In referencing this info...
USA Today: Poll: Thumbs down on the debt-ceiling deal
"The hard-won, last-minute agreement to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit gets low ratings from Americans, who by more than 2-1 predict it will make the nation's fragile economy worse rather than better."
Gallup: More American oppose than favor debt ceiling agreement
"Americans as a whole increasingly view the debt and deficit as a problem, with the percentage naming it as the most important problem in recent months the highest in more than a decade."
...and speaking about how much the People disapproved of the substance of the debt deal, Rush made a very sound, yet profound, observation on the state of governance and the governed, aimed at not only Democrats, but some in the Republican Party as well:
"It is really, really interesting, folks, that our representatives 'represent' us so poorly. We really have come down now to the basic 'taxation without representation'. You look at it, poll after poll, election after election, shows that we are not being well served by our elected ones. Every poll shows that the majority of the American People disapprove of the policies of either the Administration or what's coming out of Congress. They are governing against the Will of the People, and every poll shows it. We are the majority. We've made a decision on the type of government we want. The problem is our politicians are ignoring it and giving us the kind of government they want."
Remember Pelosi's words...or that familiar Rahm Emanuel phrase...
Also pointing to the tanking market yesterday, Rush reflected on Obama's own words (at his birthday bash, no less):
"People are losing their life savings. This is not new. This has been going on ever since Obama was immaculated. They're not only losing their jobs, they're losing their life savings and their kids have lost their life savings. Their fetuses have lost their life savings. Their thoughts of future children who haven't even been conceived yet have lost their life savings and their chance to earn anything before they save it. That's what Obama means.
The scariest thing, folks, I have to tell you, the scariest thing Obama said during his birthday fundraiser last night, he said, "It's been a long, tough journey. But we have made some incredible strides together. Yes, we have. But the thing that we all ought to remember is that as much as good as we have done, precisely because the challenges were so daunting, precisely because we were inheriting so many challenges, that we're not even halfway there yet." So he's not even halfway done killing the economy. That's scary."
So, only days following the compromise that made no progress towards reducing our debt, we're informed of the immediate ramifications of Washington's really bad deal: Our government has devoured 60% of its new debt limit in one day (the single largest bump in U.S. history), raising borrowing to 100% of our GDP! Add the revised unemployment numbers to the equation, and one might presume that market decline on the day the deal was signed, as well as the 500+ point Wall Street rout that occurred yesterday, might have something to do with it. Well, Obama will tell you 'you're wrong'. He once again conveniently finds blame in other sources: the Japanese tsunami, Arab Spring, pretty much whatever straws can be grabbed...and oh yeah, unemployment benefits actually create jobs! Say...isn't that a line from Pelosi? No matter...and if you don't believe every word they say, well then John Kerry's got a plan to force you to with his un-fairness doctrine. Huh, what a hobbit-phobe!
Seriously, folks, these are NOT the music makers nor the dreamers of dreams! WE are.
