Congress more popular than Kardashians, Lohan, gonorrhea

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Yahoo News:

Good news, Congress! You’re more popular than telemarketers, the deadly ebola virus, gonorrhea, the Kardashians, Lindsay Lohan, communism, disgraced Democratic former Sen. John Edwards, playground bullies and meth labs.

Bad news, Congress! Americans still have a higher opinion of head lice, colonoscopies, cockroaches, Nickelback, the NFL replacement refs, and Donald Trump.

Those are the findings of the latest they-have-way-too-much-fun-over-there survey by Public Policy Polling, which found that the legislative branch’s approval rating is mired at 9 percent. A whopping 85 percent of respondents said they disapproved. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

Public Policy Polling pitted Congress against a series of unpleasant things or unpopular people, and the results were not flattering for lawmakers. This will come as no surprise to some of the legislative branch’s critics, including Republican Sen. John McCain, who has said that only blood relatives and paid staffers think Congress is doing a good job.

So: Did respondents have a higher opinion of Congress or root canals? Congress gets drilled, 32 percent to 56 percent. NFL replacement refs? Easy call: Congress loses 29 to 56 percent. Head lice? Congress loses 19 to 67 percent (head-scratcher: the 15 percent who said they weren’t sure). Nickelback? Congress gets rocked 32 to 39 percent. Colonoscopies? Up yours, Congress, 31 to 58 percent. Inside-the-Beltway pundits? Here the Sabbath gasbags and their ilk eke it out 37 to Congress's 34 percent. Donald Trump? You’re (barely) fired, Congress, you get 42 percent, versus the pundits' 44 percent. And cockroaches scurry away with a 45 to 43 percent win.

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I hope the cockroaches won't be offended...

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Posted Today, 03:01 PM

Poll: Congress Less Popular Than Root Canals, Cockroaches And Lice…

 

 

 

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A new poll shows that Congress is less popular than carnies, root canals and colonoscopies, but more popular than the ebola virus, meth labs and gonorrhea.

Those findings are in a Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released Tuesday showed that 9 percent of the respondents held a favorable opinion of Congress, while 85 percent held an unfavorable view.

“We all know Congress is unpopular,” said Dean Debnam, PPP president. “But the fact that voters like it even less than cockroaches, lice and Genghis Kahn real shows how far its esteem has fallen with the American public over the last few weeks.”

Via WeaselZippers & the Washington Times:

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Yeah, but both parties have declared nuclear war and we re-elect the cockroaches from which ever party has the majority votes for a given district. This can only be solved for everyone on both sides to vote for new people over the old. A strong 3rd party would sure be nice right now.