Holy shit!

We spend a lot of time around here mocking the fact that Bush's job approval keeps hitting new lows, for example by quoting CBS News:

The plunge in poll numbers is another dose of bad news for a White House mired in it. The only recent president lower at this point in their second term was Richard Nixon.

Or Egalia, who thinks:

Maybe Bush and Cheney want to give Gore a call and beg him to come to their rescue. Failure is hard work.

And don't expect that trend to change anytime soon.

But I ask myself, is that really fair? Are you, my vast reading audience, really getting the whole story? Well, the answer is no, probably not. There are certainly people, high-ups in goverment even, who have it even worse in the job approval department than George W. Bush.

This one's for them.

So. What's worse than being President Bush, with a job approval rating of 35%?

Being the Republican-controlled Congress, with a rating of 34%.

What's worse than being the Republican-controlled Congress?

Being Vice President Cheney, with a rating of...

19%.

You heard me, 19%.

Ahhh. This balance is so refreshing!