So when Nancy Pelosi notices that her Congress that she's in charge of has an approval rating that's less then President Bush's and what does she do? Blame absolutely everyone else but herself. Take a gander at comments like these:
"I'm not happy with Congress, either," Pelosi, of San Francisco, conceded.
She pinned the blame on "the obstructionism of the Republicans in the United States Senate."
While some of the things you hoped to accomplish during the first "100 hours" didn't happen, you can't blame Republicans entirely. Your campaign promises are what are biting you in the ass.How about "ending the culture of corruption", but then promoting William Jefferson to a spot where he had access to classified intelligence?
How about your statement of Congress will work 5 day work weeks like everyone else, yet you haven't done much in enforcing that.
How about your claim that you're going to work with Republicans to show that you can turn the other cheek, but then impose the same exclusionary rules that Republicans did to your party, thus, showing you to be a hypocrite.
How about your statement of you willing to work with Republicans but bad mouthing them left and right?
How about your statement of supporting our troops, yet voting against a measure that would fund them with the equipment that you say they need so desperately?
So little has been achieved that Reid threatened to hold the Senate in session during the August recess, the congressional equivalent of torture.
My God, they'll have to work during August? Society as we know it might collapse because people elected to run this country may have to actually work! Unless you have a lot of vacation time saved up or you're very high on the seniority list, no one takes August off.
Pelosi acknowledged the rock-bottom poll numbers but argued that Congress has "never been popular." Just six months into her speakership, she was postponing many of her hopes to 2009, saying a new president could change things -- presumably assuming it wouldn't be a Republican.
"Congress is a big institution to turn around," she said. "A new president comes in, and he or she is given every opportunity, because we -- everybody wants the new president to succeed. A Congress comes in, and it's Congress. It's an institution that has not been popular."
Excuse me? Congress was insanely popular right after the November 2006 elections. You promised the American public that "during the first 100 hours" that you were going to change everything. You made promises that you knew you couldn't or wouldn't keep and the American public is pissed because you kept none of those promises and is only now starting to see through your bullshit.
At which point, Reid interjected, "Nancy, honestly, one other thing. Let's be realistic about this. The war in Iraq is dragging down people's confidence in what's going on in this country."
Yes, the war in Iraq is one pressing promise that Democrats made during the election to get back into power, but there are a ton of other things that were promised that you didn't deliver on: Ending the war in Iraq, getting rid of the "culture of corruption", working with Republicans, working 5 day work weeks, ending special interest groups gifts, and more.
The Democrats in their years in the minority made a filibuster-proof 60-vote supermajority -- rather than a 51-vote simple majority -- the threshold needed to pass any legislation in the Senate. Democrats routinely blocked all but the most noncontroversial bills. They created a Senate crisis in 2005 by filibustering Bush's judicial nominees, provoking Republican leaders to threaten to do away with the filibuster. That showdown was averted only by the intervention of a dozen moderates in both parties.
Republicans complained at the time, but many of them are happy now. They are wielding the filibuster weapon freely in a Senate where Democrats hold 49 seats and where their majority comes from the support of two senators who are independents. And one of the Democrats, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, has been sidelined for months by a stroke.
Do you see what happens when you promise the world and do nothing about it? Do you see what happens when you try to pull bullshit on the other political party? They filibuster just like you did and your ratings go down the tubes because they have the power to do so. Elections are won and lost on perception, and Congress' approval rating is at 14-20% depending on polls. That's a very nasty perception to have.
Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com
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