MSNBC Poll - over 86% Believe Bush Should Be Impeached

[Twist_U_Up]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/

269272 responses

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. And how many are in favor of stem cell research?

I am about over these politicians who supposedly work for US ignoring what WE want.

[Ishoutandscream2]

93. Good point.

I know that there are MANY factors contributing to the high level of distaste for Bush. But I believe the stem cell veto was the last straw for many Americans.

[MissWaverly]

97. Yes, and people want us to withdraw in 1 year from Iraq

Murtha told us last December that Iraq was going down into a civil war that it would be
an impossible job for our soldiers to be caught up in a civil war, did we listen, NO, of course,
not because we are too busy listening to people like "I had 5 deferments" and I say stay the
course.

[Bucky]

129. Two hours after the OP. the total is 87% impeach

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? - 282312 responses

87.0% Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.

04.3% No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."

07.2% No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.

01.8% I don't know.

Not a scientific survey.

Hooray, we rule the internet. Anyone know any good Diebold hackers?

[MissWaverly]

132. I believe that Bush has a powerful group of supporters

but they are tiny, I do not believe that he won the 2000 election and I also don't believe that
he won in 2004. I believe that the majority of the US people do not want our continued involvement in Iraq and I also believe that the majority of the American people want a nation
of laws and want accountability for this administration.

[senseandsensibility]

2. kick

eom

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. Too bad Congress won't listen.

[JuniperLea]

36. Love the avitar...

My boyfriend has a tattoo just like that...

On your feet? Or on your knees? heh

[smtpgirl]

75. Rubber sucking teet assholes, that's

WHY!!!!

[Fridays Child]

4. k/r

[Kingshakabobo]

Just exactly how UNscientific can this be?

Has there been any polls from "traditional" pollsters? It seems as though he is dipping in to his back-wash base.....

[Lasher]

83. Yes, traditional pollsters have conducted surveys, but not enough

In a recent Zogby poll, Americans were asked what would restore their trust in government and the No. 1 reply was "personnel changes/impeachment." As David Swanson of impeachpac.org notes, polls by Ipsos, Zogby and American Research Group have found support between 43 percent and 53 percent. And if it's Democrats, the numbers shoot up to 80-90 percent, with a consistent majority of Independents supporting impeachment.

http://www.alternet.org/story/38042/

Here is a link to a web site that lists all the impeachment polls that have been conducted so far:

http://www.democrats.com/bush-impeachment-polls

Edit HTML tags

[rodeodance]

5. 269320 responses 87%

Live Vote
Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 269320 responses
Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%
No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.4%
No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.3%
I don't know.
1.8%
Not a scientific survey. Click to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding.

[rodeodance]

6. I am surprized that they let it up. Happy though.

[janetle]

99. Whoa! And I haven't voted so they don't have all of us!

[rodeodance]

7. nom.. keep it kicked

[rodeodance]

8. k

[panader0]

9. Damn!!! 269381 votes just now, 87% YES!!

It's not just DUer's that feel this way.

[durrrty libby]

10. So the hot summer is causing a Kool-Aid drought with only

13% still in denial.

[smtpgirl]

76. PLEASE, let that 13% just suck mud for

their rest of there life, I'm SO BAD,, but let them do that!!

[whistle]

11. I just added my YES vote, let's get the vote out

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 269414 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.4%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.3%

I don't know.
1.8%

[Catherine Vincent]

12. What's the big deal?

It's unscientific. But I hope they blare the results every night for the next month!

[BlueStater]

13. Fat chance of that with the current corrupt senate

There really ought to be term limits.

[Vogon_Glory]

17. Impeachment Proceedings Would have To Start In The House

Impeachment proceedings would have to start in the House of Representatives. If you think the Senate is corrupt, just wait until you get a load of the House of Representatives.

[Vogon_Glory]

14. 269,424 Votes--Still 87 Percent FOR Impeachment

Over a quarter million votes and 87 percent of the survey participants are FOR impeachment.

The on-line survey may be an unscientific sampling, but it looks like nearly a quarter-million Americans think that the lying and spying are considerably more serious grounds for impeaching a President than telling fibs about romps with an intern.

