April 28, 2013
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The Con(gress)
Can’t we all just agree that Congress fucking sucks? While every president is a polarizing figure; usually half the country likes him and the other half doesn’t. But that ain’t the same for Congress; there usually is nothing polarizing about Congress. The approval rating for Congress is very low, don’t quote me on this but I think it is south of 20%. Of course the ironic part about that though is while overall people dislike Congress, most people like their own representatives or senators, that is if people even know who their reps or senators are. It remains baffling to me how many people lack basic knowledge as to who represents them in Congress. People hate Congress but don’t believe that their own rep is the problem.
So why do we hate Congress? Well let me give you two examples. First of all there is something called the filibuster in the Senate that prevents shit from getting done. In the real world a majority rules, but not in the United States Senate. No. There, a majority is not good enough. You can have a majority vote for a bill and it still fail. And not just a majority. You can have 59% vote for a bill and it still fail. Huh? Does that make any bit of fucking sense to you? But yet, that is the way our Senate works. Or should I say doesn’t work. Of course this usually drives the party in power…………wait, no the majority party, nuts. And then once that party is the minority party, they are fine with the filibuster. Which, is a big reason as to why it doesn’t go away.
Then there is the matter of the childish nature in which Congress behaves. On March 23, 2010 Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obamacare. In the 37 months since the bill has passed, the Republicans have voted 30 times to repeal Obamacare. This in spite of the fact that not only did it not have enough support for it to even pass the House, even if it did it would die in the aforementioned impotent Senate. Oh and even if somehow the Senate found a way to actually get a bill passed, it would be vetoed by President Obama because, well, why the fuck would he fight for so long to get the signature piece of legislation of his entire presidency passed only to repeal it himself?
But yet, the Republicans insist upon pointlessly wasting time and taxpayer money on a futile vote to overturn a bill. Not once. Not twice. Not five or 10 fucking times. But, 30 motherfuckingcocksucking times! 30 times! How the hell is this acceptable? How the hell are they allowed to continue keep bringing it up. 30 times in 37 months, shit that is damn near once a month. On something that has absolutely no chance of passing. Americans should be pissed about this, but yet I know damn well that there are Republicans out there who are happy that their representatives keep beating this damn dead horse, as if it might accidentally get passed by the house, then the senate, and then the white part of Obama comes out, gets drunk, and signs into law the repeal of one of his biggest accomplishments.
And still, overall the American people keep sending these same fuckers back to Congress time and time and time again.
