When asked about her 14% approval ratings, Nancy Pelosi laughs it off and blames George W. Bush.
MR. BROKAW: Madame Speaker, there are so many issues in play during this election, and one of them is the Democratic Congress that you have presided over for the last two years. And the latest Gallup poll shows that, in the Y universe of American voters, 14 percent expressed their disapproval of Congress. There it is on the screen.
REP. PELOSI: Their approval.
MR. BROKAW: Fourteen, 14 percent of--expressed their approval...
REP. PELOSI: Right.
MR. BROKAW: ...and 75 percent expressed their disapproval. That's the lowest number that Gallup has ever reported.
REP. PELOSI: Yeah.
MR. BROKAW: So isn't Senator Obama carrying a very heavy load with the Democratic Congress on his back, and isn't it...
REP. PELOSI: I don't think...
MR. BROKAW: ...something for Senator McCain to run against?
REP. PELOSI: I don't think so. Here's the thing. Those numbers are about the Congress, and the Congress, I think the main issue in the last election in November '06 was to end the war. Congress has been unable to do that because the president won't sign any bills that would allow that to happen. So from my standpoint, I disapprove of the way Congress functioned in, in that respect. But we--I'm pleased with the numbers that the Democrats have. We're double digits in every area that you can name: creation of jobs, expansion of health care, protecting the environment, energy independence, homeland security, any issue you can name. So this is what the argument will be: We can only do so much unless we have a Democratic president to do all the things we want to do more, in addition to raising the minimum wage, the biggest increase in veterans' benefits in the 77-year history of the Veterans Administration, cafe standards for emission--for, for automobiles. We have a record of achievement, all eclipsed by the fact that we did not end the war. And we need a Democratic president to do that and much more.
Yep, her failures are George W. Bush's fault. All of it. Her support for the minimum wage increase except for America Samoa where Starkist has a major factory and just happens to be headquartered in Nancy's district, her putting a suspected corrupt official in her own party into a position on a committee that has access to classified information (William Jefferson and the Homeland Security Committee), her lavish spending on herself and other Democrats while decrying the federal debt, her dodging responsibilities, ALL of which are George W. Bush's fault.
Remind you of anyone? That's right, it's a 3 year old who's caught doing something wrong. Blame others first.
Travis
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