[Pokey Anderson]

43. Yeah. A quarter-of-a-million Americans

(oh wait, can the British and the Iraqis and the French and the Venezuelans vote?)

Well, let's assume it's mostly Americans.

That's a lot of folks.

There was a time 3 years ago when I figured there were only a few hundred or so who would dare whisper against this Administration.

[fordnut]

131. you know what I think

i think if Repukes were decent people they would have done the
honorable thing and impeached this lying s.o.b so this tell us
repukes are pussys and won't do whats right.

[David Zephyr]

15. K&R

:thumbsup:

[tech3149]

16. Proud to count my vote as part of the 86%

`of Americans woth functioning brain cells.

[MissB]

18. Really old poll. Second thread on this today.

Poll links back to an article from December 2005.

See, if they started a new one, it'd be like 98%.

[KoKo]

33. I just voted on the OP's link.... it said 88%......so I don't think it's

"old" or the link wouldn't have worked to allow a new post. :shrug:

[MissB]

44. Check the link at the bottom of the poll.

Not only that, but I remember voting in this poll many months back. :rofl:

[Andrea]

156. You're mistaken

Look at the links to articles at the bottom of the page - all current stuff including Sheehan buying property in Crawford. MSNBC doesn't leave polls up for months on end - generally less than a week.

[xxqqqzme]

130. agree - I noticed that as well.

Fineman calling specter the brilliant chairman of the judiciary committee who will be asking 'tough' questions of alito!?!?!?!

Eight months later - I'm still waiting for the brilliance 2 kick in.

"....If you thought the Samuel Alito hearings were going to be contentious, wait till you see them now. Sen. Arlen Specter, the prickly but brilliant chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has said that the issue of warrant-less spying by the NSA — and the larger question of the reach of the president’s wartime powers — is now fair game for the Alito hearings. Alito is going to try to beg off but won’t be allowed to. And members who might have been afraid to vote against Alito on the abortion issue might now have another, politically less risky, reason to do so...."

Yea, in your wet dreams howie!

[rep the dems]

19. Whoever says that he has done

"nothing wrong" should be declared mentally insane.

[butterfly77]

20. Happy to add my two cents he is still at 87%

[EFerrari]

21. Tell me those elections weren't STOLEN.

:kick:

[indygrl]

22. the only problem

would be a President Cheney. Can we go for a 2fer.

[City Lights]

23. done. 87% say yes.

I'll drink to that. :beer: :7

[Generic Other]

24. Holy crap 87% That's the most honest poll I've seen yet!!

Sounds like what anecdotal evidence tells me.

[biscotti]

25. love it - Done

[Swamp Rat]

26. done n/t

[Canuckistanian]

27. Done, holding at 87%

[marmar]

28. Done...con mucho gusto!

Please email this poll to everybody on Capitol Hill.

[longship]

29. Sweet Jee-bus. Astounding 87%

I know that this is not scientific, but these kind of things are probably scaring the shit out of Chimpie and Co.

MS/NBC has got to open their eyes that their coverage has got to change.
More Olbermann type reporting.

[Joey Liberal]

30. Done, with pleasure n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

31. Funny poll. Four questions, three variations on "no".

Yet 87% say yes.

Push all you want, pollsters. The blind squirrels still sometimes stumble onto a nut.

[Ready4Change]

55. Very much yes.

This poll tried it's best to shave off some of those "yes" votes. And STILL came out with 87% saying impeach, 13% saying ANYTHING else.

Why the hell that man is still in office just frigging BOGGLES. Hell, even half of the much vaunted 30% diehard right wingers must've voted for the Impeach option.

[Imajika]

32. Ofcourse...

..all this does is show just how ridiculous these unscientific polls are.

Not even close to 86% of the American public supports the idea that Bush should be impeachment.

[Hekate]

34. Be still, my heart

:wow:

Hekate

[Virginia Dare]

35. Where's the hang for treason option?

that would probably get a healthy percentage as well.

