A lot has been written about Congress’ 14 percent approval rating, the worst in history (and even lower than George Bush’s). But what do they think of us? This forum used by Congressional staffers gives some important clues. Verdict: We’re unwashed idiots who don’t know our behinds from holes in the ground. Here’s one measured post from that forum:
1.) The real problem is our foreign policy f—–g s–t up for farmers in central Mexico; Do the anti-immigrant folks really all think immigrants want to leave their hometowns? their whole family? all of their culture and their history and make a dangerous, expensive trip up here just for the dubious luxury of scrubbing your toilet and picking your vegetables? costing you money, my a–. The ugly little secret is that by and large Americans want things convenient and cheap and they don’t want to work too hard for them. You don’t want people to come to the US for jobs? fine. Put in place some decent trade agreements that don’t f–k people over.2.) Why do all the fattest tourists pick the hottest month of the year to come to DC? Put the cheeseburger down! YES, you will have to walk everywhere. YES, you should have started training for this before you left Ohio, or Missouri, or whatever small midwestern town you came from. And lest I for get WALK LEFT, STAND RIGHT. wow, i feel better.
Here’s another:
Senate staffers: Please tell your members to vote in favor of the immigration bill….so these ignorant f—–rs will stop calling us!!!!
And the capper:
Is anyone else alarmed by the amount of email comming [sic] in on the CAFE standard??? There seems to be a large number of f——s who actually want the standard kept where it is. What the c–k is this s–t. How quickly we forget 9/11, Afghanistan, and oh… IRAQ! 35 mpg by 2020!!!! TWENTY F—–G TWENTY. Half of those jackasses sending emails won’t even be alive. And really, how much oil is going to be left by then?
It’s good to know members of Congress have such stellar staff.
