I like to keep up on both left and right wing sites, to get a feel for what spin is going to come out on the next political uproar.  In the process, I get a chuckle out of the moronic deductions made from some of these sites and the partisan myopic blathering which ensues.  This time around, John Amato at Crooks and Liars gave me quite a belly laugh.

Amato quotes a new Gallup poll, showing the latest job approval rating of the President and Congress.  The graph is simple enough to understand at a glance. Amato's take on this?  Republicans in Congress are dragging down the current approval ratings. When I read this graph, I don't see that the Democrats are coming out smelling like roses in this poll, nor that the Republicans are dragging down the overall approval rating.  I see a very simple trend – the People are pretty displeased with all of Congress and the Executive branch and disapprove of the Democrats slightly less than the Republicans.  Wining a competition of "who sucks less" is hardly anything to blow your horn about.

I understand that John Amato is a certified left wing cheerleader, who's liberal blinders are solidly welded to his head, but how anyone can look at this chart and claim, "As the Gallup poll points out for all to see: Nobody likes 'Republicans,`" is beyond being naive.  The reality of the situation is that they all suck. Whichever of the two parties you pick, whether you stand on the right or the left – it's like eating a bowl of warm vomit.  You can't bring yourself to eat it based on its own merit.  It's only when you see the steaming bowl of diarrhea next to it, that the vomit doesn't look so bad after all. For once, I'd like to see something truly appetizing on the political plate. 

Until then, I guess I'll just have to shake my head and laugh at the partisan circus.