George W. Bush more respected...

...than the Arizona Legislature.

Thanks to Sonoran Sam for the heads-up on this in a comment on Tedski's Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion.

From a press release from the Behavior Research Center's Rocky Mountain Poll:

Percentage of those Arizonans polled who believe that George W. Bush is doing an excellent or good job -

32%

Percentage of those Arizonans polled who believe that the Arizona legislature is doing an excellent or good job -

28%

Somehow, I can't see either Bush or the Republican leadership at the lege being happy about this comparison.

*Low-level White House staffer: "Mr. President, great news! Things are looking up! The latest poll shows that you are even more well-respected than the legislature in Arizona!"

*President: "That is good news, but I'm going to wait for next week's poll, the one that checks to see if I'm finally more popular than a root canal, before I start crowing about my growing popularity."

Meanwhile, in Arizona...

*Republican leader #1: "Wow!! Look at this! The people really love us! We're only four points less popular than the President!"

*Republican leader #2: "Eat that, Janet! We RULE!!"

*The sane Republican in the lege: "Umm...Guys? Bush has run the highest deficits in American history; led us into a seemingly endless war, a war based on lies; has multiple advisers under indictment or investigation; and is known for routinely disregarding the rule of law. He's historically unpopular, and yet he *still* garners more respect than we do."

*Republican leaders #1 and #2 look at each other for a moment, then start doing the Snoopy dance and singing "We're only four points behind the President!!"

OK, so maybe it won't bother the Reps all that much. :)

Note: Any line marked by a "*" is pure satire and the product of the author's imagination; to the best of the author's knowledge, the above conversations have not taken place, nor is there any evidence that the Republican leadership in the lege has any knowledge of Snoopy or dancing.

Later!