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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:46 PM Original message |
Poll question: Would you support the prosecution of Bush war crimes even if it costs Obama a second term? |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd have to say no |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think the president made his decision |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. This will be a VERY interesting poll. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:51 PM Original message |
The big reason I said no |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Costs him a second term to a Democrat or to Bobby Jindal or Newt Gingrich or someone that will just |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That's what I think makes this poll so interesting |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It is a good point. Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus, FDR interned the Japanese |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. No Democrat is going to beat him in the Democratic Primaries and Caucuses in 2012. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Would there evem be backlash? Bush really isn't that popular. nt |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. I don't believe there would be a backlash. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. yes of course |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You do realize that could possibly mean President Palin in 2012? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Just like how voting Democratic could possibly mean another 9/11? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Sarah Palin has as much chance of going to the White House as John Yoo has of going to prison. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. It doesn't have to be Palin |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
68. You forgot the sarcasm thingy. n/t |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why not pose it as: |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Many here would prefer a Republican president |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Well, fortunately no matter of public interest--great or small-- |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
64. Exactly. Some people are programmed on permanent outrage |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Depends of the definition of "Bush Administration Officials," I guess |
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oviedodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. your idiots if you voted yes; what you are saying is |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. At least we can spell you're. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Fixing typos is a minor issue. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I've noticed that. nt |
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oviedodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. hope YOU'RE happy that if Obama is a one term prez, and you have no job |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. IF there were any reason to suspect that Obama would lose for prosecuting Bush |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
65. No, it would mean that a lot of independents whose support is necessary |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I voted yes because I have this misguided idea that the rule of law means something. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Would you want Obama to act different than Bush if it costs him a second term? |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. No. In another Republican administration |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Absolutely. I doubt if what many of us know were known more broadly |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. I reject the false premise of this poll |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. +1 |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. I reject your premise |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:04 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. You are absolutely right. |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Definitely Yes. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Do we have President Palin or Sanford or Romney then? How many Supreme Court Justices do they get |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hell, yes. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. First of all, where's the "Hell No!" button and secondly... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's a false dichotomy |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. One man, one party, and millions of people |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Its not a fair question |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. It is fair |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Right - no action this entire term will set a precedent |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Even if it means that we lose the next 4 after that? |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. I absolutely would. Part of the reason I worked so hard and |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. ^^^^^^^stupid going somewhere to happen^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. If your reply was supposed to make some kind of sense, |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
81. See, you'd have cancelled me out... |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. I assume everyone who voted "Yes" was born in the past 90 days, |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. NO, at the cost of a 2nd term???? the devastation that would bring! |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. You mean Obama would step aside, realizing the prosecutions had damaged him too much, and |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. Keeping my powder dry is becoming ever more difficult. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. I've never seen this rule of law before but I've seen several Republican |
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bigjohn16 (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. That sounds like "change I can believe in" |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
48. Fair question |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
49. I a heart beat - but I hardly think it would cost him that - I think the OPPOSITE would happen... |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. I didn't. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
51. Yes. Some things are more important that someone's political career. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Obama's political career is important to all Dems |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Thay may be. But some things are more important. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. Did I NOT vote for Bill Clinton because he didn't prosecute Bush Sr. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
55. If? That's a false dichotomy. Would you support gay rights if it cost Obama a second term? |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. No they're not |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. IMO the election hinges on the economy: if it recovers, he's an easy victory |
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elana i am (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
57. i had to vote yes because otherwise |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
59. Prosecution, by the way, does not equal conviction. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
61. That is simply a fascinating question. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
62. Without a doubt. Sometimes you need to do what is right no matter what the cost. |
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jewishlibrl (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
63. I don't see prosecutions costing him a second term |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
66. No. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
67. imo politics shouldn't enter into the decision - that's how we got here. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
69. Yeah, because putting a Republican back in charge to do the same |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Yes, that's what it's called. (nt) |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. +1 |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Back at ya! |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. Yeah, ok, so we play it sooo safe |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
73. The problem with voting YES, is that you assume it would stop war and torture. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
75. Today's low-level staffers from the Bush Regime will be tomorrows war criminals. |
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cwcwmack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
77. no, nt |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
79. No. First of all, I don't believe Poppy Bush's CIA left enough evidence |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
80. I believe that ... |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
83. A Special Prosecuter should be named |
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