We’ve previously noted that Congress is less popular among Americans than Communism, BP during the Gulf oil spill, Nixon during Watergate or King George during the American Revolution [3].
Public Policy Polling has a new poll [4] out showing that Congress is less popular than:
- Cockroaches
- Lice
- Root Canals
- Colonoscopies
- Traffic Jams
- Used Car Salesmen
- or Genghis Khan
The poll did not examine whether – as in China [5] – politicians are viewed as less trustworthy than prostitutes. But given that regulators sleep with industry-bought prostitutes [6], it is hard to tell where one ends and the other starts.
Postscript: Obviously, my comparison of politicians with prostitutes is not factually correct, is over-the-top, unfair and offensive. We extend a sincere apology … to the “professional” women.
Politicians are not prostitutes … they are in fact pimps. [7]