impeachment? An interesting articlein "THE LIBERATOR ONLINE"...

> I extracted an interesting article from "THE LIBERATOR ONLINE": Of
> course, allegedly lying about the reason for going to war in Iraq is
minor
> compared to lying about oral sex... ;) <snicker>
>
> THE LIBERATOR ONLINE
>
> August 9, 2005
> Vol. 10, No. 15
> Circulation: 70,874 subscribers in over 100 countries
>
> Published by the Advocates for Self-Government
> Edited by James W. Harris, mailto:james@TheAdvocates.org
> Created by Paul Schmidt and James W. Harris
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> GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
>
> by James W. Harris
>
> Polls: Impeach President Bush?
>
> Although it remains -- to say the least -- an outside possibility,
> the impeachment of President Bush could be on the verge of entering
> the national political debate.
>
> A Zogby International Poll, released June 30, found that more than
> "two-in-five voters (42%) say they would favor impeachment
> proceedings if it is found the President misled the nation about
his
> reasons for going to war with Iraq."
>
> This is potential political dynamite when considered alongside a
July
> 24 USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll showing that a slim majority -- 51 per
> cent -- now believes Bush *did* mislead the U.S. into the war when
he
> claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
>
> Even hardened pollster John Zogby was startled by the high numbers
> favoring impeachment if it were found that Bush misled. "It was
much
> higher than I expected," Zogby said of the 42%.
>
> Arguments that Bush misled the country into the war are spreading.
As
> the Washington Post notes: "[It is] unlikely that the
Republican-led
> House will begin [impeachment] proceedings anytime soon. But the
Web
> sites are up and running. http://Impeachcentral.com is running a
> petition drive. http://Impeachbush.org is planning a march on
> Washington in September. http://Thefourreasons.org site argues that
> the Iraq invasion was unconstitutional.
http://Afterdowningstreet.org
> asserts that Bush secretly decided to go to war and to mislead
> Congress in mid-2002."
>
> Although half (50%) of those polled by Zogby currently do not
support
> impeachment even if it is proven that Bush misled, in substantial
> parts of the country supporters of impeachment are actually a
> *majority*.
>
> 52% of respondents in the Western states favor impeachment if Bush
> misled; in Eastern states, 49%. On the other side, in the South
> impeachment is opposed by 60%; in the Central/Great Lakes region,
52%
> are opposed.
>
> Impeachment views also break down by party lines. A large majority
of
> Democrats (59%) say Bush should be impeached if he lied about Iraq.
> Perhaps surprisingly, fully 25% of Republicans say they would favor
> impeachment under these circumstances. Self-described independents
> are more closely divided, with 43% favoring impeachment and 49%
> opposed.
>
> How does this compare to public support for the 1998 impeachment of
> President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal? That
> impeachment actually had *less* public support. In October 1998, as
> the House moved to impeach, a Zogby poll found that only 39 percent
> of voters supported the impeachment, while 56 percent opposed it.
And
> less than 14% of Democrats favored impeachment.
>
> All this comes at a bad time for Bush. The June 30 Zogby poll
showed
> Bush's job approval rating at 43 percent. And the new USA
> Today/CNN/Gallup poll indicates a majority -- 53% -- of Americans
> doubts the United States will win the war in Iraq, and 58% say the
> United States won't be able to establish a stable, democratic
> government in Iraq.
>
> (Sources:
> Washington Post:
>
>
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070200972.html
> Zogby press release:
> http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1007
> USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll:
>
>
>
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-26-poll-us-not-winning-iraq_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
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