[ngant17]

37. still running steady at 87%

Don't frequent msnbc.com website very much, but had to chip in for this vote.

[JuniperLea]

38. The numbers of voters have increased

but the percentages have remained almost exactly the same over the past few hours...

Wow...

[Vidar]

39. done

[unpossibles]

40. the hard part to believe is

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching. = 7.2%

I don't know. = 1.8%




I'm not sure which of those two is worse.

[Buzz Clik]

41. Bogus.

No way that percentage of Americans believe he should be impeached.

I doubt that 87% of DU think he should be impeached and we hate him with a purple passion.

[Voltaire99]

42. Ha. Tell that to Democratic Party leaders

Don't get too excited by polls.

While citizens in their right mind may wish to impeach, the party of bipartisan bending-over and corporate contribution-splitting would rather just get along.

I mean, haven't you heard? If they win in November, the Democrats are going to "investigate" how we got into Iraq. LOL!

Look in the mirror, idiots.

[PADemD]

45. 87 Per Cent

[Karenca]

46. 87 ....nt

[sweetladybug]

47. Done, still holding at 87%

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 270683 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.4%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.2%

I don't know.
1.8%

[readmoreoften]

48. Holy Shit. /nt

[erknm]

49. It would take a fool to impeach W before Cheney dies.

Obviously this is not a scientific poll. A truly random poll of about 800 people can give us a better picture of how Americans feel than a voluntary poll on a website that is at least sympathetic to democrats.

DU could run a poll and just about 100% of us would want to kick him out, but that too would not be a true picture of America.

I for one, absolutely do not want W to get impeached, I think only a true idiot would want that. Such an action would leave us with another Dick in the Whitehouse. Now, if Cheney finally keels over from the overdue heart attack, then we can talk.

FH

[davhill]

87. Can't Cheney be impeached 1st?

Bush is just a puppet. Impeach the evil one first.

[bpeale]

113. impeach them both

they should both be impeached at the same time and then tried for war crimes.

[greiner3]

50. Imagine if the freepers hadn't voted en masse on this one;

I always thought the 30 something approval rating for bush was too high. Vindication will be ours!

[Pierzin]

51. Congress has to change first, but nice nonetheless!!!

yeeehaaw!
ANd I thought MSNBC was run by the right wingers, what Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, and all the rest are on there. Why would they publish a poll like that?

[Pierzin]

52. 270915 responses and still 87% favor impeachment!!

that is so awesome!

[erknm]

155. Limbaugh thinks that MSNBC is run by progressives

Thus the problem of labeling the media as being biased in one way or another. It is clear to me that Fox is biased, most of Clear Channel is biased, both to the right. We all have to admit to the bias of the NY Times. The LA Times was openly bent toward the left until their recent re-org. Now they look to be moving right.

I suspect that MSNBC, et al, are likely much more objective than either the left or right believes.

FH

[timontheleft]

53. Maybe it is unscientific, but

it's still a lot of fun to think about.

:headbang:

[Melissa G]

54. Done 87% n/t

[Janice325]

56. Done!

271424 votes and it's still 87% in favor of impeachment. WOW!

[madmusic]

57. Done. 87%

[indepat]

58. Me thinks W doesn't give a diddle-dy fu*k what 87% of the people think,

in a scientific or unscientific poll.

[OhioChick]

59. Done

87% Yes

[dkblogger]

63. CAN'T VOTE ! MSNBC GIVES ME BLANK PAGE .

[camby]

60. As bush would say: GIT-R-DONE!

I wonder what % of the American public thought Clinton should be impeached.

[NNadir]

61. I can't vote in the poll. It doesn't seem to need my help though.

[Liberty Belle]

62. How to bump this into the stratosphere...

Let's get this into the tens of millions. Here's how:

Post this link on every blog.
Google "democratic Club" in your state and send to the president of every single one. ask them to forward to their members.

Send to local union heads. MoveOn, DFA, PDA groups in your area. Sierra Club. women's groups. you name it.

Got an Air America affiliate or other liberal radio station? Email the host and ask to have a link for this impeachment poll posted at their site.

