Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
The last congressional election - or should I say reelection - saw about an 80% retention rate. Gugi cherishes his 90% number but you can look up the real numbers for yourself
No, it's just that the government school was able to teach me the correct mathematical rounding.

Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
It's true that only 10% of people polled approve of what Congress is doing, but that is as a whole. So we like the people we vote for (or at least consider them the least rotten choice), but we dislike the people others vote for
Or in other words the system the founding fathers set up is flawed at its core. I didn't realize you're even more cynical than me