new poll released on Tuesday indicates that the day-old legislative body is the most hated in the nation’s history.

According to the poll, conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute, only eight per cent of those surveyed approved of the job Congress is doing, a scathing indictment of the legislators’ first day on the job.

The 114th Congress started the day on a slightly more positive note, garnering a ten-per-cent approval rating, but after the House of Representatives reëlected John Boehner (R.-Ohio) to a new term as Speaker, the number sank to eight.

On the Senate side, Joni Ernst (R.-Iowa), newly elected to the most despised Congress in American history, said that the low approval number was no cause for concern.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/day-old-congress-hated-ever

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Day-Old Congress Most Hated Ever (Original Post) Zorro Jan 2015 OP
Joni has a lot o damned gaul! easychoice Jan 2015 #1
It claims to be satire but is probably correct Fearless Jan 2015 #2
What took so long? kairos12 Jan 2015 #3
Add Joni to the clown car SmittynMo Jan 2015 #4

easychoice

(1,043 posts)
1. Joni has a lot o damned gaul!
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 12:17 AM
Jan 2015

I guess the opinion of the people who break their backs is impertinent.How arrogant!

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
4. Add Joni to the clown car
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:51 PM
Jan 2015

No reason for concern? Is she kidding me? Damn, there's no fix for stupid. How do these idiots get elected? By other idiots!!!

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