CNN: Poll: Few doubt wrongdoing in CIA leak

[DeepModem Mom]

Poll: Few doubt wrongdoing in CIA leak
Special prosecutor's grand jury set to expire Friday
Tuesday, October 25, 2005


(CNN) -- Only one in 10 Americans said they believe Bush administration officials did nothing illegal or unethical in connection with the leaking of a CIA operative's identity, according to a national poll released Tuesday.

Thirty-nine percent said some administration officials acted illegally in the matter, in which the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative, was revealed.

The same percentage of respondents in the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll said Bush administration officials acted unethically, but did nothing illegal.

The poll questioned 1,008 adults October 21-23 and has a sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

Federal law makes it a crime to deliberately reveal the identity of a covert CIA operative, and special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is heading a probe into the matter....


http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/25/cia.leak/index.html

[Beetwasher]

1. JUICY!!!

Repubs will have a tough time spinning this as nothing.

[Scooter24]

3. They'll will attack the poll itself

which is typical for them. When Gallop polls say something bad for Bush, you will get repubs screaming, "Gallop polls are biased" "Gallop must have polled Democrats" blah blah blah.

However, if it's good news, then it's, "See, liberals are idiots. This news should be front page!"

This goes for every poll in existence.

[JokingClown]

7. scooter, that can be said of any political group in existance

and it doesnt help anything to make silly blanket insults.

[zonkra]

34. Interestingly enough...

the exact same percentage of repondents answered affirmatively when asked, "if you had to, could you find both cheeks of your butt if you were able to find and use both hands?"

Scientists call this "strong correlation".

[Boo Boo]

2. Wow. 90% of Americans are Moonbats!

:7

[NewJeffCT]

29. no, just the opposite

only 1 in 10 believe NOTHING illegal or unethical occurred. It is a very confusing headline.

[Boo Boo]

35. I know. "Moonbat" is a Freeper term for those that think the Bush

administration does illegal and unethical things; ergo: 90% of Americans are Moonbats.

I agree the headline is poorly worded, but the article itself is clear enough.

[qanda]

4. Most confusing title ever

[0007]

6. I agree!

[deadparrot]

9. Yeah, let's move out of negative word territory...

:shrug:

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

40. E-lim-in-ate the negative: "Almost all believe wrongdoing in CIA leak" n/t

[cassiepriam]

5. The public could still yawn, not much seems to bother them.

[Carolab]

41. I think plenty are plenty bothered.

Just waiting for justice to happen.

[goforit]

8. I guess the christian right will have to find another savior.

[CoffeeCat]

10. Poll: View Doubt Wrongdoing in CIA Leak (CNN)

My faith in the good people of this country, just might have been restored with this one article! Some of the poll results were curious. I still wonder why ANYONE thinks Junior is ethical. However, the vast majority thinks they did something wrong wrt Plame.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Only one in 10 Americans said they believe Bush administration officials did nothing illegal or unethical in connection with the leaking of a CIA operative's identity, according to a national poll released Tuesday.

Thirty-nine percent said some administration officials acted illegally in the matter, in which the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative, was revealed.

The same percentage of respondents in the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll said administration officials acted unethically, but did nothing illegal.

The poll was split nearly evenly on what respondents thought of Bush officials' ethical standards -- 51 percent saying they were excellent or good and 48 percent saying they were not good or poor.

(more)


http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/25/cia.leak/index.html

[Tiggeroshii]

25. self delete

[1932]

11. I just said the other day

that that was my perception (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2178065#2178089).

I'm glad to see that the polling confirms my impression.

[Tight_rope]

12. "Only one in 10"!.....I can't believe!

:wow: Did Bushco run out of kool-aid, or have American's thirst changed for sometime more tastier like the "TRUTH".:beer:

[primavera]

22. I'm not sure they care

That's always been the poser about support for Repukes: even when their crimes are exposed for all the world to see, people don't really seem all that interested. How can that be explained? My personal hypothesis is that Americans have become so jaded that they've come to expect corruption and criminal behavior from elected officials and they expect it equally from both parties. All things being thus equal, in their misinformed eyes, you may as well go with the party which at least has an accessible and compelling vision to which you can relate, such as the Repuke desire to ensure American dominance in the global community. "America number 1" is a pretty accessible message even the most child-like of minds can fathom. When Dems are limited in their articulation of their message to "Well, I was for the war at first, but then I wasn't, now I'm sort of for parts of it but against other parts..." people just yawn and think you're hopeless.

[osaMABUSh]

13. Worded so badly I wasn't sure if it was good or bad news for us

"Few doubt wrongdoing in CIA leak" at first blush you'd tink this meant few thought there was any wrongdoing. What a deliberate, piece of trash, mis-leading title.

