Written by JB
Williams
©2007 USA
Oddly enough, in
an increasingly strange world of American politics, this almost makes
sense!
The new Democrat congress recently made history by achieving
the lowest public approval rating in U.S. history. The good news is; an
11% approval rating for
congress means that there’s
at least a chance that 89% of the country is coming to its senses…
In the old days, presidential candidates fought for the
campaign endorsements of congressional leaders like they were gold. But with an
11% approval rating, (an 89% disapproval rating), congressional endorsements
might be more like the kiss of death for any presidential candidate.
Who congress thinks you should vote for in
‘08?
In order of the most popular among members of congress to the
least, here’s how the endorsement race shapes up, as reported by TheHill.com, and there could be some very interesting
messages hidden in these numbers.
Candidate Congressional
Endorsements
Hillary Clinton
(D-NY)
62 (53H – 9S)
Mitt Romney (R)
31 (26H – 5S)
John McCain (R-AZ)
27 (18H – 9S)
Barack Obama (D-IL)
27 (26H –
1S)
Rudy Giuliani
(R) 22
(21H – 1S)
Fred Thompson (R)
21 (17H –
4S)
John Edwards (D)
14 (14H –
0S)
Christopher Dodd
(D-Conn.) 9 (9H – 0S)
Bill Richardson (D)
7 (6H – 1S)
Duncan Hunter
(R-CA) 6
(6H – 0S)
Mike Huckabee
(R)
2 (2H – 0S)
Sam Brownback
(R) 2
(1H – 1S)
Joe Biden
(D-Del.) 1
(0H – 1S)
And just when you thought that there was nothing congress could
agree upon, they were unanimous in whom they thought deserved absolutely NO vote
of confidence at all. The following candidates were unable to garner a single
endorsement of support from their friends in congress.
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) -0-
Ron
Paul(R-TX) -0-
Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.)
-0-
Mike Gravel (D-Alaska)
-0-
With friends like this, who needs enemies? Then again, three of
the four have worked hard to establish their “crackpot” status. Tancredo is the
only sane one in this bunch.
Since 89% of Americans believe that congress sucks, how
might Americans feel about congresses Presidential preferences?
Frankly, if I were Hillary Clinton, I’d be begging for no more
damned endorsements. I’d also be keeping my NY (blue state) day job, since most
of the very people 89% of Americans have no confidence in, happen to believe in
me…
On the other hand, if I were one of the four that drew a blank
from the folks who know me best, I’d be looking for a short rope and a tall
tree. If after all these years in congress, I couldn’t find one single co-worker
who would endorse me, I’d have to assume that I must really suck!
What else do the numbers tell us?
Well, they might tell us that congress believes none in this
group have any chance of winning anything in ’08. (This makes sense)
Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) 9
Bill Richardson
(D) 7
Duncan Hunter
(R-CA) 6
Mike Huckabee
(R)
2
Sam Brownback
(R)
2
Joe Biden
(D-Del.)
1
Dennis Kucinich
(D-OH) -0-
Ron Paul(R-TX)
-0-
Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.)
-0-
Mike Gravel (D-Alaska)
-0-
And since we know that congress is full of self-indulgent
megalomaniacs, always in search of people that they think they can control, they
might be telling us that the following people are either too well aligned with a
congress 89% of Americans disagree with, or maybe they’re just people they think
they can control. (This makes sense too)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) 62
Congressional Endorsements
Mitt Romney (R)
31 Congressional Endorsements
John McCain (R-AZ) 27
Congressional Endorsements
Barrack Obama (D-IL) 27 Congressional
Endorsements
What about the people congress is less sure
about?
Well, the numbers might indicate that they expect the following
candidates to be a force to be reckoned with, but also people not so easily
controlled?
Rudy Giuliani (R) 22
Congressional Endorsements
Fred Thompson (R) 21
Congressional Endorsements
John Edwards
(D) 14 Congressional
Endorsements
They also might see these men as not attractive to either
political extreme, which means, they could be very attractive to the 89% of
Americans who currently see members of congress as too extreme and in a state of
perpetual gridlock as a result.
Of course, it’s anyone’s guess as to what these fools might be
thinking. I’ve enjoyed my little adventure into the insane minds of our elected
nut-jobs. Feel free to make up your own interpretations of these
endorsements.
But one thing is certain –
The American people are not likely to take their presidential
marching orders from folks with an 11% approval rating. Clearly, we don’t have
much faith in what they think about anything!
If I were a candidate, I’d be carefully qualifying anyone
looking to jump on my bandwagon. Dragging a bunch of losers along for the ride
can end a campaign fast. If I was looking to attract 89% of the voters, I sure
wouldn’t be climbing in bed with folks they don’t think much
of!
