Jun
24
9:49 AM
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Find Out What It Means For Pols
A new survey out today from the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics calculates how much respect certain Hoosier pols get on a scale from 1 to 10. (You can check out the news release and cross-tabs here.)
Here’s a chart showing how Indiana’s elected officials and candidates stack up with the likes of George W. Bush, Tony Dungy, Oprah and Mother Teresa:
Here’s what I want to know: How did Mother Teresa only wind up with an 8.5? We’re talking about Mother Teresa, people, the worldwide gold standard for charity and goodness, but apparently that’s just not good enough for some of you.
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Mother Theresa’s score must be like those you get from the credit reporting agencies. No matter that you pay all those bills on time, have no outstanding debt, own your cars and have only a couple of credit cards with nothing on them, you still can’t get a perfect score! It is funny, in a pathetic sort of way, that 5% don’t know the name of the President of the United States.