Email it to your county Democratic Party chair. Also Green Party, Peace & Freedom Party, & Libertarian Party candidates and officers.

Send to every Democrat in public office and every Democrat running for public office. Ask them to forward it to their supporters.

I'll bet we top two million by the morning!

[dkblogger]

64. Agreed. But msnbc for me is blank page. WHY ?

[dweller]

66. it will still be unscientific, but

:kick:

what the hell...it's worth it.
dp

[Booster]

65. That's an impressive poll, but since the Dimson is the official

little dictator, who cares what the commoners think?

[orleans]

67. 272783 and looks like the vote is over

damn
i didn't get a change to vote!

87 percent say YES!

ha!

[peacetalksforall]

68. I think the evangelical radicals are off studying their rapture manuals.

If not, the typical numbers for loyal followers, religious or not, has dropped from about 27/35 to 11/12.

I dismiss polls, but this is interesting.

[The Backlash Cometh]

69. Ha, ha, ha!

That's good news. Don't back down, guys. You know the churches are going to throw a Hail Mary pass, tweaking our Christian responsibility to forgive.

We'll show them the compassion they showed Clinton.

[and-justice-for-all]

70. Haha..Dubya is on the outs....Loser!

I just voted too...part of the 87% that says he needs to be sitting right next Saddam so they can both be tried at the sametime.

[madrchsod]

71. msnbc gets these kinds of numbers in a poll

this must be close to the average number of viewers they average over 24 hours. if i were an executive at msnbc i`d be looking to change my programming

[smtpgirl]

72. So let the "public" hold hearings

"We the public, would impeach", but "We, the Congress would not"!!


Let that be a starting point of the 2006 elections.

VOTE, you assholes, it's the only way, have a mass vote. Diebold couldn't touch that one!!

FYI, I attended a party tonight, the majority of the people, by my surprise "Hated" *ush!!

[Hulk]

73. they showed me

Damn, I got kicked off rightwingnews for the fourth time. This is frustrating. Honest to God, all I did this time was post the website for the MSNBC poll. Thought they'd like to get in there and cast their votes. Guess they don't like to see that crap in front of their faces. Shame on me.
What name and phony email address will I come up with next???

[newyawker99]

91. Hi Hulk!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[smtpgirl]

74. Why doesn't MSNBC have a choice of

Get that Bastard off the PLANET???

I would vote 10 times for that!!

[valerief]

77. 87% impeachment, 273,000+ votes

[DemsRBetterLovers]

78. Screw voting...

lets burn this mother to the ground...

[MagickMuffin]

79. Latest Update

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 273705 responses
Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.

87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."

4.3%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.

7.2%

I don't know.

1.8%

[Warren DeMontague]

80. So I guess by constantly shoving Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Melanie Morgan

and these other right wing maniacs down our throats, they are trying to appeal to... what...

that 14% market share?

[lakeguy]

81. Update...

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 274202 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.3%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.2%

I don't know.
1.8%

[cyclezealot]

82. thanks, Just got my yes vote in too.

[SoCalDem]

84. Every state should have that on the ballot this Nov..

A simple yes or no..

Does the president deserve impeachment..

not saying it would happen.. just a more accurate "poll"...

It would be fun to see if extra people showed up top vote ....just knowing that one was there :evilgrin:"

[MsMagnificent]

85. 87% Yes -- N = 275K

It's amazing that the die-hard freepers who always vote for the 'the man has done absolutely nothing wrong' option, historically a solid 15%,
are down to 7.1%!!
:bounce: :applause:


Edit: Of course, if it was a CNN poll, it would be 100% "No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong" :eyes:
After that fiasco of propaganda, I will NEVER watch CNN again!

[liberal N proud]

86. Now 87% - WOW!

The freepers can't even touch that number

[NancyG]

88. 87% nt

[Blackhatjack]

89. Why a Dec 2005 Fineman article, and no real action since then?

Clearly Fineman hit upon the danger to this democracy in December of 2005, and yet there has been no effective opposition to authoritarians inhabiting the White House and the NeoCon Cabal in the Pentagon.

