Remember, this guy ran for office claiming that he was going
to "restore
dignity" to the office. Now, 64% of persons
surveyed think "has abused his powers as president." 55%
think he has committed impeachable offenses, although they are split on
the issue of whether he should be removed from office.
For Dick
Cheney, the numbers are worse. 70% think he has
abused his powers. 63% of Democrats think he should be
impeached and convicted. 43% of all voters think he should be
impeached and convicted.
And now would Nancy
Pelosi please explain why this can't get a full hearing in
the House? It is what the constituents of her party want.
If I had been asked the survey questions, I probably would have said
that they should be impeached, but would have stopped short of saying
they should be removed from office. They are entitled to due
process. I am confident, though, that once the investigations
got going, they both would put up a furious fight at first, then they
would leave office once it became clear that they were not going to be
able to keep secrets the way they want to.
Of course, that scenario would depend upon the Supreme Court doing the
right thing. I think they would, but it is not guaranteed.
The poll data are at American Research Group, here.
Comments
The real question is where the hell were all of these people in 2004? I mean really. Was the concept of two men, already happily living together, getting a piece of paper that says they are married really so threatening that it made voting for Bush seem like a good idea? Worse, why are these numbers not 100%. Sadly, it could be announced that Bush is the anti-Christ, and that Armageddon will being tomorrow, and there would still be people saying "well, he's our president".
Posted by: Craig | November 13, 2007 10:16 PM