since november 2006, when democrats took control of both houses of congress, the following has happened

• gas prices have increased from $2.18 a gallon to more than $4 . . . . approximately doubling (pelosi said she had "a plan" to reduce the cost of gas)
• the US unemployment rate rose from 4.5% to 5.5%, with millions of americans losing their jobs
• 1,280 american troops have been killed in vietnam (er, iraq, sorry), despite a pledge to bring the troops home
• home prices have crashed, and hundreds of thousands of homeowners are facing foreclosure and bankruptcy
• General Motors stock is at a 50 year low and our banks are being bought by arab "sovereign wealth funds"

congress would have you believe that failing to find and drill for new oil has no relation to oil price; that unemployment is a consequence of the rising oil prices which they shirk responsibility for; that its bush's fault they didn't simply vote to bring the troops home; that crashing home prices have nothing to do with the media driven frenzy that made everybody believe that they could "flip that house" in 6 months for a $100,000 profit; and that higher taxes will restore stock market values.

if you believe any of that, i have a bridge i'd like to sell you.

vote for obama if you dare.

full disclosure - mccain apparently isn't any better; we're screwed