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> > > Begin forwarded message: > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: November 11, 2005 7:33:13 PM PST >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: The "I" Word >> >> >> November 4, 2005 >> http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff11042005.html >> If He Lied, He Must be Tried >> >> A Majority Now Favors Impeachment >> >> By DAVID LINDORFF >> >> Impeachment of the president has gone mainstream. >> >> An astonishing 53 percent of Americans in a new poll released >> today by Zogby International now support impeachment of President >> George W. Bush if it can be shown that he lied to get the US into >> a war with Iraq. >> >> Equally stunning, the poll, which was commissioned by the >> organization After Downing Street, shows that even among so-called >> independents, support for impeachment is 50 percent, and among >> Republicans, it has reached 29 percent or more than one in four. >> >> The poll, which surveyed 1200 people across the country during the >> Oct. 29-November 2 period, shows a marked rise in support for >> impeachment in recent months. >> >> In late June, Zogby, a non-partisan survey organization, polled >> using the same question, and found 42 percent of the public in >> favor of impeachment of the president. >> >> Less than a month ago, Ipsos Public Affairs also polled on >> impeachment and found 50 percent in favor. >> >> John Zogby confesses to having been "surprised" at the latest >> result, calling the 19 percent shift in favor of impeachment over >> four months' time "remarkable" and "much higher than I expected." >> >> The numbers have to be worrisome to an increasingly embattled >> White House. After all, it suggests that a higher proportion of >> the American public now favors impeachment than voted for him, >> even using the official vote totals from the scandal-plagued 2004 >> election. >> >> The numbers will give new urgency and energy to several grass- >> roots organizations, including Democrats.com, Democracy Rising, >> and Not In Our Name, which are all pressing for impeachment to be >> an issue in the 2006 congressional campaign. >> >> In fact, Bob Fertik, president of Democrats.com, in announcing the >> latest Zogby results, also announced formation of an impeachment >> campaign fund, Impeach PAC, which he said hopes will quickly raise >> $100,000 via the Internet to be parceled out to those >> congressional candidates who promise to support an immediate >> simultaneous impeachment of President Bush and vice President Dick >> Cheney for lying in the runup to the Iraq War. >> >> The latest Zogby poll shows support for impeachment being the >> majority position in all parts of the US except for the South and >> in all age groups except for those 65 and older, only 42 percent >> of whom supported having Congress oust the president. >> >> Clearly, the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the mounting >> US death toll in Iraq which has now passed the 2000 mark, and a >> string of corruption scandals and poor decisions (notably the >> Katrina response) has Americans ready to contemplate forcibly >> ousting the president from office before his term is up. >> >> So far, not one Democratic member of Congress has announced plans >> to enter a bill of impeachment in the House. >> > > > --Apple-Mail-7-1029172547 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: > space; -khtml-= > line-break: after-white-space; "> > > <BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple- > interchan= > ge-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: > 0px; margin-= > right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT > face=3D"Helvetica"= > size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; > color: #00000= > 0"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" > style=3D"font: 12= > .0px Helvetica"><A href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</ > A></FONT= > >> </DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin- >> bottom: 0px;= >> > margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" > color=3D"#000000" s= > tyle=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></ > FONT><FONT fa= > ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px > Helvetica">November 11, 20= > 05 7:33:13 PM PST</FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin- > right: 0= > px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT > face=3D"Helvetica" size= > =3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: > #000000"><B= > >> To: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: >> 12.0px He= >> > lvetica"><A href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A></ > FONT></DI= > V><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: > 0px; marg= > in-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" > color=3D"#000000" style= > =3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT > face=3D"= > Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A > href=3D"mailto:EMa= > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>, <A > href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">jim626= > [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>, <A href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL > PROTECTED]</A></ > FONT></DI= > V><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: > 0px; marg= > in-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" > color=3D"#000000" style= > =3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></ > FONT><FONT fac= > e=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>The > "I" Word<= > /B></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; > margin-bot= > tom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR > class=3D"Appl= > e-interchange-newline"> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D"4">November 4, > 2005</FONT= > >> </STRONG></DIV> <DIV><A href=3D"http://www.counterpunch.org/ >> lindorff1104200= >> > 5.html">http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff11042005.html</A></DIV> > <H1><I><= > FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" color=3D"#990000" size=3D"+2">If He > Lied, He M= > ust be Tried</FONT></I></H1> <H1><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" > size=3D"+2">= > A Majority Now Favors Impeachment</FONT></H1><P><FONT face=3D"Times > New Roma= > n" size=3D"+2">By DAVID LINDORFF</FONT></P><P><FONT > color=3D"#990000" size= > =3D"+3">I</FONT><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1">mpeachment of > the preside= > nt has gone mainstream.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" > size=3D"-1"><STR= > ONG><FONT color=3D"#ff0000"><EM>An astonishing 53 percent of > Americans in a=20= > new poll released today by Zogby International now support > impeachment of Pr= > esident George W. Bush</EM></FONT></STRONG> if it can be shown that > he lied=20= > to get the US into a war with Iraq.</FONT></P><P><FONT > face=3D"Verdana" size= > =3D"-1">Equally stunning, the poll, which was commissioned by the > organizati= > on After Downing Street, shows that even among so-called > independents, suppo= > rt for impeachment is 50 percent, and among Republicans, it has > reached 29 p= > ercent or more than one in four.</FONT></P><P><FONT > face=3D"Verdana" size= > =3D"-1">The poll, which surveyed 1200 people across the country > during the O= > ct. 29-November 2 period, shows a marked rise in support for > impeachment in=20= > recent months. </FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1">In > late June= > , Zogby, a non-partisan survey organization, polled using the same > question,= > and found 42 percent of the public in favor of impeachment of the > president= > . </FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1">Less than a > month ago, Ip= > sos Public Affairs also polled on impeachment and found 50 percent > in favor.= > </FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1">John Zogby > confesses to hav= > ing been "surprised" at the latest result, calling the 19 percent > shift in f= > avor of impeachment over four months' time "remarkable" and "much > higher tha= > n I expected."</FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1">The > numbers h= > ave to be worrisome to an increasingly embattled White House. After > all, it=20= > suggests that a higher proportion of the American public now favors > impeachm= > ent than voted for him, even using the official vote totals from > the scandal= > -plagued 2004 election.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" > size=3D"-1">The=20= > numbers will give new urgency and energy to several grass-roots > organization= > s, including Democrats.com, Democracy Rising, and Not In Our Name, > which are= > all pressing for impeachment to be an issue in the 2006 > congressional campa= > ign.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1">In fact, Bob > Fertik, pr= > esident of Democrats.com, in announcing the latest Zogby results, > also annou= > nced formation of an impeachment campaign fund, Impeach PAC, which > he said h= > opes will quickly raise $100,000 via the Internet to be parceled > out to thos= > e congressional candidates who promise to support an immediate > simultaneous=20= > impeachment of President Bush and vice President Dick Cheney for > lying in th= > e runup to the Iraq War.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" > size=3D"-1">The= > latest Zogby poll shows support for impeachment being the majority > position= > in all parts of the US except for the South and in all age groups > except fo= > r those 65 and older, only 42 percent of whom supported having > Congress oust= > the president.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" > size=3D"-1">Clearly, the= > indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the mounting US death toll > in Iraq=20= > which has now passed the 2000 mark, and a string of corruption > scandals and=20= > poor decisions (notably the Katrina response) has Americans ready > to contemp= > late forcibly ousting the president from office before his term is > up. </FON= > T></P><P><FONT face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"-1"><STRONG>So far, not one > Democrat= > ic member of Congress has announced plans to enter a bill of > impeachment in=20= > the House.</STRONG> </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > <br><br> > <tt> > www.ctrl.org<BR> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER<BR> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<BR> > ctrl is a discussion & informational exchange list. > Proselytizing propag= > andic screeds are unwelcomed. 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