POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Believe President Bush Should Not Pardon Libby
POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Believe President Bush Should Not Pardon Libby
As Atrios first noted, a new CNN poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly believe that President Bush should not pardon Scooter Libby, who was convicted last week on felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Should President Bush Pardon Libby?
Yes: 18 percent
No: 69 percent
Don’t Know: 13 percentWas Vice President Cheney Part Of A Cover-Up?
Yes: 52 percent
No: 29 percent
Don’t Know: 19 percent
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer called the poll results more evidence of “a cloud hanging over Vice President Cheney and President Bush.”
UPDATE: Atrios also noted that NBC’s Andrea Mitchell said tonight on MSNBC:
They’re going to try to really tamp this down and appeal to the polling which indicates that most people think, in fact, that he should be pardoned. Scooter Libby should be pardoned.
Crooks and Liars has the video.
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I keep telling ya- that cloud is fart pollution from the Oval Orifice.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:25 pmFix ther typo in that second question. And ONLY 52% think Cheney is involved in the cover-up? Buncha flatliners in this country.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:26 pmLet the history books show Bush as brave saviour of America, unperturbed by public hysteria. Praise Libby, a true American hero!
March 12th, 2007 at 7:26 pmForTruth,
Might I have a word with you in the TF? We need to talk.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:29 pmCloud? That’s not what I saw….I saw vultures circleing, for real….Blessings
March 12th, 2007 at 7:30 pmBushiva’s job approval rating also jumped 3 points…
…to 37%
…L’il Dick’s is at 34%…
…You guys have a lot of ’splainin t’ do…
…your family members, neighbors, co-workers, friends, and acquaintences…
…seem to be STUCK-ON-STOOOOPID!!!!!
…How in Hades can ANYONE in this country (other than the corporate blood suckers…
…and political co-conspirators…
…all of maybe 5% of voters…
…think these al Crackkker TRAITORS are doing anything other than…
….selling this country (and its people) down the river, and destroying our democracy?
…YOU STLL don’t believe…
…AMAZING!
March 12th, 2007 at 7:31 pmStew’s been cooking to long….Blessings
March 12th, 2007 at 7:31 pmWe all know what Bush thinks of polls. he will pardon Libby and anyone else he deems fit to pardon come pardon day.
As long as it saves his own ass,it’s all he’s concerned with.
ForTruth,
Might I have a word with you in the TF? We need to talk.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:35 pmPardon me?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:38 pmCan congress pass a law taking away the Presidential pardon for good? Please, please, please?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:39 pmI wish that cloud over the White House would soon turn into a full blown tornado. Can you imagine how much screaming the Republic Party would be making if 1/100,000th this much crap went on in Bill’s administration.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:40 pmLet the history books show Bush as brave saviour of America, unperturbed by public hysteria. Praise Libby, a true American hero!
Comment by Stew — March 12, 2007 @ 7:26 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, wait, I need a breath, hahahahahaha
March 12th, 2007 at 7:42 pmOh, that wasn’t sarcasm? Is that Brain Stew?
Yo Stew….American english doesn’t include a U in the word savior. Are you one of them thar furiners trying to incite dissent here in Bush’s ‘murika??
March 12th, 2007 at 7:43 pmAndrea Mitchell just said on “Hardball” that “most people” want him pardoned!
“… polling which indicates that most people think, in fact, that he should be pardoned. Scooter Libby should be pardoned.”
Hold her feet to the fire: hardball@msnbc.com
March 12th, 2007 at 7:44 pmSorry to butt in, rachel, guess you couldn’t find Kenny Boy out there, huh? Yeah, well, we wondered whether he faked or not…
March 12th, 2007 at 7:45 pmOh, how are the accomodations, I mean, the mansions and all?
Would you say it’s a privileged neighborhood, with places in the $410,000 range?
We have this fellow here, you might remember him, and I was hoping to pass along some info to him, like don’t count on to much in the way of amenities in the hereafter.
That is, of course, if passing such info along wouldn’t get me in trouble for “insider trading”…
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer called the poll results more evidence of “a cloud hanging over Vice President Cheney and President Bush.â€
Cloud? more like a hurricane, it’s not moving on and it just started raining hard.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:46 pmAmericans are angry, and they are taking it out on Libby. They don’t know that he is just the fall guy for the bigger problems. The approvals went up because the uninformed public thinks the Libby verdict was a form of cleaning up the house. Its all a sham.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:50 pmWhen is Wolf going to broadcast the results of the “Percent of Americans who strongly feel we are watching the end of the GOP thanks to Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzales, and Libby” poll?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:50 pm[...] Mon 12 Mar 2007 Mrs. Alan Greenspan Posted by John O under Political OK, if you were a member of the “reality based community,” wouldn’t this piss you off at all broadcast to an awful lot of political junkies every night? Here’s the damn data, Andrea, you cocktail-weenie-sucking-and-serving moron. [...]
