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14 Terrible Things People Like More Than Congress
- By Mark Micheli
- January 8, 2013
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Here’s your ridiculous poll of the day: Public Policy Polling recently asked people if they had a higher opinion of Congress or a long series of highly unpleasant or unpopular things. As it turns out, people really don’t like Congress. At all.
According to the survey, people prefer root canals and traffic jams to John Boehner and the clown college (no offense to clowns) that is the United States Congress. Below is a sad look at some awful things Americans like more than Congress:
- Root canals
- NFL Replacement refs
- Head lice
- Nickelback
- Colonoscopies
- Washington DC political pundits
- Carnies
- Traffic Jams
- Cockroaches
- Donald Trump
- France
- Genghis Khan
- Used-car salesmen
- Brussels Sprouts
But it’s not all bad news for Congress. Here are a few things Congress is more popular than:
- Telemarketers
- John Edwards
- The Kardashians
- Lobbyists
- North Korea
- The Ebola Virus
- Lindsay Lohan
- Fidel Castro
- Playground Bullies
- Meth Labs
- Communism
- And, of course, Gonorrhea
You can see the full results of Public Policy Polling’s survey here.
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Mark Micheli is the Special Projects Editor of Government Executive, editor of Excellence in Government Online and former Program Manager of the Government Business Council. Prior to his current roles, he worked on national security and emergency management issues with the US Treasury Department. He’s worked as a political research analyst, a correspondent for the Des Moines Register at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and is a graduate of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He studied at Drake University where he has degrees in Magazine Journalism, Political Science and History.
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