Comments on: Congress Less Trusted Than Ever http://www.frumforum.com/congress-less-trusted-than-ever Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: handworn http://www.frumforum.com/congress-less-trusted-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-76669 handworn Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:56:51 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=17691#comment-76669 Not a huge surprise that people are hypocrites about those they pay to take responsibility for the hard choices. Vote for 'em, pay 'em, forget 'em, until circumstances permit the luxurious exercise of moral exhibitionism. If they should ever act MORE moral at times than the general public-- well, that's hard to prove, isn't it? Vice is a smoking gun, virtue only an opportunity to shift one's standards upwards until they're just begging to be disappointed. By the way, Jeb, I'm an admirer of yours, but that's "pass-time" not "past-time." Frumforum needs some better copyediting. Not a huge surprise that people are hypocrites about those they pay to take responsibility for the hard choices. Vote for ‘em, pay ‘em, forget ‘em, until circumstances permit the luxurious exercise of moral exhibitionism. If they should ever act MORE moral at times than the general public– well, that’s hard to prove, isn’t it? Vice is a smoking gun, virtue only an opportunity to shift one’s standards upwards until they’re just begging to be disappointed.

By the way, Jeb, I’m an admirer of yours, but that’s “pass-time” not “past-time.” Frumforum needs some better copyediting.

]]> By: franco 2 http://www.frumforum.com/congress-less-trusted-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-76480 franco 2 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:17:16 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=17691#comment-76480 And this from a site the generally dismisses the tea party movement a silly anti-Obamists. And this from a site the generally dismisses the tea party movement a silly anti-Obamists.

]]> By: rawstorysuspect01 http://www.frumforum.com/congress-less-trusted-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-76468 rawstorysuspect01 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:00:05 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=17691#comment-76468 Um. What about the bank bailouts? About how they just reported the public option will be dropped? What about everyone's support of the ever more ridiculous war? What about EVERYTHING??? This place is a wreck and people know it. Congress is complicit in "the president's" actions. We all know they are bought and paid for by the corporations. Our media shovels us filth and we eat it up. The rational arguments are insulted, laughed off the stage. The rabble will slowly rise up and they will demand action. With those demands ignored, they will take action themselves. Enough of this centralized corporatized circus show. Peace Now. no place to call home Um. What about the bank bailouts? About how they just reported the public option will be dropped? What about everyone’s support of the ever more ridiculous war? What about EVERYTHING??? This place is a wreck and people know it. Congress is complicit in “the president’s” actions. We all know they are bought and paid for by the corporations. Our media shovels us filth and we eat it up. The rational arguments are insulted, laughed off the stage. The rabble will slowly rise up and they will demand action. With those demands ignored, they will take action themselves. Enough of this centralized corporatized circus show. Peace Now.

no place to call home

]]> By: Congress Less Trusted Than Ever | World of Ulysses http://www.frumforum.com/congress-less-trusted-than-ever/comment-page-1#comment-76461 Congress Less Trusted Than Ever | World of Ulysses Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:21:34 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=17691#comment-76461 [...] Cracking jokes about Congressional thievery is something of a national past-time. But the results of the newest Gallup poll will likely startle even the cynical news dorks that have read enough of these polls to know that the American people don’t think highly of their government. For the first time since Gallup began conducting its annual “Honesty and Ethics of Professions” poll, a majority (55%) of Americans responded that they believe the honesty and ethical standards of “members of Congress” are “low” or “very low.” The American people don’t think senators are particularly upstanding citizens either: 49% said Senators have “low or very low” ethical standards. full story [...] [...] Cracking jokes about Congressional thievery is something of a national past-time. But the results of the newest Gallup poll will likely startle even the cynical news dorks that have read enough of these polls to know that the American people don’t think highly of their government. For the first time since Gallup began conducting its annual “Honesty and Ethics of Professions” poll, a majority (55%) of Americans responded that they believe the honesty and ethical standards of “members of Congress” are “low” or “very low.” The American people don’t think senators are particularly upstanding citizens either: 49% said Senators have “low or very low” ethical standards. full story [...]

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