According to a Zogby Poll: Americans Support Impeaching Bush for Wiretapping. This poll was conducted by the highly-regarded and non-partisan polling company (Zogby), and interviewed 1,216 U.S. adults from January 9-12.
Yes, Conservatives have been citing polls that say Americans feel they want to be listened to, but the ridiculous question asked there was, “should [the President / his administration] be allowed to intercept telephone conversations between terrorism suspects.” Ironically the poll had only 64% in agreement. Hell, I’d agree with this statement! But it mentions nothing about no warrants, about the fact that the FISA court already allowed him to do this, about the “suspects: being American citizens, about most of them NOT being viable terrorism suspects (media reporters, bloggers and children are on their watch list, which has grown exponentially since Bush was elected). How big is their suspect list, and where do we draw the line? More importantly, FISA allows for emergency taps, so long as the government turns in paperwork for a back-check warrant within 3 days AFTER they’ve done the listening, it is a legal warrant. If Bush doesn’t it even do this, does it no make you wonder why? Who s he listening to?
When a more precise (and pointed) question was 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% agreed!
This may seem like a small majority, but it’s bigger than the majority Bush won his presidency by! And you must also bear in mind that a similar Clinton poll had a number in the 30’s – but the idea of impeachment was ALL OVER the news, and he was eventually brought to trial. Even after the results of this poll, we’re seeing no major news coverage of a Bush impeachment, or the poll, and it’s barely up for grabs. Where the hell are the Dems?
Liberal bias in the media? What world do you live in? IMPEACH BUSH. (Oops. That probably means my phone calls can be listened to, especially since I live overseas….)
