CNN Poll: 69 percent oppose pardon for Libby in CIA leak case

[DeepModem Mom]

Monday, March 12, 2007
Poll: 69 percent oppose pardon for Libby in CIA leak case

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly 70 percent of Americans oppose a presidential pardon for former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby after his conviction on perjury and other charges related to a CIA agent's exposure, according to a CNN poll out Monday.

Just 18 percent said they would support a pardon for Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, while 69 percent said they opposed the idea. Meanwhile, a narrow majority said they believe Cheney was part of a cover-up in the case....

President Bush's job approval rating increased slightly, rising to 37 percent from the 34 percent he received in the earlier poll. Cheney's approval rating in the survey fell from 39 percent in a January poll to 34 percent in the latest survey, while 54 percent said they disapproved of the vice president's job performance.

Though he has a lengthy resume in Republican administrations dating back to Gerald Ford's presidency, 60 percent of those polled said they did not consider him qualified to serve as president should it become necessary; only 32 percent said he would be qualified to lead the country himself.

And asked whether the vice president was "part of a cover-up" to keep special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from learning who leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, whose husband had become a critic of the war in Iraq, 52 percent said yes; 29 percent said no. Another 20 percent had no opinion.

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/03/poll-69-percent-oppose-pardon-for.html

[EST]

1. Notice how it always seems to be that 30% ranging from

pathological to certifiable who cling to their demented ignorance. Of course, that also means that it represents about 70% of republicans.

Governmental insanity is never for from the door.

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Pathological to Cerftifiable

That pretty much fits Dumbya.

Hate to say it, but would expect a pardon for Libby from McFuckwad at end term 2008. Never has mattered to IdiotBoy what US citizens think.

damn! :grr:

[Catch22Dem]

2. A "narrow majority" are you fucking HIGH, CNN????

"Meanwhile, a narrow majority said they believe Cheney was part of a cover-up in the case...."

"And asked whether the vice president was "part of a cover-up" to keep special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from learning who leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, whose husband had become a critic of the war in Iraq, 52 percent said yes; 29 percent said no."

HELLO!!!!! Are you there McFly?

CNN must be out of it's collective mind!

[cyr330]

4. Since when have they worried about what the majority wants?

Don't forget their theft of the 2000 election and the fairytale that they had won a mandate. . . .

[rodeodance]

5. ha ha, I hear Andra mitchell said 70% think libby SHOULD be pardoned!!

[Lasher]

6. You sure wouldn't know this from watching the pundits on TV

All you hear is hand wringing about poor persecuted Scooter. :nopity:

[SKKY]

7. Anyone who thinks Libby won't get pardoned is fooling themselves...

...Bush doesn't appear to care what the American electorate thinks, but he's sure loyal to those in his inner
cirlce. And Libby is certainly one of those.

[w4rma]

8. Oh, Bush will pardon him, but the Republican Party needs to pay the consequences for it. (nt)