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JANUARY 15, 2006
- A new Zogby poll shows that 52% of Americans think President Bush
should be impeached for wiretapping American citizens without
obtaining warrants.
As reported by
Democrats.com, the new
poll, commissioned by
Afterdowningstreet.org and conducted by Zogby, when asked, "If
President Bush wiretapped American citizens without the approval of
a judge, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider
holding him accountable through impeachment," 52% of respondents
said yes, 42% said no, a 6% were undecided.
The poll had a +/- 2.9 margin of error.
The article on democrats.com points out
that the polls the mainstream media has been using have been asking
questions that lead to misleading results.
"Recently White House spokesman Scott
McClellan cited a
Rasmussen poll that found 64% believe the NSA "should be allowed
to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects." Of
course, that is exactly what Congress authorized when it created the
FISA courts to issue special expedited secret warrants for terrorism
suspects. But Bush defied the FISA law and authorized warrantless
wiretaps of Americans, which has outraged Americans to the point
that a majority believe Congress should consider Bush's
impeachment."
The lack of articles and commentary
about impeachment, never mind criminal charges, has been extremely
obvious, and just another clear example of the total control the
Bush/Limbaugh right has over the entire media. They made
impeachment of Clinton the central story everywhere over something
much less, but don't even mention it when Bush openly admits to
disregarding the law and committing a major violation of law and the
Constitution.
Despite all the distractive stories
attempting to change the subject and convince the American people
that they should not really be upset, that their neighbors aren't,
the American public is not buying it and wants the President held
accountable via impeachment.
The numbers are even more striking when
looked at by political affiliation. Fully one-in-four
Republicans think the President should be impeached, while nearly
two-thirds of Independents and Democrats believe he must be held
accountable. And it doesn't matter which region is looked at,
North, South, East, or West, majorities in each favor impeachment.
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