You Gotta be SCHIPping Me
Admit it — you knew partisanship would win the day, and Congress, in spite of polls showing overwhelming popular support for extending SCHIP, would be unable to override Bush's veto.
But I'll bet in your wildest dreams you never expected to hear those partisan hacks cite this as their excuse (indignant emphasis mine):
Members of both parties argued that public opinion was on their side, and repeated poll numbers like mantras to bolster their cases. Democrats turned to survey data saying that 82 percent of Americans supported the bill, while Republicans emphasized a poll suggesting an 11 percent approval rating for Congress.
What exactly are Republicans saying here? That if Americans have so little regard for Congress, then Congress will take its revenge by having little regard for what the great majority of Americans want? Or maybe they're saying that a body with so little credibility has no business overriding a presidential veto?
It's sad to watch a great nation rotting from within.
Comments
Great title. I read that quote about the 11 percent approval rating and shook my head too. I think in their small, twisted minds they see that as a good thing. If the public is unhappy, then they're doing their job of preventing the masses from getting what they want.
Posted by: Kathy | October 23, 2007 03:55 PM
That may be it. But still, it astounds me that they would use an 11% approval rating to justify anything.
Posted by: abi | October 24, 2007 08:33 AM