The Things Voters are Saying

September 21, 2006 10:53 AM

MSNBC has an article about the anti-incumbent sentiment which includes a number of quotes from voters. MSNBC's article, Anti-incumbent Sentiment Widespread, projects a stage set for another rout at the polls on Nov. 7, as anti-incumbent poll numbers at this time are greater than in 1994, which swept Republican challengers into the majority of Congress.

The following voter's quote from the MSNBC article pretty much says it all, and repeats what Vote Out Incumbents Democracy has known since its inception in Oct. of 2005:

Across the park, Curtis Kelley, 62 and "mostly a Democrat," was down on the president and his opinion of lawmakers on Capitol Hill was almost as negative.

"I don't have any confidence in them either," Kelley said, as he worked at the dock on the park's 188-acre lake. But, he said, voters share some of the blame. "We don't hold them accountable."

The polls indicate, more voters than ever will be holding them accountable on Nov. 7.

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By David R. Remer
Published: September 21, 2006 10:53 AM
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David R. Remer said at :
1:51 PM, 09 21 2006 | Permalink

Things to hold incumbents accountable for:

  • Porous borders 5 years after 9/11 leaving us all vulnerable.
  • National Debt grown far beyond the cost of Katrina and the invasion of Afghanistan and war on terror.
  • Health care costs spiraling out of control
  • Job growth numbers filled by illegal foreign nationals
  • Net export of good paying American jobs
  • Ever spiraling costs of education
  • Billions of tax dollar lease subsidies to oil companies making the highest profits of their entire history
  • Total and complete neglect of the issue surrounding 192,000 Americans dying of malpractice in our hospitals each year
  • Turning violent criminals out of our prisons to make room for drug users
  • Insider trading on the stock markets by politicians making trades based on forehand knowledge in Committee of what legislation is forthcoming and going to pass
  • Selling of Congressional votes to lobbyists and wealthy campaign donors.

Care to add some more?

David R. Remer | September 21, 2006 1:51 PM
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Dennis said at :
1:05 PM, 10 04 2006 | Permalink

Well, now add keeping pages and interns safe from sexual harrassment

Dennis | October 4, 2006 1:05 PM
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