MSNBC Vote:Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of Bush?

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12361506/

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office?

* 4918 responses

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account. 94%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt. 6.1%

[monktonman]

1. Thats a huge gap

[berni_mccoy]

2. Kick! 94% YES with 4939 responses

:kick:

[npincus]

3. "Yes", but after we take back the House (and Senate, G-d willing)

[unblock]

4. yes, BUT wait until january 3, 2007.

we don't need no stinkin' banana republican sham whitewash investigation

[peekaloo]

34. Ramen! My thoughts exactly.

funny how it's always worded as a witch hunt or political lynching when Bu$h's dealings are examined.

[Canuckistanian]

68. Right! Why are they afraid of an investigation?

"If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about"

Isn't that the phrase we always hear?

[On the Road]

5. Where are the Freepers?

Don't they have the heart anymore for their trademark ballot-box stuffing?

[Radio_Guy]

6. I like that number

94% of Americans believe Bush should be led away in handcuffs and read his Miranda rights. That's about right.

[tuvor]

7. I can't imagine wording like that a year ago. n/t

[etherealtruth]

10. That's what struck me (n/t)

[drm604]

8. Wow!

That's a huge gap, and with such leading questions!

[dogday]

9. Bush has his agenda, the people have their business nt

[Fridays Child]

11. Done but...

...94% and 6.1% add up to 100.1%. Hmm....

[Lochloosa]

25. Must be Diebold counting....

[napi21]

12. Do you REALLY want to hold hearings NOW?

The reason I ask isn't that I don't want to hear the truth, but that I believe if the hearings are held NOW, the Pub majority will manage to protect the Presidenet and manage to find that he did NOTHING WRONG! When the Dems take control in 2007, the hearings will already be over, and we'll NEVER know the real truth.

[Triana]

13. 90-something percent YES to 6% NO?

Bwahahahaaa! And the Bernstein story as related. Excellent. Not that I think any of this will result in an actual investigation but it does indicate that public opinion certainly has changed - they see bu$hit's 'true lies'.

[NMDemDist2]

14. done, but what I don't understand is every freaking MSNBC poll is

heavily leftist in it's responses, but the idiots in charge of MSNBC can't figure out there is a market for liberal leaning programming

:banghead:

[Raksha]

47. They know there's a market for left-leaning programming.

They are just trying to keep a lid on the dissent and disgust for as long as they can get away with it.

[Chomp]

15. What an extraordinary question!

Wow - talk about a leading question!

What this question proves it that Watergate is on people's minds, and that is the level of wrong-doing that is now being countenanced. Wow.

Throwing the W word into a question like that is very revealing IMO.

[electropop]

16. Done. Yes 94%

[helderheid]

17. DUne

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office? * 5167 responses
Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
94%
No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6.1%

[intheflow]

18. 94% Yes

:evilgrin:

[livvy]

19. That is a huge percentage. Love it. n/t

[MethuenProgressive]

20. We should PROMISE

The only way to win in '06 is to run against Bush. Therefore all Democratic candidates should PROMISE to pursue the IMPEACHMENT OF BUSH when they're elected. The only way Censure or Impeachment will proceed is if we throw the Repugnants out of office and take back Congress. This should be the single, unifying, dominant issue in all '06 elections - make the Repugnants defend Bush and the war in Iraq.

[4_TN_TITANS]

30. I disagree somewhat with that...

We ran 'against' Bush with everything we had in 2004 and I think the sheer venom turned off a lot of voters. The Republican congress speaks for itself as far as ammo for 2006....

[Vincardog]

58. I agree we need to run against the crime and corruption. Out with the Shru

Out of Iraq. No to Iran,

[grannylib]

78. Yes but remember we really won the last election too...it was just the

reThuglican corruption and vote/election fraud that gave Chimpy another four-year appointment...
yeah, Kerry ran a bad campaign in a lot of ways, and didn't come out fighting hard and fast every time the liars smeared him (I don't think it has to be venomous to be strong and effective)

But we WON the last election!:)

On edit: corrected spelling

[Booster]

21. Done and a little kick.

[July]

22. 5304 responses, 94% yes. nt

[William769]

23. Done.

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
94%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6.1%

[Lochloosa]

24. 94% YES

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office? * 5331 responses

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
94%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6%

[ananda]

26. Yes 94!

Whoa!

