Congress, Barack, and Kilroy, Come ON!
Published by PoliticalBuckeye on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 1:07 AMAs I drove home from work today, when I turned on nationally syndicated radio talk show host Michael Medved only to hear the latest results of a July 1st Rasmussen poll. The results? In case you haven't heard, only nine percent of America think Congress is doing a good or excellent job. NINE PERCENT. Yes ladies and gentlemen, that is as bad as it gets, or at least as worse than it has ever been before. Also, according to Politico, 52% of Americans think Congress is doing a poor job. Funny thing about all this? George W. Bush's approval rating averages out to about 29% based on reports to RealClearPolitics.com.
Now, what does this have to do with Mary Jo Kilroy and Barack Obama? Well, number one, they're both backed by the Democratic Majorities in both the House and Senate, therefore, these candidates are backed by a group of people with whom only nine percent of America thinks are doing a good job. Second, this represents a massive failure on the part of Americans to get out and vote for candidates who are not only trying to change the status quo, but actually believe in and WANT to change the status quo.
Where shall we start? Let's first take a look at Barack Obama, the man who is running on a campaign based on "Change We Can Believe In." Correct me if I'm wrong, but his notion of change penetrates deeper than just a change in the presidency, but rather a change or shift in traditional American politics which apparently needs to take place due to a corrupt and scandalous system. Excuse me, is this not the candidate who agreed to accept public funding, but then changed his mind when it was convenient? Is this also not the candidate who held a press conference to tell America that he might "refine" his Iraq policies after meeting with commanders later this year and then hours later held another press conference reaffirming his commitment to withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq 16 months after he takes office?
You can't have it both ways, and Barack isn't the only one trying to. Recently, Congressional candidate Mary Jo Kilroy was quoted on saying the following: "You make a difference by being a pragmatic person like I am; looking for points of agreement with people who maybe are on the other side of the isle, bringing them into the picture and addressing it; working with the entire Ohio delegation, Republican and Democrat, to get things done."
Really Mary Jo? Because from your record, it seems more like you had a campaign advisor tell you this was a good line to tell the Ohio people to get them to vote for you. Here's another line Kilroy spewed recently that seems to show more of her true colors. "We have a razor thin majority in the House and, when I am elected, I will work with the majority to finally end the war in Iraq, to bring affordable health care to everyone and to stimulate our economy so the poor and middle class Americans can do more than just get by."
This is all without even mentioning Kilroy's close posse of radical left-wing neo-socialist groups such as EMILY's list, George Soros, and MoveOn.org. What concerns me most about all this, is that these politicians are saying whatever they have to to fool the American people in order to get themselves elected! A representative democracy is based on the idea that one's representatives will actually represent you, not the ideals and cash backed agendas of national organizations.