by Chris Black
Little known fact: no one is responsible for anything in a democracy (no one knows where the buck stops), and therefore it breeds corruption.
The way the American system is set up, even a good leader can’t ever get more than a 50% approval rating.
That’s been the case since George W. Bush got 90% after starting wars as revenge for 9/11.
Nonetheless, 6% is still abysmally low.
A new Monmouth University poll released Monday has revealed Americans’ least favorite leader in Congress, but all maintain underwater approval ratings.
According to the poll, just 6% of adults say they approve of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s, R-Ky., job performance, with a whopping 60% saying they disapprove. 34% had no opinion.
McConnell was the only congressional leader with a net negative approval rating from within his own party, and fell far behind his Democrat and Republican colleagues on how they are viewed by the American public. Just 10% of Republicans said they approved of McConnell’s job performance, with 41% disapproving and 49% having no opinion.
If McConnell has 10% approval from his own party, he should be removed through some kind of referendum.
But we don’t have referendums in America.
We have “Western-style democracy,” which means “shut up and take it.”
McConnell personally controls the Republican primary campaigning budget, through super PACs, which means he can shut down the funding of anyone running against him in a primary.
The media supports McConnell, so they would give no oxygen to an opponent, and, if necessary, smear and destroy any such opponent.