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09-13-2005, 02:13 AM
Impeachment talk grows, but Gallop won’t poll
WASHINGTON, DC — Pat Buchanan, former communications director to Pres. Ronald Reagan and two-time presidential candidate, has come to the conclusion that some courageous Republican legislator should move a bill for impeachment against Pres. Bush. Buchanan has many complaints, but the main reason mentioned in his syndicated column last week was that immigration reform, including a proposed "guest worker" program, would encourage a massive influx of illegal immigrants.
Although Democrats don’t agree with that argument, some have been pushing the Gallup poll organization to ask how many people in the United States support impeachment. Bob Fertik, who leads Democrats for Unity, argues in an Internet column that it’s a hot topic, pointing to 723,000 Internet links.
But Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport has so far refused to pose what he sees as a hypothetical question. “We will certainly ask Americans about their views on impeaching George W. Bush if, and when, there is some discussion of that possibility by congressional leaders, and/or if commentators begin discussing it in the news media. That has not happened to date,” he wrote to Fertik.
In response, Fertik noted in an article that has appeared on Common Dreams and other websites that many discussions of impeachment have appeared in the media, including statements or references by Buchanan, MSNBC newsman Keith Olberman, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, Fox News commentator Alan Combes, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, and Nixon era White House Counsel John Dean. He also pointed to a poll on impeachment of former President Clinton that appeared in January 1998, shortly after allegations about his affair with an intern surfaced.
In June, a Zogby poll found 42 percent support for impeachment if Bush lied about Iraq.
©2005 Vermont Guardian | info@vermontguardian.com
WASHINGTON, DC — Pat Buchanan, former communications director to Pres. Ronald Reagan and two-time presidential candidate, has come to the conclusion that some courageous Republican legislator should move a bill for impeachment against Pres. Bush. Buchanan has many complaints, but the main reason mentioned in his syndicated column last week was that immigration reform, including a proposed "guest worker" program, would encourage a massive influx of illegal immigrants.
Although Democrats don’t agree with that argument, some have been pushing the Gallup poll organization to ask how many people in the United States support impeachment. Bob Fertik, who leads Democrats for Unity, argues in an Internet column that it’s a hot topic, pointing to 723,000 Internet links.
But Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport has so far refused to pose what he sees as a hypothetical question. “We will certainly ask Americans about their views on impeaching George W. Bush if, and when, there is some discussion of that possibility by congressional leaders, and/or if commentators begin discussing it in the news media. That has not happened to date,” he wrote to Fertik.
In response, Fertik noted in an article that has appeared on Common Dreams and other websites that many discussions of impeachment have appeared in the media, including statements or references by Buchanan, MSNBC newsman Keith Olberman, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, Fox News commentator Alan Combes, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, and Nixon era White House Counsel John Dean. He also pointed to a poll on impeachment of former President Clinton that appeared in January 1998, shortly after allegations about his affair with an intern surfaced.
In June, a Zogby poll found 42 percent support for impeachment if Bush lied about Iraq.
©2005 Vermont Guardian | info@vermontguardian.com