Psychiatrists Deeply Concerned For 5% Of Americans Who Approve Of Congress http://www.theonion.com/articles/psychiatrists-deeply-concerned-for-5-of-americans,34163/ Yeah, it's the Onion
As it has been famously noted (and I am paraphrasing a little), the people deserve the congress that they voted for. From that perspective, the 5% who approve of the congress are simply the pragmatists, who expect no miracles from the congressmen. It's the other 95% of the voters who are delusional in their expectations: they demand the entitlements and yet object to the growing national debt and higher taxes, all at the same time. They feel obligated to the medical care and yet they object to Obama care. They say they hate government waste, yet they approve (through their elected officials) the enormously expensive wars and a huge standing military. They say that they value their freedoms and privacy, yet they give the NSA unprecedented powers to intrude into their lives. They say that the parties in congress should negotiate and compromise, yet they instruct their elected congressmen to vote strictly the party line, to stand ideologically firm, and to repeat the party talking points. What American voters have in congress is exactly what they deserve.