We just do not have protectors of the Constitution holding office in Washington, D.C. And as power has been grabbed and consolidated within an imperial White House Administration, our ability to turn things around grows dimmer with each passing day.

We need to hold responsible those who "enabled" this group of criminals. These is no other way to begin to build an effective opposition that will take back our country from these corrupt actors that do not deserve a place in any political party.

I believe it will take Dems, Repubs and Independents TOGETHER to stop this train wreck, and there is surely common ground to meet upon when it comes to saving our country. However, this coming together will not occur until they sense that the "people who are votering" are fed up, and not going to take it any more. We need to look no further than Mexico in their most recent presidential election to see what it will take to stand up to corruption at the ballot box. And until these politicians see that the same could result here, it will continue to be more of the same that we have already experienced.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

90. 275901 responses and 87%...now this is fun! n/t

MKJ

[The Cleaner]

92. 87 Percent Now

Maybe America is starting to wake up!

MSNBC had BETTER shout this far and wide!!

[lovuian]

94. I'm proud of Americans

They waking up!!!

[WilliamPitt]

95. LOL

You're proud of Americans who can afford computers and internet connections who found their way to the MSNBC poll. All 200,000 of them.

So am I.

I'm also not taking this too seriously, unfortunately. We need the other 200,000,000 on board.

[skylarmae]

96. 87% now...

[IselaB]

98. For crying out loud, people

It's an unscientific poll. The results are absolutely meaningless.

[Sherman A1]

101. Absolutely

and it's still a vote of 269,000 people, so while certainly unscientific, I think it says something and at the very, very least, I also believe the right question has been asked.

[formercia]

108. If it's meaningless

why aren't people voting against impeachment in similar numbers.

Obviously, the freepers must be having a kegger somwhere.....:sarcasm:

[IselaB]

147. REAL polls show support for impeachment above 40%

So that means a lot more than 200,000 people support impeachment in this country. This poll is meaningless.

It's really depressing to see that people here are as inclined toward emotional irrationalism as the freepers. So much for that idea about us being the smart ones.

Well, enjoy your "exciting poll results." With 80% of Americans supporting impeachment, I'm sure it will only be a matter of weeks before Dick Cheney is president.

[Twist_U_Up]

134. Meaningless lol

by the looks of the responses, I will have to Laugh out Loud.

Somebody cares.

[nam78_two]

100. I wouldn't EVER want to meet the ~20,000 people who think...

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.


Scary scary people those...:scared:

[daveskilt]

107. don't go to utah, idaho, wyoming or georgia then

all places I have lived unfortunately

[Seabiscuit]

102. Voted. Now: 87% with 278,034 responses.

Only 10.4% think he shouldn't be impeached, with 7.3% thinking he's made mistakes, but hasn't commited "high crimes and misdemeanors" and 4.1% thinking he hasn't done anything wrong at all.

So now only 4.1% of Americans believe wholeheartedly in Bush. That spells "lunatric fringe" to me.

[EstimatedProphet]

103. So how is Bush's approval 40%?

[formercia]

105. That's a very good question.

Too much margin of error to be a legitimate percentage.

[nam78_two]

115. 40%??? I thought it was more like 22-23?

(except for those super-reliable Faux "noos" poll? And Rasmussn :eyes:)

How is it 40 :shrug:? Did I miss something?

[formercia]

104. K&R

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 278101 responses
87% Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.

4.3% No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and sdemeanors."

7.1% No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.

1.8% I don't know.

[rosesaylavee]

106. 278,124 votes now - 87% give thumbs down on *

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 278124 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.3%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.1%

I don't know.
1.8%

Those numbers look fairly decisive to me. :bounce:

[Kire]

109. It's from December of 2005

I bet another version of this becomes the Greatest thread in three months

it becomes popular about every couple of months, I know I've seen it once before and it was already old

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

110. I hope it keeps popping up until it hits a million, or more, votes

MKJ

[seemslikeadream]

111. HEY DEMOCRACTIC AND REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND REPRESENTIVES

DO YOU EVER READ POLLS?