March 12th, 2007 at 7:52 pmForTruth,
I need to ask you a few questions in the TF.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:53 pmPlease find time. It’s important.
Do you think that Bush gives a rats ass about these polls? No he certainly does not care what a staggering majority of Americans think.
His indifference to the collective will of Americans is why he should pay the ultimate price, which is to live in infamy as an ex-president who was impeached.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:54 pmComment by Thinking Person #14
Thanks Thinking Person,
…that felt GOOOOOD!
…Andrea is Alan Greenspan’s main squeeze…
…and we all know who’s squeezing HIM…
March 12th, 2007 at 7:55 pmIt’s fun to think how far the Republicans have come in just the last three years. That’s a pretty high rate of political decay.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:56 pmA lot of time seems to be spent of this subject, when we all know Bush is gonna pardon him right before he leaves office, unless something or someone removes this fascist cabal first. Really saddening but it’s gonna happen…
March 12th, 2007 at 7:56 pmWhen are we going to see a poll of the DUHmerikkkan people…
…asking how many would like to see Bushiva, L’il Dick and their corporate co-conspirators’…
…have their personal assets frozen (to pay for Iraq)…
…IMPEACHED/INVESTIGATED
INCARCERATED
IMPOVERISHED?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:58 pm“Cloud over the vice president’s head”… if only it would start raining and flush him down the storm sewer and out to sea.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:05 pmHmmm. I guess this means that most people aren’t buying the Republican talking points, so maybe the trolls can stop repeating them.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:18 pmCNN’s Situation Room with Blitzer reported that Bush’s popularity rose (!?) 3% (based on what, I would ask those reponders) AND MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell said most people WANT Libby to be pardoned (every poll I have seen was just the opposite). What is going on?
March 12th, 2007 at 8:18 pmNBC’s Andrea Miller (like most major media outlets these days) said something stupid, fact-free and tantamount to free spin for BushCo.
In other news, the earth is still round, and Anna Nicole Smith still dead.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:19 pm“We create our own ‘reality’ as we go….”
Cheers,
March 12th, 2007 at 8:19 pmShould President Bush Pardon Libby?
Yes: 18 percent
39 percent said “be drawn and quartered”. 32 percent said “be gibbetted on the National Mall”. A vast majority of these said that Libby should be put to the same fate as well.
Cheers,
March 12th, 2007 at 8:25 pmAs Wonkette and the Washington Post detail, the conviction of Scooter Libby is providing many opportunities for fun and profit:
March 12th, 2007 at 8:26 pm- “The Sentence Scooter Contest.”
- “Guess Libby’s Pardon Date, Win a T-Shirt.”
And 17% said “should be stripped to the waist to see if he’s got a Puppet Master on his back.”
March 12th, 2007 at 8:35 pmI’m coming in late on this thread, and so this has probably been said earlier, but I’m going to say it anyway:
Americans Overwhelmingly Believe President Bush Should Not Pardon Libby
Um…so what? Since when has Chimpy given a d@mn about what any of the ‘proles’ think?
March 12th, 2007 at 8:39 pmIt’s the “Don’t Know’s” that bothers me. Guess these are the folks who obviously don’t bother to involve themselves in the functioning of our country. Like my mother-in-law, whose only interests since I’ve known her are gossiping with others and worshipping her house…spending hours on the phone each day to her “friends” (something she strongly denies) and contemplating what room she can rearrange next and what new item she can buy to decorate with. That, and her yardwork. I kid you not. Anytime she has the TV on it’s either the local news or HGTV. She’s the typical ignorant republican.
Anyway…This evening at the dinner table, we were watching the local news and they had a bit about Fred Thompson possibly running for President. General discussion ensued about others running for President in ‘08 (my wife, bless her heart, has been clueless for, well, ever, something I am trying to change), and the m-in-law blurts out “we never talked about politics in this house.” (This is a lie on her part, because in the 20 years I knew my father-in-law, he did discuss politics…not very often, but he did do it. Guess he never talked to her because she’d have no interest in it.) I’ve long ago come to the conclusion that she doesn’t like to talk politics with anyone because she is so damn clueless and uninterested and thus can’t join in the conversation.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:41 pmComment by WC #35
…my sympathies WC…
…But if you da’ man…
…wake their sleeping a*ses UP!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:45 pmThe self-appointed decider is a law unto himself….or so he believes. Rules about pardons don’t apply, he will do what he wants, when he wants, after all, he said he is the one who decides. Just like Hitler.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:46 pmRemember way back when? TP had 2 primary sections entitled “What We’re For…”and “What We’re Against”. I find plenty of what Progressives are AGAINST in current topics – but are YOU FOR anything?
