UNPOPULARITY CONTEST

Cockroaches Liked Better than Congress

New poll finds Congress less popular than all sorts of gross stuff

Jan 9, 2013 by Lisa Fine

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Looks like Congress will be wandering the school cafeteria holding a tray unable to find a welcoming table to join. It's less popular than cockroaches, traffic jams, and even root canals, a new poll finds.

Congress has had low approval ratings over the last year, so it was no surprise that the poll released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling, a firm that was lauded for its 2012 election predictions, showed its favorability rating at 9 percent. But the poll went even further to illustrate the unpopularity of our legislative branch by comparing it to some pretty unlovable stuff.

When the North Carolina-based firm surveyed 830 voters from Jan. 3-6 by automated phone calls, they found people had a higher opinion of such things as: cockroaches, head lice, Brussels sprouts, NFL replacement refs, colonoscopies, root canals, and traffic jams.

The news wasn't all bad for Congress. It was able to eke out a victory over troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, playground bullies, telemarketers, Gonorrhea, Ebola, Communism, North Korea, and meth labs.

Via Public Policy Polling

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Libertyiskey

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I'll take ghonnera, meth, and Lindsay Lohan over congress anyday.
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PNWest

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From what I've heard if you take Lindsay Lohan you might get the other two for free.
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st-louie12

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@PNWest ha, ha, ha. Good one!(:>)
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@PNWest Finally - something we can agree on!
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Hireman

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I thought they were the same thing. People are so gullible.
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RobertJHarsh

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Cockroaches can actually serve a function in the food chain as food for something else. Congress on the other hand is a crew of near worthless individuals undeserving of the air they breathe. In fact, most (s)elected officials are just wastes of space.
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....and the Comment of the Day Award goes to you!:)
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armed_liberal

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After the Republicans get blown out in two years, we will have a working Congress again.
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PoliticalSpice

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I don't know that I ever voted you up before...
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jessejaymes

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@armed_liberal Statements like this is why we have the government we do. BOTH PARTIES ARE CORRUPT TO THE CORE.

Re-elect NOBODY 2014
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@armed_liberal Yeah...it'll be a one-party state. I don't think you'll like that none too much.
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Mogal

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Saw this on TV earlier this morning, I actually laughed out loud and scared the cat.
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PoliticalSpice

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Do cats eat cockroaches?
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Mogal

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@PoliticalSpice -Mine like to stalk and kill palmetto bugs out in the yard, I suppose thats close enough, lol
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malpaso

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cockroaches have a purpose....someday I hope to figure out what Congress is really good for other than screwing up people's lives
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PNWest

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Congress always has low approval ratings but they always get reelected. They are harder to get rid of than cockroaches.
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AceLuby

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Everyone hates congress, but LOVES 'their' congressman.
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RobertJHarsh

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@AceLuby I don't love mine. The SOS voted to jack up taxes.
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MadAmerican

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And I hate cockroaches too!
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tomincali

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the whole gov is a flop. very few if anyone stand up and honest. then the forcing of illegal aliens into our pockets and even supporting their fraud.
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Rkmoore

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Politicians who are largely lawyers, are scumbags.
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Newsdoctor

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This is what happens when an organization that is useless without consensus and compromise is overtaken by doctrinaire purist refuseniks determined to cripple it.
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Malitia_Man

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It only took a 15-20% approval rating to spark a revolution against the British rule in 1776! Now we have only a 12% approval rating and are doing nothing!

#revamp_1776 #rEVOLution
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I didn't know we had polling agencies back in 1776...
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thejimbo

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....and even if there were, that 15-20% would probably come from the Loyalists who were still loyal to King George and made up about one-fifth of the colonial American population in 1775.
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Cockroaches will at least survive a nuclear blast, not so sure about Congress.
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marine1

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sure they will, they will use their constituents as buffer shields
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Mbjhug

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It's just a shame that we can't squash politicians like cockroaches.......underneath the heel of my shoe with a satisfying "pop".
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jessejaymes

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I'm not so sure that Politicians should rate ahead of Lindsey Lohan or the Ebola virus. At least with Lindsey you have a good 30 minutes before you catch something and with Ebola you at least die quickly but with Congress you get screwed constantly and you die slowly.
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hehe ... with all the salty liberal comments posted here ... I think there doing just exactly what their suppose to be doing ... hence the reason they were re-elected ... lol!
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Buzzfriendly

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Anyone know if we can get rid of them simply by using a can of RAID?
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Have to love PPP - funniest polling organization out there.
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Fishbone345

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Cockroaches can survive a nuclear holocaust. We should see if Congress can as well. In the name of science of course!
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Vance1

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Do these findings surprise you? NO!! Cockroaches have never stolen our freedom or our liberty.
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Clarke12

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I love stuff like this - it is quite a laugh. If only members of Congress visited this site on a regular basis..
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