READ THE WRITING ON THE WALL

HE'S NOT FOOLING ANYONE

YOU WILL BE SORRY

JUMP SHIP

IT IS NOT TOO LATE

THERE'S ONLY 2571 DEAD

STOP HIM NOW

BEFORE THE WALL GETS TOO BIG

[bpeale]

112. general election

i think a general election should be held with only one issue on the ballot: should bush be impeached. if the results are yes, then congress will immediately begin the proceedings. if they do not, then everyone who refuses to abide by the publics decision, will be immediately recalled & a new election for their seat will be held. they will not impeach unless there are consequences for their refusal to do so.

[earth mom]

114. There is no way to freep the vote...or it would have been done.

The evidence is damning and overwhelming.

Bush has 13% support. :rofl:

[Blutodog]

116. Means Nothing!

Bu$h could care less. He not only doesn't give a flying fuck what anyone thinks or feels plus he's not planning on ever leaving the WH. His gang will dream up some Nat'l emergency that will allow them to suspend the constitution permanently so King Dumbfuck can be Preznit for life.

[LincolnMcGrath]

117. * 280144 responses

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 280144 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.3%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.1%

I don't know.
1.8%

[boolean]

118. IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC

While I don't doubt that the majority of the people would like to see Bush impeached, can we please stop being intellectual cripples?

This poll is not scientific. It's completely meaningless. Anyone who points to this poll to make any sort of point whatsoever about anything makes us all look like a bunch of dumbasses.

Come on guys.

[Bill McBlueState]

124. thank you

I wholeheartedly agree.

Can we please stop being intellectual cripples and leave that to the Freepers?

[boolean]

125. I'm kinda surprised it made the home page

What about all those freeper friendly polls that show a favorable opinion of a bush policy? We always say those aren't scientific and have no meaning, so why shouldn't the same thing apply to us?

I'm not sure how things get selected to be on the home page. I assume the admins have a say in it. If they do, I don't know why they'd put an online unscientific poll there. I've found this site to be extremely credible over the years, and things like this damage that credibility a little bit. Granted, it doesn't happen all that often!

[IselaB]

148. Thank you. This is pathetic. n/t

[Freeusfromthechurch]

119. One more vote for the removal of King George

A dream vote, pinch. Damn and what a beautiful dream it was.

[OneTwentyoNine]

120. I'll bump this one up! nt

[OneTwentyoNine]

121. Its not over--VOTE NOW! nt

[DocSavage]

122. Nope

that poll has not be influenced at all. Come on, it like stalin winning with 99% of the vote.

[Liberal In Texas]

123. Wow. Now 281162 responses. Still 87% YES. n/t

[Gatchaman]

126. I know these aren't supposed to be "scientific" polls

but when you have this large a response, and one overwhelming response, it can't be attributed to certain groups "DU"'ing or "freep"'ing the poll.

Does anyone know what the usual number of replys is to an MSNBC live poll?

[Flying Dream Blues]

127. Done. Still 87% with 282,199 votes. Dare we hope? nt

[boolean]

128. Why not?

Who says some other group isn't flooding the poll? Who says WE aren't flooding the poll? You know how many people visit this site? Think of all the lurkers.

But that's not the point. It doesn't take a "flood" to get wrong results in an unscientific poll. Only the people who see the poll and choose to respond to the poll get their answers logged. In this case the majority happened to be people who support impeachment. It's equally likely that this poll would have been 87% against impeachment on another day. It's not a valid random sample. It's bullshit.

Stop this idiocy.

[Twist_U_Up]

133. it was nearly 270,000 before DU was aware of poll

so to say that DUs impact makes it bias is just silly

[boolean]

136. I'll tell you what's silly

Claiming that an unscientific poll is somehow scientific is what's silly. It doesn't matter what you say. You can pull out a calculator and do all sorts of complicated computations. You can buy a CRAY and have it crunch numbers for weeks on end, have it analyze the data, make all sorts of fancy graphs and charts, run an artificial intelligence simulator, be abducted by super intelligent aliens with superior anal probe technology than our own and ask them what they think of this poll...

The sample will still be invalid. It will still be meaningless.