March 12th, 2007 at 8:47 pmLine up all the journos before firing squads, using the same gun teams as those dealing with the Oil executives.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:49 pm#35 WC
March 12th, 2007 at 8:51 pmWe all have family members similar to your description. Even some friends who are otherwise delightful people, but they are clueless. Sadly, that makes it pretty prevalent, and the reason we find ourselves, as a nation, in the mess we’re in today.
but are YOU FOR anything?
Well why don’t we start with being FOR ending this illegal, immoral war-for-profit and being FOR getting rid these fascist theocracy you obviously favor and we are definitely FOR the return to our great republic we once were!
March 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pmAmerica: A nation of crackpots and sociopaths and the scourge of the world.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pmNot according to the lying Andrea Mitchell. Whore.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:54 pmvaliant venus,
In this day and age when the neocons are so proactively dismantling the bill of rights, being against any action they take is sufficient to build a solid base. I guess that makes of FOR the reinstatement of our basic rights.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:55 pmI am for such misguided notions as: don’t sh!t where you live, and people before profits.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:57 pmI am for such misguided notions as: don’t sh!t where you live, and people before profits.
Comment by Krazny
You poor mixed up guy.
/sarcasm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:14 pm…my sympathies WC…
…But if you da’ man…
…wake their sleeping a*ses UP!
Comment by big papa — March 12, 2007 @ 8:45 pm
Dude…I am trying. As mentioned, the wife does seem to be somewhat interested in politics…just not at the level she should be if she cares about what happens to her and this country. In fact, she lost a teacher’s assistant job several years ago thanks (or no thanks) to one of the ignorant requirements of NCLB. So I took that as an opportunity to really get her involved.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pmComment by WC #47
Good Luck!
If there’s a local anti-war demonstration…
…maybe you could take m-in-law and the wife…
…put ‘em on the front lines…
March 12th, 2007 at 9:31 pmRemember way back when? TP had 2 primary sections entitled “What We’re For…â€and “What We’re Againstâ€. I find plenty of what Progressives are AGAINST in current topics – but are YOU FOR anything? Comment by valiant venus — March 12, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
Then you must be the most st*pid person around. Oh wait, you’ve established that you’re too st*pid to eat a donut – Mighty Anorexia.
Fair wages
Universal health care
Universal human rights for all americans
Freedom of (and from) religion
Working and fully funded public schools
Government funding/subsidies of arts, sciences and research.
A free and functioning press
We’re also for an occasional conservative that’s educated and not full of sh*t, but that’s just a pie in the sky dream.
So what are you *for* Mighty Anorexia? We know you’re against Taxes, terrorism, and separation of church and state – but so far you don’t seem to be FOR anything.
Hypocrite.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:32 pmA poll like this doesn’t register with Bush, It could be %99 against a pardon for Libby and Bush just doesn’t give a rats ass one way or another. When has Bush cared about the opinion of the country?
March 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pmVV Im for driving a stake through the heart of the living dead. Anybody want to join me?
March 12th, 2007 at 9:42 pmVV Im for driving a stake through the heart of the living dead. Anybody want to join me? Comment by angryvietnamvet — March 12, 2007 @ 9:42 pm
It won’t do any good, CNN already did that to Novak, and he survived ;)
March 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pmFair wages
Universal health care
Universal human rights for all americans
Freedom of (and from) religion
Working and fully funded public schools
Government funding/subsidies of arts, sciences and research.
A free and functioning press
Comment by ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus #49
VVGFU,
It already knew that (list above)…
…IT’s just lonely cuz Mr. Aphrodite…
…is either out on the town cavorting again…
…or in their daughter’s bedroom “tucking her in”…
…apparently IT no longer interests Mr. A’hole…
…in the department of …
…well, you know…
…so it comes here to antagonize…
…and bedevil us with ITs demonic guile…
March 12th, 2007 at 9:46 pm…NBC’s Andrea Mitchell said tonight on MSNBC:
They’re going to try to really tamp this down and appeal to the polling which indicates that most people think, in fact, that he should be pardoned. Scooter Libby should be pardoned.
For those who reflexively buy into the notion that the media is somehow “liberal”, this is one of many, many, many examples that demonstrate what a load of crap that is. There are a lot of pundits just like Mitchell who pull these factoids right out of their asses. There is no other source that they can point to. And they do it daily.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmYou say the public is overwhelmingly against pardoning Libby? Well, I’d say that makes a pardon a lock. Don’t make that sucker bet…
March 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pm#38 Valiant Venus:
I find plenty of what Progressives are AGAINST in current topics – but are YOU FOR anything?….
