"Deliberately misled" of course, is a nicer way of saying "lied." And I'm sure I don't have to remind you that a majority of this country already thinks that if Bush lied, he should be impeached.
While trying not to overly hype that idea--if it happens, it's not gonna happen until/unless the Democrats retake congress and the senate--here's a few more nuggets for us to hug to our collective bosoms.
With the midterms a year away, these numbers could spell trouble for the GOP. “These are not good times for Republicans,” says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted the survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart. “This is a very unhappy electorate that’s going to be unstable, and they are terrifically unstable numbers for a Republican majority.”
The CIA leak investigation also seems to be dogging the Bush administration. Seventy-nine percent think that Libby’s indictment is a serious matter. (Libby has since resigned from the administration.) Moreover, only 33 percent give Bush positive ratings for being honest and straightforward — a drop of 17 points since January, when Bush held a 50-to-36 percent score on this question.
And Libby’s former boss, Cheney, also hasn’t emerged unscathed. Just 27 percent view him positively. That’s a significant shift since January, when he was viewed positively by a 42-to 41-percent margin.
Democratic pollster Jay Campbell of Hart Research notes that Americans are paying attention to this CIA leak investigation. “They think there is something real here,” he says. “This is a really big deal.”
There is, finally, this to be said for the Bush administration. When they screw up, they screw up big. A lot of mistakes in Washington can be covered up with a lot of smoke. But they blew it so big that the rights-and-wrongs are obvious.
Lying us into a war, wrong, leaking the name of a CIA operative, also wrong. That's so basic, even people from Kansas can understand it, and they don't even understand basic science. But that's another post.
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