Well, He Beat Nixon
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That’s about the only thing that Bush and his apologists can take from a survey that shows the President’s approval rating at 35%.
By comparison, the lowest approval in the second term of the far left wing radical Democrat Bill Clinton was 57%.
Also of note is the clear fact that America can tell the difference between being evasive on a private sexual indiscretion and lying under oath about leaking classified information to the media in order to fight a political opponent.
HOW IMPORTANT TO THE NATION IS THE CIA LEAK MATTER?
CIA Leak
Great importance – 51%
Some importance – 35%
Little/no importance – 12%Clinton-Lewinsky (1/98)
Great importance – 41%
Some importance – 21%
Little/no importance – 37%
>> Of course, according to the bias pimps at MRC, pointing out the factually accurate level of the President’s approval rating is “bias”. The facts, my friends, are hopelessly biased.
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We know Libby lied. The question is “why” ? That’s the meat of this issue.
Considering the absence of ‘tapes’ which was the lynchpin (no pun intended)
for Nixon’s resignation, the Republican Right Wingers will continue to insist the earth is ‘flat’ and will not stipulate that it is round until the last cow has come home. When and how that will happen; who knows?
Also of note is the clear fact that America can tell the difference between being evasive on a private sexual indiscretion and lying under oath about leaking classified information to the media in order to fight a political opponent.
Being evasive? He flat out lied in his testimony in a sexual harassment lawsuit.
If Libby is guilty of lying to the Grand Jury, then he should be punished accordingly.
If he charged him with lying, he must know what the truth of the matter is, so Quaker’s response simply begs the question.
The prosecutor answered this exact question in his press conference.
Was Libby indicted for lying about leaking classified information? If so, why was he not also indicted for the actual leak?
Face it. Bush is an unpopular president. He will have to try to rehabilitate his image after his term is over.
And he doesn’t have the skills to do that pounding nails for Habitat for Humanity. Ever see that clip of the wimpy chimpy trying to drive a nail for a photo op after Katrina?
I see a Gameboy future for him. Some golf too.
The truth of the matter that Fitz claims to know is that Cheney and other government sources told Libby about Valerie. The lie came when Libby told the grand jury that he heard it first from reporters.
What Fitz doesn’t seem to think he’s able to prove is that Libby and others knew that Valerie was covert. Common sense indicates that they probably did, but common sense isn’t necessarily the basis of a prosecutable case.
JD
“America can tell the difference between being evasive on a private sexual indiscretion and lying under oath about leaking classified information to the media in order to fight a political opponent.”
Wrong on two out of two counts. Who has been proven to lie under oath re leaking classified? Hell’ JD, who’s even been charged with that? And I suggest you forego the revisonist history on Bubba and consult Judge Wright.
Dugger, Unfortunately for Progressives, Remembers
Ahh…Oliver links to a leftist site which has the poll linked from…tada….CBS! Where 46% MORE Dems were polled than Republicans…wow…imagine that, huh?
Nice try though…
No, it doesn’t.
As I said, Fitzgerald answered exactly this question. The applicable law that criminalizes the leaking of classified information requires a prosecutor to prove state of mind. Fitzgerald passes.
That Mr. Fitzgerald declines to try that question doesn’t release Mr. Libby from his obligation to answer truthfully to federal investigators and a grand jury. Fitzgerald seems to think he can make the case that Mr. Libby has failed to meet that obligation.
Say, Pyle. I don’t see anything like that in the CBS story. Where’d you get it?
Nice work Farris.
Now let’s try to make some sense of Mr. Pyle’s hysteria, shall we?
Out of 936 respondents to the survey, 259 were Republicans (about 28 percent), and 326 were Democrats (about 35 percent).
But wait! 28 percent and 35 percent only add up to…lemme take off my shoe…63 percent! Something’s wrong here!
I see. Mr. Pyle forgot…I say “forgot” about the 351 Independents who took part in the survey. They make up the other 37 percent.
So if I follow Mr. Pyle’s point, he’s saying it’s liberal bias, by Golly! to include 35 percent Democrats and only 28 percent Republicans in a random survey of public attitudes.
That raises an interesting question. Can you guess what it is?
I knew you could. The question is: What percentage of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents would give us a representative sample of American adults?
I used my mad Google skillz and the best I could come up with was this:
Let’s see, the national breakdown by party is 26/33/38 GOP/Dem/Indy with 3 percent Other. The CBS survey breakdown was what again? 28/35/37.
With a 3.3 percent margin of error.
Looks good to me.
CBS News Poll
New CBS News poll out tonight. Highlights:
Bush job approval at all time low of 35%
Bush favorable rating at 33%
Right track 27%, wrong track 68%
Congress job approval 34%
Congressional Dem favorable rating 41%, Congressional Republican favorable rating 35%
Now for the numbers behind the numbers. Take a look at the composition of the respondents:
Total Respondents (Unweighted) = 936
Republicans = 259 (27.67%)
Democrats = 326 (34.83%)
Independents = 351 (37.5%)
Now look at the weighted sample:
Republicans: 223 (23.80%)
Democrats: 326 (34.79%)
Independents: 388 (41.4%)
The result is a 35% job approval for the president, which is roughly 4-8 points lower than the other polls out right now.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2005/11/cbs_news_poll.html
I think all the stories, every time a poll is released, about the composition of the people polled is so much nonsense since the folks running these polls have done so on the mark for eons. And that includes liberals who have and continue to do the same.
dugger : I apologize. I was quoting O-Dub. I forgot to include the quotation marks. I cannot imagine myself coming up with those sentences on my own.
And ever since 2000, we’ve seen election after election after election after election won by Republicans. Nearly accross the board. So either those “Independents” aren’t really independent at all, or polling companies are basing their polls on bad data.
Come to think of it, this explains why polls have been so “off” during the past 5 years. You know, how every Democrat swears they’re up in the polls and yet continue to lose. Maybe it’s not vote fraud: it’s poll fraud. By using incorrect demographic information in order to build polls, Democrats are building themselves a false sense of security which leads to a lack of urgency.
JD,
Actually, I shot from the hip. Ready, fire, aim. My apologies.
Dugger
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Hunh?
Here’s how it works, Farris. The company conducting the poll calls people at random. Among other things, they ask: What is your political affiliation?
Between 35 and 40 percent of a properly randomized sample respond: independent.
So somehow you think it’s a sign of bias that the polling company actually accepts this answer?
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