[cal04]

27. done 94% 5656 votes

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office? * 5656 responses
Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
94%
No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
5.9%

[garybeck]

28. SOMEDAY the media will wake up.

when they realize there's money to be made in an impeachment.

[SnowGoose]

29. Kicked & Recommended

The only way it will happen is if there is overwhelming public call for such an investigation.

Be the change you want to see, and all that...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. Wowie Zowie!!!! 94% Yes! 6% No.... I wonder who that 6% is?

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office? * 5992 responses
Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
94%
No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6%

[mcscajun]

81. Who's the 6%? Some Freepers and these two groups:

College Republicans and White House Staffers.

:rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

83. Do you think that if the Shrub gets inmpeached they'd drink the Kool Aid?

[mcscajun]

84. Nah. They'll find hidey-holes for a while...then go write their books.

After a few years, they'll be pundits on Sunday Morning television. Ugh.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

90. Possible scenario. Want to add in that some of them will have been

pardoned by the next WrongWing President???

[Ganja Ninja]

32. Not until the Democrats are in the majority.

A GOP led investigation would be a joke.

[Coexist]

33. Yes 94%

[nmliberal]

35. 94%Yes with 6,221 votes nt

[Supersedeas]

36. 94% yes

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

37. K & R!

[Radio_Lady]

38. Done. Here is update count:

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office?

* 6463 responses

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
94%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6.1%

[Jack Rabbit]

39. Is this question being asked in scientific surveys?

If so, does anybody know what the response is there?

[Lorien]

40. 94% yes. Do I think the senate WILL investigate? No.

unless it's to whitewash everything. :eyes:

[IChing]

41. voted.....94 still n/t

[AzDar]

42. 94 % yes..... n/t

[Cleita]

43. Not this Senate. That would be like Enron investigating and

trying itself. Wait until after the November elections. Right now we should be concentrating on gaining back both houses of Congress and then take it from there.

[Vidar]

44. done 94% yes

[Eugene]

45. Done, kicked, and recommended - Yes 94%

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office?

94% Yes 6.4% No

7265 responses

:kick:

[warrens]

46. To save on all the bitterness and divisiveness an investigation would...

produce, I suggest we just throw him in prison for life, along with everyone tied to his administration. Give him the same rights as the people at Gitmo; who cares if he's guilty? Lock him up for life; that way he can't start any more wars, and that's what counts. Use their own twisted logic against them.

[dysfunctional press]

48. THIS is why we NEED to take back the senate-

at this point- 2006 is a MUCH more important election than 2008.
it's the one we should be focused on.

[IChing]

77. The Senate does not impeach the HOUSE does!!!!!

My god, know your constitution. The senate has the power to tries the president. but in order to do this the house gathers the evidence and documents....remember
Ken Star?

The impeachment procedure is in two steps. The House of Representatives must first pass "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority. (All fifty state legislatures as well as the District of Columbia city council may also pass articles of impeachment against their own executives). The articles of impeachment constitute the formal allegations. Upon their passage, the defendant has been "impeached."

Next, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. Otherwise, the Vice President, in his capacity of President of the Senate, or the President pro tempore of the Senate presides. This would include the impeachment of the Vice President him- or herself.


In order to convict the accused, a two-thirds majority of the senators present is required. In the case of current office-holders, conviction automatically removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring him from holding future federal office (either elected or appointed). Despite a conviction by the Senate, the defendant remains liable to criminal prosecution. It is possible to impeach someone even after the accused has vacated his office in order to disqualify the person from future office or from certain emoluments of their prior office (such as a pension.) If a two-thirds majority of the senators present does not vote "Guilty" on one or more of th

[dysfunctional press]

88. who said anything about impeachment?

the post asked about the possibility of a senate investigation.

my god, know your vocabulary...:eyes:

[Iowa]

49. Done

[BrightKnight]

50. done

[understandinglife]

51. 93 %; 7792 reponses.

Never Forget: George W. Bush willfully violated National Security to cover-up his willful launch of a war of aggression and illegal occupation of Iraq.

