The Rude Pundit - In Brief: Shutdown Polls That Prove We're Really Not That Insane
Dear World,
Rude Pundit here. We know that right now we here in the USA look pretty fucked-up. And, mostly, we are. Not Greece fucked-up, but still. However, when it comes to the government shutdown over defunding the Affordable Care Act, we really aren't as crazy as you think. Check this out:
According to a Quinnipiac University poll (those of you who don't care what polls say - looking at you, Syria - can move along), 72% of Americans think this is a terrible thing to do. That includes 74% of independents, 90% of Democrats, and even 44% of Republicans. Only 49% of Republicans support their own members of Congress on this.
Yeah, yeah, these are a lot of numbers. Such things matter, though. Because, see, one thing that Republicans in the House of Representatives keep claiming is that they're doing the will of the people in trying to get rid of the Affordable Care Act. If that's true, if the polls matter, then either the GOP needs to back the fuck off or they are a bunch of cowards and liars.
If you know anything about this country, you know it's the latter.
In fact, when it comes to defunding Obamacare (that's the cutesy name Republicans gave the law), only 34% support that.
See? We're not a stupid country when it comes to this. We're a lazy-ass bunch of fuckers because too many people thought that a candidate who scrawls manifestos in his or her own shit is worthy of being in Congress and too many others didn't vote or run for office.
Yeah, sorry, China, we can't just line the anarchists up against a wall and shoot them. We gotta suffer through this, although it's seeming more and more that people are sick of this shit.
Let's hope the message is received by the bizarre combination of zealots, opportunists, and backwards ass country fucks who are controlling the situation before the debt ceiling nightmare that'll plunge all of us into darkness (perhaps, just perhaps). By the way, 64% already oppose that hostage situation.
All is not lost. Until, of course, it's lost.
Kisses,
The Rude Pundit
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/
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I've always assumed that about a third of the country was either batshit crazy for motherfucking stupid (aka "The Republican Base"
. The polls seems to indicate that outside of these lunatics, there's near unanimity that shutting down the government is a bad idea. 72 Percent. You can win a shitload of elections with a number like that.