[Twist_U_Up]

143. Hmmmmm

so did you vote ?

If so which option did you pick ?

Never mind I have a feeling I know.

[boolean]

145. Funny how you imply I'm a freeper

I know I don't have 1000+ posts here, but your implications that I'm a conservative trolling around here has one fatal flaw: I'm right and you're wrong.

I did not vote in this poll and I don't intend to vote in this poll. I never participate in these stupid online polls. They don't mean shit. All you people getting excited over this look like fools. That it made the home page also hurts the credibility of this site and hurts the rest of us who have more than 2 neurons.

How does having a feeling that you know how I voted in an unscientific online poll that means nothing negate the fact that the poll is an unscientific online poll that means nothing?

[Twist_U_Up]

150. Oh take a pill

Its just a poll.

Right ?

[IselaB]

149. Hmmmmm. So you get excited about unscientific polls, eh?

Seems to me that's rather irrational and even anti-intellectual. Kind of like espousing "truthiness." So... which option did you choose. Never mind, I think I know.

The poll is meaningless. And boolean is right, failing to understand that makes us look as intellectually crippled as the freepers.

[Benfea]

137. Unscientific is meaningless.

The Freepers used to use this sort of thing to influence public opinion. They'd "bomb" a poll, then some conservopundit would hold up the poll results as somehow meaningful. Because of the past tactics of Freepers, there are a lot of liberal online groups that go looking for polls like this to influence.

Even if this "bombing" practice weren't going on, it would still be pretty meaningless. A proper poll takes basic data about each respondent (geography, pay scale, gender, age, political proclivities, race, etc.), then weights each response based on what percentage of a given population that person represents. With these online polls, there is simply no way to measure how far off your poll results are from a proper national average. It's not just that these polls are off, it's that there is no way to find out how off they are. The results could be exactly the opposite of a scientific poll on the same subject, and you would never know, even with a large sample size such as this.

[0007]

135. Who are the 7.3%?

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 283,550 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors."
4.3%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.3%
I don't know.
1.8%

War crimes & more war crimes if the madman isn't stopped soon.

[danhan]

138. Reality check

As much as this makes everyone sqeal with delight, it really is unscientific. Majority? Maybe. 87%? Get real. The people voting on this are only the people who look for this sort of thing on the web. Period.

There are much bigger things going on to get things going in the right direction. Don't be distracted by this trival "push poll."

[LynneSin]

139. It's an online poll which basically means the number is very skewed

Basically means the liberal websites outnumbered the conservative websites in overtaking the poll. People here have got to remember that a vast majority of people out there in this country do not use their computers for following politics and making electorial choices. Nor do they rush out and search for every poll out there where they feel their vote actually has some influence.

This poll is a joke and why it's on the home page of DU is beyond me - the numbers are a false reality

[akushuki]

140. This is a straw poll not a scientific poll.

Look up the difference.

[SensibleAmerican]

141. Those same MSNBC polls said 70% wanted Clinton impeached in 1998

n/t

[Seabiscuit]

154. Congress responded to that 70%. It won't respond to this 87%

How do you like them apples?

[orleans]

142. 285631 responses; 87% say IMPEACH! n/t

[Tennessee Gal]

144. Done!

87% yes

[spanone]

146. WE the People Obviously have no say in OUR government anymore.

Why is that? I suggest we take it back.

[muchacho]

151. 289601

Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 289601 responses
Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial. 87%
No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors." 4.3%
No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching. 7.2%
I don't know. 1.8%

[Seabiscuit]

152. 87% with 293536 responses

4.3% write his crimes off as "missteps". Yeah, like deliberately wiretapping us all without warrants is nothing more than an "oops!"

7.2% terminally misinformed believe he's done "absolutely nothing wrong".

Even 0.01% "no" would be a shameful statement about this country's citizens. And this poll show's 11.5% of us are morans.

[lonestarnot]

153. I think it is stuck at 87%

[Xenotime]

157. How many polls do we have to take before the * is impeached?

[truebluecollar]

158. Impeachment first, the Hague second.