BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT (EVER) BUT CAN YOU GUESS WHO THE WORST CONGRESSLOONS AND SENATORS ARE?

Last week everyone was shocked when Fox "News" announced that Bush's approval rating had slipped to a dismal 33%. "Hmmm..." I thought," if Fox says it's 33% it must be barreling right down towards Bush natural base, the 23-26% of Americans who are just sitting around pickin' their butts waiting for the Apocalypse to transport them to the clouds Heaven. And today, just a couple days later, Gallup is showing further slippage as Bush rushes to see if he can get as loathed and distrusted as Dick Cheney and Paris Hilton.

Meanwhile Bush's rubber-stamp Congress is held in even greater disrepute. In fact the good folks at Talking Point Memo have started compiling a ranking of the most corrupt politicians in the current Congress. I'll have to leave the fine lines of who is more guilty Bob Ney, John Doolittle or Jerry Lewis (TPM's top 3 most corrupt congressmen) to a jury of their peers. I'm just gratified to see that they Republicrooks we've been spotlighting over the past year are all getting the attention they have earned. (Our first anniversary is in a couple weeks!) Anyway, their top 3 crooked U.S. Senators are Conrad Burns (MT), Katherine Harris (FL, although she's still technically in the House and only running, if you can call it that, for the Senate) and Rick Santorum (PA). And their rankings for the U.S. House of Representatives are Bob Ney (OH), John Doolittle (CA), Jerry Lewis (CA), Duncan Hunter (CA), Richard Pombo (CA) [at this point on the TPM list there's a shout out for Duke Cunningham and the crooked lobbyist who is trying to be the next Duke Cunningham, Brian Bilbray, but I think we should just give a hearty Bronx cheer for the entire California Republican caucus; what a bunch!!!-- dirtiest, filthiest and most corrupt in the nation-- even worse than Texas!], Don Young (AK), Charles Taylor (NC), John Sweeney (NY), Tom Reynolds (NY), and Curt Weldon (PA). Oh, and speaking of Texas... what happened to Pete Sessions in this schema? And Cunningham gets a shout-out but the recently deposed GOP Capo di Tutti Capi, Tom DeLay doesn't?


PRE-SOUTH PARK UPDATE: LEARN THE LINGO

Eric at LouieLouie.net reminded me that in order to understand Republicans you have to speak a little bit of their language. I knew that. I mean my other job is as an international travel blogger and I always try to learn at least a few words when I go to strange and exotic places. Anyway, Rantical.com has an awesome Republican-to-English Dictionary that is absolutely a must. Enjoy!