{"id":2284,"date":"2006-01-15T12:42:38","date_gmt":"2006-01-15T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2006-01-15T12:42:38","modified_gmt":"2006-01-15T16:42:38","slug":"new-zogby-poll-majority-supports-impeachment-consideration-for-warrantless-nsa-wiretaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2284","title":{"rendered":"NEW ZOGBY POLL: Majority Supports Impeachment Consideration for Warrantless NSA Wiretaps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/00002283.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BushDepressedWalk_med.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democrats.com\/bush-impeachment-poll-2\">new Zogby Poll<\/a>, just announced, to be officially release tomorrow shows that a majority of Americans would support  Congressional consideration of the impeachment of George W. Bush if, in fact, he wiretapped U.S. citizens without obtaining a legal warrant to do so!<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\">By a margin of 52% to 43%, Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he wiretapped American citizens without a judge&#8217;s approval, according to a new poll commissioned by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democrats.com\/AfterDowningStreet.org\">AfterDowningStreet.org<\/a>, a grassroots coalition that supports a Congressional investigation of President Bush&#8217;s decision to invade Iraq in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted by Zogby International, the highly-regarded non-partisan polling company. The poll interviewed 1,216 U.S. adults from January 9-12.<\/p>\n<p>The poll found that 52% agreed with the statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If President Bush wiretapped American citizens without the approval of a judge, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider holding him accountable through impeachment.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<b>Impeachment Supported by Majorities of Many Groups<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Responses to the Zogby poll varied by political party affiliation: 66% of Democrats favored impeachment, as did 59% of Independents, and even 23% of Republicans. By ideology, impeachment was supported by Progressives (90%), Libertarians (71%), Liberals (65%), and Moderates (58%), but not by Conservatives (33%) or Very Conservatives (28%).<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<b>Support for Clinton Impeachment Was Much Lower<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In August and September of 1998, 16 major polls asked about impeaching President Clinton (<a href=\"http:\/\/democrats.com\/clinton-impeachment-polls\">http:\/\/democrats.com\/clinton-impeachment-polls<\/a>). Only 36% supported hearings to consider impeachment, and only 26% supported actual impeachment and removal. Even so, the impeachment debate dominated the news for months, and the Republican Congress impeached Clinton despite overwhelming public opposition.<\/div>\n<p>Earlier today, we posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/archives\/00002282.htm\">video of Arlen Specter<\/a>, of the Senate Judiciary Committee, admitting on ABC&#8217;s <i>This Week<\/i> that &#8220;impeachment&#8221; was one of the first remedies for the illegal wiretapping by a President of U.S. Citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Zogby Poll, just announced, to be officially release tomorrow shows that a majority of Americans would support Congressional consideration of the impeachment of George W. Bush if, in fact, he wiretapped U.S. citizens without obtaining a legal warrant to do so! 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