Polling For Impeachment
Some good news…
In a recent Ipsos poll, the question of whether Congress should consider impeaching President Bush if he did indeed lie about his reasons for going to war with Iraq was included. Some 50% of the 1,001 adults surveyed agreed. With his overall job approval rating falling to the lowest levels of his presidency, the findings of this survey are a bad sign for Bush.
The Iraq war has not gone well for Ole G.W. Support for the war has declined sharply since June. The fact that half of the respondents agree that impeachment is warranted shows that the number of Americans who believe Bush lied about the war has increased (a Zogby poll conducted in June showed 42% favored impeachment).
And now the bad news…
Unfortunately for the American public, the mainstream media has all but ignored this topic. Some suggest this is due to the fact that no one in Congress has called for impeachment hearings (I guess it's more newsworthy to interview a member of Congress then actually get the opinion of the people directly). The media already accepts that Bush lied. Why else, when the Downing Street Memo came to light, so many editors and pundits said it was “old news”.
Yet even though they except that Bush lied us into war, they refuse to even suggest holding him accountable for his actions. Their complicity in helping to "catapult the propaganda" is no doubt another reason they shy away from the subject.
Bush has been given a free pass by the mainstream media ever since 9/11. A lot of folks (especially those in the Bush administration) like to say that “9/11 changed everything”. The only thing 9/11 did was give Bush an excuse to do whatever he wants; from waging a war of aggression to shredding the Constitution.
(Originally posted on Yahoo360)
In a recent Ipsos poll, the question of whether Congress should consider impeaching President Bush if he did indeed lie about his reasons for going to war with Iraq was included. Some 50% of the 1,001 adults surveyed agreed. With his overall job approval rating falling to the lowest levels of his presidency, the findings of this survey are a bad sign for Bush.
The Iraq war has not gone well for Ole G.W. Support for the war has declined sharply since June. The fact that half of the respondents agree that impeachment is warranted shows that the number of Americans who believe Bush lied about the war has increased (a Zogby poll conducted in June showed 42% favored impeachment).
And now the bad news…
Unfortunately for the American public, the mainstream media has all but ignored this topic. Some suggest this is due to the fact that no one in Congress has called for impeachment hearings (I guess it's more newsworthy to interview a member of Congress then actually get the opinion of the people directly). The media already accepts that Bush lied. Why else, when the Downing Street Memo came to light, so many editors and pundits said it was “old news”.
Yet even though they except that Bush lied us into war, they refuse to even suggest holding him accountable for his actions. Their complicity in helping to "catapult the propaganda" is no doubt another reason they shy away from the subject.
Bush has been given a free pass by the mainstream media ever since 9/11. A lot of folks (especially those in the Bush administration) like to say that “9/11 changed everything”. The only thing 9/11 did was give Bush an excuse to do whatever he wants; from waging a war of aggression to shredding the Constitution.
(Originally posted on Yahoo360)
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