Why not say "Most believe wrongdoing in CIA leak"?

[Dark]

14. So if 1 in 10 believe BushCo did something wrong, why do 4 in 10

still support him?

[mucifer]

20. give it a few days after the indictments

for it all to set in. Then watch the polls. (I hope I hope I hope).

[BadgerKid]

39. Sample groups were probably different n/t

.

[CAG]

15. Why do 9 out of 10 'murkins hate 'murka??? (nt)

[ClintonTyree]

32. No, 9 out of 10 think they DID do something wrong......

that's the most poorly worded headline I've ever seen. It's almost as if they intentionally wanted people to misunderstand it. No, not OUR MSM, they'd never do anything like that! :eyes:

[lovuian]

16. They keep pushing the revealing the identity and not the Perjury

and Cover up its the nightly spin!!!

[Hissyspit]

17. Poll: Few Doubt Wrongdoing In CIA Leak (9 in 10 Say Illegal or Unethical)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/25/cia.leak/index.html

Poll: Few doubt wrongdoing in CIA leak
Neighbor, former official questioned with grand jury set to expire

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Only one in 10 Americans said they believe Bush administration officials did nothing illegal or unethical in connection with the leaking of a CIA operative's identity, according to a national poll released Tuesday.

Thirty-nine percent said some administration officials acted illegally in the matter, in which the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative, was revealed.

The same percentage of respondents in the CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll said administration officials acted unethically, but did nothing illegal.

MORE AT LINK

[underpants]

18. Boy that lead paragraph is oddly worded

why not say "9 in 10 think {they} broke the law" or "9 in 10 think {they} did something illegal or unethical"?

[RebelOne]

21. It was perfectly clear to me.

ONLY ONE in 10 Americans said they believe Bush administration officials DID NOTHING illegal or unethical.

[primavera]

23. That's kind of what I thought too

I haven't quite understood why so many here seem to have had a hard time comprehending what seemed to me like a pretty comprehensible headline. Sure, saying that 90% believe that the administration are crooks would have been nice, but a) that's an unrealistic expectation from the MSM and b) it probably wouldn't be accurate either. It sounds like poll respondents didn't really know what to think, it just looked pretty bad, so they were inclined to suspect something must be going on. That's a far cry from saying everyone in the White House is a crook. Okay, so we all know they are crooks, but expecting that enlightened recognition from the masses of brainwashed sheeple is again kind of unrealistic.

[ECH1969]

42. It was clear to me as well

[tabasco]

19. Did the hurricanes affect the kool-aid supply too?

It seems the effects are wearing off.

Only the most gullible can abide the rank corruption and hypocrisy much longer.

[Toots]

24. Something funny about their percentages or their opening line

They said thirty nine percent think they were illegal and the same amount think they were unethical. That adds to 78% yet they say only 10% think they did no wrong. I didn't read the article so maybe the other 12% were undecided. :shrug:

[Tiggeroshii]

26. Alas! The remaining ten percent!

www.freerepublic.com

[progressivebydesign]

27. Folks. It's few DOUBT wrongdoing..

as in.. most believe there WAS wrongdoing.

[Tiggeroshii]

28. Pretty confusing title

[progressivebydesign]

30. Totally backwards sounding title, I agree.

I read it a few times just to be sure that my initial reaction was correct... after seeing others here reading the totally opposite into it.

[DUBYASCREWEDUS]

31. Those of you

who said the poll was worded badly are correct. Go to Taylormarsh.com and read her column regarding Rushbo the oxycotin king. He completely misread the poll and was pontificating how the country was behind Moron boy and then got caught in his own stupidity and had to retract. Maybe some of you heard the live version of Rush Limpballs.

[DeepModem Mom]

36. I wonder if Daryn corrected her friend Rush's misperception. nt

[bluebear200]

33. Something Strange Here

A couple of seemingly conflicting results from the poll:

"Only one in 10 Americans said they believe Bush administration officials did nothing illegal or unethical in connection with the leak, according to a national poll released Tuesday."

"The poll was split nearly evenly on what respondents thought of Bush officials' ethical standards -- 51 percent saying they were excellent or good and 48 percent saying they were not good or poor."

This seems to imply that some 40-50% of the people think it's ok for the government to act illegally or unethically - go figure!

(I too agree that the way it is worded is rather clumsy - it took me several readings to understand that 90% thought Bushco had acted illegally or unethically.)

[Initech]

37. Apparently the people being polled arent paying attention...

[OneForLuck]

38. Every time I see one of these polls

I try to convince myself that I am not being desperately naive in believing that the American public is finally starting to see what we've always known. I think I'm finally starting to regain my faith in the wisdom of people. Now here's to hoping that we can hold onto the momentum leading up to the 2006 elections.... *sigh*