Poll: Country Divided Over Iraq (12%:admin entirely truthful on CIA leak)

[Rose Siding]

(CBS) The president’s approval level remains below 50 percent, and Americans are still divided over the war in Iraq. They are paying attention to one of the summer’s major news stories – the possible 2003 leak to reporters of the identity of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame. In fact, the story has captured a level of attention from the public similar to the early stages of political scandals such as Whitewater, the Democrats' 1996 fundraising and Iran Contra.

Forty-one percent of the public views this controversy as of great importance to the nation -- more than what was said about the Whitewater scandal in its early days, and about the same as was measured for Iran-Contra in the spring of 1987 and the campaign fundraising scandal. But compared to how Americans felt about Watergate in 1973, fewer today see this issue as of great importance.
...
Americans are skeptical about the Bush administration’s behavior and public statements about the 2003 leak of the name of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame to reporters. Only 12 percent think the Bush administration is telling the entire truth about the matter; more than half –- 55 percent -- think the administration is mostly telling the truth but hiding something, and another 22 percent think it is lying.
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Americans are more likely to say removing Saddam Hussein was worth it; 45 percent think it was, but 47 percent say it was not.

One-third still believes Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, but 53 percent say he was not....

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/03/opinion/polls/main713832.shtml?CMP=OTC-RSSFeed&source=RSS&attr=Politics_713832

[bemildred]

1. Cool. Half of us now know Saddam had doodle to do with 9/11.

That's what I call progress.

[Teaser]

2. My god

I just want to stab my eyes out sometimes.

[Erika]

3. One small step at a time n/t

[LoKnLoD]

4. it's the 33% of cuckoo beans

who still believes Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th terrorist attacks that is the truly frightening part.

[iconoclastic cat]

8. 33% of us must be really, really pig ignorant.

[leftchick]

26. that 33%

is bush**s base.

[rodeodance]

9. the one-third who still believe would be Jr's Fundie base.

[bluestateguy]

5. 48% think the Iraq War is going well?

That's fucked up.

[0rganism]

6. Nice of CBS to bring up Whitewater in this context

because, ya know, there's complete equivalence between the Clintons losing money on a land deal two years before he took office and Bush jr. using his power as president to goad the nation into a war of agression with Iraq based on a pile of lies and nonsense whilst threatening national security by smearing someone who called bush's warmongers on their bullshit. And just to prove they're being "fair and balanced", we get another heaping spoonful of equivalence with the Democrats' 1996 fundraisers and the Iran-Contra affair.

How nice of CBS to lay it all out for us like that, it makes everything so crystal clear.

[54anickel]

11. Well, without it it would only be a list of Republican scandals and

that would appear to be biased in the eyes of the Repuke faithful. They had to try and even it out somehow. ;-)

Fitz, where the hell are those indictments?!

I want to start hearing calls for impeachment. The Repukes called for impeachment before the blue dress for crying out loud.

[stevebreeze]

17. Don't hold your breath waiting for Fitzgerald to indite

A couple of months before the '98 Gov election in IL he said that Ryan "was not a target of the investigation". Ryan served out his term before he was indited, and is still awaiting trial.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

7. Europeans Are Right

Amerika is made up of a bunch of morons! There is the 20-30% who know what's going on, while the other 70% either don't care, are too Stupid to understand, or are part of the problem(i.e. RW Repuke).

[KansDem]

10. Remember during the Iran Hostage Crisis how one of the networks...

...opened its evening news report with "Day XYZ: America Held Hostage"? I think it was ABC. But to see that every night was a constant reminder of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy crisis.

If the Corporate Media opened it's evening newscasts with something like "Day XYZ: A Traitor in Our Midst," how long do you suppose the Bushistas would retain the support they have now, particularly if the number of days got up into the triple digits?

edited for clarity

[bemildred]

13. They wanted to get Jimmy, they want to protect the Bushites.

What could be clearer?

[Justitia]

20. I like your idea. Of course, since the RW owns it all....oh well. -eom

[ninkasi]

22. Or, if we really wanted to drive it home...

Day XYZ of the Anthrax killer remaining at large. They really outdid themselves on that investigation, didn't they?:sarcasm:

[Bumblebee]

12. HOW ARE THINGS GOING NOW FOR THE UNITED STATES IN IRAQ?

Well -- 48%??? Who are these people? I am sure they won't say it today but how could they say that even 2-3 days ago?

[sandnsea]

15. The real cuckoo one

The last one. How is Bush doing on a host of issues, all bad, around 45%. But the war on terror campaign, 55% approval. :shrug:

If you do badly in all the aspects that make up the whole, how can you be doing well with the whole? All the ingredients to the cake are rotten, but yum, that's a blue ribbon winner right there. :crazy:

[Bumblebee]

18. Well, at least he is still at 45% and will probably go down after

this week because people's perception of Iraq cannot help but change for the worse. Have to be grateful for little things -- but not at that cost!

[AndyTiedye]

14. Only 12% Are Actually Mainlining the Kool-Aid

Only 12 percent think the Bush administration is telling the entire truth about the matter

[FloridaPat]

16. How can 45% of Americans be more likely to say the invasion was

worth it that the 47% who aren't? If the percntage is higher, doesn't that mean the more people are going in that direction?

They Rove said he was involved, but 21% say he wasn't? Must be the word "leak" that has them confused.

And yes, 1/3 still believe Sadam was involved in 9-11. 57% say the economy is good.

[Peace Patriot]

23. Yeah, that sentence is wrong. They got it backwards.

WRONG

Americans are more likely to say removing Saddam Hussein was worth it; 45 percent think it was, but 47 percent say it was not.


CORRECT

Americans are LESS likely to say removing Saddam Hussein was worth it; 47 percent think it was not worth it; 45 percent think it was.

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Corrupt corporate lapdogs can't even think any more.

[wli]

19. MSM approval numbers are fabricated anyway

The MSM are in the business of propaganda, not news.

[warrens]

21. Here's how to pay down the debt they rang up

When the fuckwads get to the supermax prison, we have a lottery that really hardcore gay leather boys get to enter. The winners get several nights with the Bushies, their pick. No lube, no rubbers. But they will have to pay at least a pack of cigs to the cellie, who gets sloppy 20ths.

[pinniped]

24. You mean to tell me this fact hasn't been established yet????

--the possible 2003 leak to reporters of the identity of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame--

[Solly Mack]

25. Are people just happier telling themselves government is good and honest?

The 12% are either fools or liars
The 22% I can understand...but the 55%?

I don't get.

Are they afraid to say to themselves, "Government lies"?

"Oh, he's mostly telling the truth..just hiding something"...like they need that mostly telling the truth to fall back on...

and the 1/3 that still maintain the lie about Saddam and September 11th? Unreal...

[nookiemonster]

27. RWRR

Right wing radio reinforcement. If Rush says it, it must be true.

So much for free will. :(