Democratic Congressman v Gibbs

Angie, I'm not sure where you're getting your made-up poll data about Congressional approval ratings, but according to the RCP average, the current overall approval for Congress is 31.8%, significantly less than even your supposed Republican approval.

Even Pres. Obama's approval is slouching toward 60% (currently 62.5%). His approval according to Gallup has fallen from 66% to 59% in one week. He and his supporters are quickly running out of the "We won. Get over it!" gravy. The American public now want the meat, as in, "Yes, but what have you accomplished since you won?"

Gibbs is from Alabama.

Willem-The REPUBLICAN LaHood proposed an extra tax and floats it to the press; Gibbs shoots it down
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"Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former GOP congressman." See the word FORMER.

Seventy-three percent of Americans who responded to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday said they were somewhat or very "scared" about the way things are going in the United States.

L'Orange, not everyone is partisan. We debate the ideas not the party. As an independent conservative I have no problem calling out bad ideas on both sides. I am for less government and more freedom.

And, yes, Gibbs is a major tool... in the Obama tool box.

I don't like the idea of the one-two punch of fuel taxes and mileage taxes. There is a breaking point where Americans feel they are being overtaxed.

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I hope Obama finds a new press secretary who isn't such an evasive and derisive jerk. Gibbs isn't helping the White House with his abrasive demeaner.

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Huh?
The REPUBLICAN LaHood proposed an extra tax and floats it to the press; Gibbs shoots it down

And yet you admonish Gibbs and not LaHood?

I think that's extremely funny.

Fascist
Then why does 67% of people approve Obama and Only 37% approve Republicans?

Obama is "steamrolling" the Republicans while consumer confidence sinks to an all-time record low on his watch, and confidence in progress on the war on terror has plumetted in the past two weeks. Way to go, Messiah!

This is an example of what is wrong with our modern press. Not a lick of information on what is good policy, just stupid beltway gossip. Typical trash from the traditional media.

PRESIDENT OBAMA-67% Approval Ratings

DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS 50%Approval Rating

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS 37% Approval Rating

Now I say keep it up Republicans each day you are going Down soon your ratings will be worse then George Bush,Go President Obama steam roll the Republicans!

Who's talking about tracking our movements? In any state (mine is NY) that has auto inspections yearly, one of the pieces of data is the current odometer reading. When sent to the state, it tells them how many miles you traveled since the last inspection, NOT where you went. Try being a little objective in your comments; ad hominem attacks are not called for in every instance.

JOshQ is overly optimistic if he thinks they want a milage tax instead of a per gallon tax. They actually want BOTH! As others have mentioned in their post the real issue is one of civil liberties and this proposal is just another assault on personal freedom. It shouldn't come as a surprise as we just had our medical histories become public fodder with TARP II. It is about time that it was someone other than gun owners who felt the hot breath of big brother on their necks. Wake up and smell the stench of facism. IT IS HERE NOW :-( The next thing is that they will be putting RFID chips in you.

First of all starting your comment with an ad hominen attack is not really a productive way to engage in discourse.

Perhaps you should pass that on to most of the liberalposters here who always attacked the previous administration in that fashion! That was who my post was aimed at.

"Read the NYT today where 68% approve of the actions taken my our President."

Posted by: Lynn | Feb 24, 2009 9:57:45
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Hi Lynn,

Not too many people read the NYT anymore. Have you seen the new Gallup poll? Especially how sharply Obama's negatives have gone up? Ouch! And it's only been a month. Yikes!

LaHood should not propose policy to the press before proposing it to the President. Period. Oberstar would do his friend a big favor by pointing out that policy is not made in the press room.

Well, we could always bring back the incompetent Bush press secretaries whose only mission was to sell Bush's propaganda and lies. Good riddins to Fleischer, McClellan & Perino etal who had no integrity other than to be puppets for the most incompetent and corrupt administration EVER

Mike C said, "You mental midgets do realize that this concept of taxing your miles means tracking your daily movements....don't you?

where is your outrage now? You have spent the past few years flapping your gums at imaginary issues, why are you not all over these guys for wanting to do this?"

First of all starting your comment with an ad hominen attack is not really a productive way to engage in discourse. Maybe if you had looked further down the blog you would see that many on this blog have problems with Mr La Hood's idea. Second Mr La Hood's idea is incomplete, as I pointed out in my blog post. Unless he is asking for a mileage tax to be added to our already state and federal taxes we pay at the pump it would appear that this idea reeks of double taxation. If it is supposed to replace our federal and state taxes at the pump then it would be insufficent in collecting the amount of revenue we would need to maintain and build new roads. At a bare minimum this story needs a lot of fleshing out. As to whether or not a tracking system would make the liberal community give pause, I think if you looked over at the daily kos or any other liberal websites you would have found the trashing you were looking for.

Gibbs is a combative, petulant, boorish goon. He was a horrible choice by Obama, who supposedly has god-like judgement ability, unless of course, Obama wanted a combative, petulant, boorish press spokesperson.

Read the NYT today
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Are they still in business?

Where are all the liberals out there who were whining and crying that Bush "violated" their rights ?

You mental midgets do realize that this concept of taxing your miles means tracking your daily movements....don't you?

where is your outrage now? You have spent the past few years flapping your gums at imaginary issues, why are yo unot all over these guys for wanting to do this?