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Old 05-03-08, 10:51 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: Huge upset in Louisiana

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Originally Posted by Smoke[MaxX] View Post
The thing people fail to realize or acknowledge about Congress is that it is ~50% Republicans. So the failure of Congress is shared between Democrats AND Republicans, whereas the horrendous "President" we have is fully Republican. I'm no math whiz, but I'd say a large majority of the disapproval is aimed at Republicans and not Democrats.

Let me see if I have this right.
1 (Republican President) + 1/2 (Republican Congress) + 1/2 (Democratic Congress) = 2.
1 1/2 = Republican
1/2 = Democrat
Thus, 75% of the blame is on Republicans.
Your math doesn't ad up. But the part on congress being ~50% Republican does.
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