Oh, I’m for gibbetting on the National Mall. But I might be swayed to drawing and quartering instead.
Cheers,
March 12th, 2007 at 9:54 pm#50 Roafer
A poll like this doesn’t register with Bush, It could be %99 against a pardon for Libby and Bush just doesn’t give a rats ass one way or another. When has Bush cared about the opinion of the country?
The point of it is not how it affects Bush. I don’t think most people see it as having any bearing on whether or not he’ll pardon Libby. If he wants to, he will, especially if he knows it will piss a lot of people off.
The important thing about this poll is that it shows, once again, that the righties are out of touch. They thought they had a rallying cry: “Free Libby!” And then it turns out that most Americans want to see him do time.
Ah, those keen political instincts of the right. Not working so hot these days.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:57 pmI wonder what the Repulsivescum conned’self-servative hypocrites will do…
…when those pics of the cross-dressing Guiliani…
…make the rounds next year?
March 12th, 2007 at 10:04 pmRich Galen…
…an inbred al Crackkker Bushite cultist…
…CNN calls him a “Republican Strategist”…
…is on anderson Cooper spouting off about…
…Rudy Guiliani’s “extraordinary leadership durin 9/11″…
…will somebody PLEASE tell me what that racist murdering sombich…
…Guiliani…
…did that was SO extraordinary on 9/11?
…did he charge into the towers and save some babies?
…Hell, the first responders couldn’t even communicate with each other…
March 12th, 2007 at 10:10 pmDo not punish Libby. Instead, let him join the Astronaut Corps and plant our flag on Venus. As he would not want to desecrate our flag, be sure that it is constructed of asbestos so no burning occurs. Libby should be issued a swim suit, sunglasses, a sweatband and SPF 2097 tanning oil, terry towel optional.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:16 pmfor antiwar demonstrations in your area go to http://www.unitedforpeace.org check by state or area code for events. many protests this Saturday all over country. peace.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:36 pmplease post that screenshot of blitzer NEXT to the screenshot of mitchell!!!!
March 12th, 2007 at 11:06 pmWhy the election in 2000 and 2004 was lost. Quite simply the Democratic ticket didn’t get the full support it
needed because the “fringe groups” Nader, Greens, Kucinich et al, their “outsourced vote” was enough to tip
the balance both times and now we are stuck with this Iraq mess and a mess at home too.
You “fringe” supporters had best buck up and decide if you want a Republican or a BONAFIDE “SUREFIRE”
WINNER IN A DEMOCRAT next time in 2008.
“En Masse Unity” is what will be required in 2008 to bring this whole house of cards down forever.
In other words, stop “stealing” the election FOR THEM!
Vote Democrat
March 13th, 2007 at 2:10 amNo need to debate what Bush should do about pardoning Libby. He said it all in his speech noted on truthdig.com
Mr. Bush told reporters that he decided to strip Mr. Libby of his nickname because “I hardly knew the man.â€
Like Jack Abramoff Bush doesn’t remember supporters who get caught and convicted. Don’t look for Cheney to help he’s busy banking his stolen taxpayers money in off shore accounts. Yes the CEO of Halliburton played Americans for fools as he gave all the contracts to Halliburton, let them get Trillions of taxpayers money for doing nothing. Then go out of the country so Halliburton wont have to pay US taxes or get sued. Cheney is laughing all the way to the bank, and still dumb Americans believe his lies.
March 13th, 2007 at 2:30 amisn’t there a gap of 5 years before a pardon can be given?
March 13th, 2007 at 6:45 amThere’s always one that wants to ruin it for everyone else.
Why can’t you just look at the TV news opinion poll results instead of bringing the law into a discussion about the law.
I hope the American Idol moderators ban you from these messageboards.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:58 amWho did they ask? I don’t think the majority of Americans know who Libby is , let alone know what the pardon issue surrounding him is.
March 13th, 2007 at 10:02 am#60, that’s creative!
March 13th, 2007 at 4:10 pmAND MAY LIGHTNING COME OUT OF THAT DARK STORM CLOUD HAVING OVER CHIMPya and Cheney AND SMITE THOSE TWO CREEPS DEAD WITH GOD’S DIVINE WRATH!!!!! SO MOTE IT BE!!!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 9:39 pm[...] POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Believe President Bush Should Not Pardon Libby [...]
March 14th, 2007 at 2:40 amOn the Mar 12 MSNBC Hardball Andrea Mitchell said: “…polling which indicates that most people think… Scooter Libby should be pardoned…”
Andrea Mitchell is a liar.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:36 am