[dzika]

52. done

[SammyWinstonJack]

53. That poll would really piss off the "Decider"

:rofl: "Witch hunt"? :rofl: Like the real witch hunt that the repugs launched against Clinton over bogus bullshit? :argh:

[0rganism]

54. If I were a Republican, I'd want to hold those hearings RIGHT NOW

Right now, while the GOP still has a stranglehold on congress. Get that whitwash job finished and out of the way well before the 2006 midterm elections.

[EFerrari]

55. They keep making those gestures but it doesn't really work,

does it? It's so obviously theater that it just pisses people off and the even the prone press keeps chewing on these stories.

I think the Republicans don't have a clue about how to save their hides from Bush fallout. Maybe they can't.

[0rganism]

56. They'd be fools not to try and try again

Any GOP senate incumbent who hitches his wagon directly to bush at this point has a very safe constituency -- Utah, Idaho, something like that.

The only way the GOP can save itself at this point is by appearing to hold the bushistas accountable, and pulling a very convincing snowjob in the process of exonerating bush's top aides. If they held real investigations, the evidence they'd uncover would be far too damning in itself. They need to get about a dozen Scooters lined up for scapegoating and hit them hard.

[SammyWinstonJack]

62. Maybe Diebold makes them feel secure? No worries?

[0rganism]

72. Maybe, but I doubt most of them are in on the Diebold scam, if it exists

I mean, you gotta keep something like that under wraps, with as few people in the know as possible. Just keeping it inside Diebold Inc. would be a chore, and a lot of the GOP congresscritters are not too bright.

They have to be considering hearings, it's just practical CYA stuff at this point.

[Vincardog]

57. 8016 responses It must be called to account. 93%

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office? * 8016 responses

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account. 93%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt. 6.6%

[Ignis]

59. Done. 93% Yes. (nt)

[SeattleRob]

60. done! Voted "Hell yeah!" NT

[goclark]

61. Still 93% vote,vote vote!

[patdem]

63. I am kicking this back up...at 8942 - 93% yes / 6.7% no

:kick:

[KAT119]

64. Done - THANK YOU! K&R!

[katinmn]

65. Whoa! 93% yes!

:headbang:

[Imalittleteapot]

66. 9444 responses. 93% YES.

[BelgianMadCow]

67. Are you awake at all Poll

[OhioChick]

69. Done 93% Yes n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

70. Done. 93% of 10255 say YES

Should the Senate open a Watergate-style investigation of President Bush's conduct in office? * 10255 responses

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
93%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6.8%

[tom_paine]

71. K & R

Even AFTER Freeping, I would bet they can't get this under 80% Yes 20% No.

The reality is just that overwhelming, as are the number of honest votes (I cast only one vote...not sure I'd lower myself to Freep even if I knew how)

And yet, why do I feel like the Busheviks will "win" the 2006 midterm "elections"?

Does this mean I am giving up? HELL NO! (Read my sig line) But I feel as if, democracy-wise, it's already too late.

Prove me wrong, America, prove me wrong.

[stepnw1f]

73. WOW... 93% Say Yes Out of 10336 responses (nt)

[BuyingThyme]

74. enod Y-93.0 N-6.8 Total 10528

[AlwaysDemocrat]

75. Done 93 percent (n/t)

[grannylib]

76. Once the midterms are over and we've won back both House and Senate

Gotta be some teeth to this thing. The reThuglicans must be so severely weakened that no one in his/her right mind would consider voting for one (I know, I know, no one in his/her right mind would do such a thing anyway, but you know what I mean...) ever ever ever ever again in light years.

I tell ya, if Chimpy were gettin' paid $.40 a turd to pick up dog shit, I'd say he was overpaid and in over his head.

[Kerrytravelers]

79. I voted.

Yes, this administration has hidden and manipulated information at every turn. It must be called to account.
93%

No, this administration has been making its best effort to deal with many bad situations. We don't need a Senate witch hunt.
6.8%

[Amonester]

80. Done. 10688 votes. Yes = 93.3% - eom

:kick:

[Wilms]

82. K&R n/t

[Gregorian]

85. Well, if Clinton's impeachment set a standard, then WHY NOT?

Why not?
Why not?
Why not?
Give me a good reason why not.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

86. Done & Kicked...

Visit my anti-war website, www.shockedandawful.com

[bdamomma]

87. done

[Imagevision]

89. Long overdue, this prez has displayed incompetency and corruption