Obama Approval Rating 51%---We're Living In Bizzaro World

[LeaveWI]

Originally Posted by momonkey

If by "winning the hearts and minds of the American people" you mean buying them off with deficit spending and other people's confiscated money, I agree.

FTR, one doesn't have to be on welfare to receive more from government than they contribute.

60 Percent of Households Now Receive More in Transfer Income Than they Pay in Taxes | Tax Foundation

you mean like Red states like OK that take in way more from the federal govt than they contribute?

[djacques]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

In so far as the person taking the fifth is not the head of the IRS, but merely a division head, I'd say this is a perfect illustration of the sort of conflation that continues to occur.
Everything is the worst-est, most horrible-est thing.

Problem is, everything can't be the penultimate thing. Not every. single. time.

Good post except that "penultimate" means "next to last."

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by djacques

Good post except that "penultimate" means "next to last."

I mean to say "pentultimate" as in the common urban usage of "most-est."

[djacques]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

I mean to say "pentultimate" as in the common urban usage of "most-est."

OK--it isn't common in my urb, but that's cool

[Think4Yourself]

The reason Obama remains popular with the majority of Americans, while Republicans collectively as less popular than a turd in the punch bowl, is because he actually wants to deal with the nation's problems while Republicans just want to create more problems for the country without ever actually doing their job and solving any of the existing problems. The more time they waste with non-existent "scandals" the lower their poll numbers go; right now they're literally at record low polling numbers and still falling.

We can't even get Republicans to negotiate on the budget despite their crocodile tears about how they wanted to be part of the process. Personally, I'd just pass another continuing resolution because it's obvious Republicans are not acting in good faith nor will they ever.