When Leaders Disdain The Public

From The People's Cube, with thanks to Bob Mack (Click directly on the graphic to enlarge it):

A new poll taken of the political class elites reveals that the public's approval rating has fallen to a new low with only 3% of the cream of society expressing satisfaction with the public's performance. This is down from 97% in January 2009, when the transformative President Obama took office.

Analysis

After hitting all-time high-levels of approval (and absurdly low-levels of disapproval) in early 2009, the public's approval rating quickly deteriorated by the spring, apparently owing to its bizarre reaction to the excellent economic stimulus plan superbly crafted by President Obama and the Congress. In spite of the steep drop, their rating still remained above historical levels. But their approval levels continued to fall perciptiously throughout the summer of 2009 as an ignorant, incompetent and corrupt public largely rejected the President's benevolent Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The public's approval rating reached historically low levels after its still-unexplained violent tantrum in November 2010 and has not recovered any ground since then.
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Methodology

The rating is compiled by a scientific sample of 1,000 of the country's best and brightest political leaders, journalists, academics, celebrities, and other 99 per-centers whose views run the gamut of the political spectrum from liberal to very, very liberal. These are the smart people who tend to favor the most advanced, enlightened governmental and public policies on issues such as climate change, green energy, taxes, expansion of benevolent government, and defecating in the streets to effect change....

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Conclusions

Generally, respondents expressed disappointment in the public after having such high expectations for them a couple of years ago. "We were expecting CHANGE", one said sadly, "but instead we got just the same old public." "They let us down", said another, "I don't think I will ever trust one of them again."... .

Read it all HERE.

Sure, this is satire from The People's Cube. But I have no doubt that our so-called leaders have great disdain of those they claim to represent and serve, just as the above "poll" indicates.

Poll: Useful Idiot Of The Year

Vote HERE at Matt's site, Conservative Hideout 2.0.

Question For Us Defenders Of Freedom

Received via email:

You have been monitoring the Islamic encroachment much longer than I have. I, on the other hand, have only started since last July but am already getting severely depressed from reading the never-ending flood of bad news from all over the world every day. How do you keep going?

Here is the quick response I sent:

Well, it's tough. At times, I fall silent for a few days. I have to regroup.

But I have the encouragement of students who follow my blog, so I am getting the word out to the next generation. Also, as a Christian (I'm not criticizing you here), I have that Hope.

Music helps, too. I play the piano. I listen to favorite CD's.

I also see little victories in this conflict. Not enough of them, of course.

But I do know what you mean by depression. And I spend so much time watching the oncoming train wreck that I neglect exercise and my health.

Do you know about the Center for Vigilant Freedom? Being active there helps me.

I remain strong, even though I have bad days.



So, my fellow warriors, how do you keep going?