Congress Doing Worse Than Bush

It's VERY telling when Congress tries to use the whole "we have the American public opinion on our side" argument in their quest for power, but they have an approval rating 4% lower than the President's (29% vs. 33%)

Now of course, you'll have Democrats who want to tell you that they don't listen to polls, but when another one comes out that says that President Bush is Hitler reincarnated, you'll see them trumpet that. The bottom line is, is that Congress has really no leg to stand on in the majority of their arguments. I don't think the American public is against the war per se, they are just wanting to see soldiers coming home in one piece and Iraq being stable. They want Iraq to hurry up and become stable (as if that's going to magically happen).

The American public as a whole don't like seeing the ugly things associated with war. People die, are severely injured or a small fraction commit war crimes. These things have happened in every war in the history of the world. But now with the instantaneousness of communications and technology, people can see it up close and personal when it used to be just stories that Grandpa used to tell to the grandchildren minus the gory details.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com