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May 26, 2005
They Don't Like Us Much
These polls are ugly. Congress's job approval sunk even lower (!) to 29%. (But the polls were taken before the "deal.") And a majority prefer a "generic Democrat" to a "generic Republican" for Congress. Bush is up slightly but "disapprove" still tops "approve."
The upside: when people think "generic Democrat," they might have Bill Clinton in mind. Other than Joe Lieberman, however, there are no Bill Clinton-style Democrats left. Just a sad swamp of decadent Great Society liberals. If the electorate starts seeing Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid as the "generic Democrat," we'll be on Easy Street.
There's a joke about this...
You and I are walking down a road in Africa, when after a while we notice a lion walking along the road beside us, eyeing us. We get very nervous as we gradually understand that we're being stalked.
Finally, you sit down, open your backpack, pull out a pair of running shoes, and start putting them on.
"What are you doing?" I ask. "Do you really think you can outrun a lion?"
"I don't need to outrun a lion," you say. "I just need to outrun YOU."
Face it, Republicans have been mediocre in recent years. Discretionary spending increased 33% in 2000-2004. But at the end of the day, the American people had to admit that the Democrats were worse. If things keep going the way they are, they'll probably feel the same way in 2006.
Posted by Good Samaritan at May 26, 2005 08:59 AM
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