Polling Companies LIE for BushCo

[Vinnie From Indy]

It is astounding that Zogby's polls show 52% of Americans favor impeachment if the President illegally wiretapped Americans without a warrant. Gallup/Rassmussen/Ipsos etc. claim that most Americans are OK with the spying. Which is it? My view is that AP/Gallup/USAToday etc. are merely the third leg in the BushCo stool of disinformation and propaganda. It seems obvious that their job is to "push" opinions on Americans and then use the results to try and isolate opposition and cause hesitancy in responding by opponents.

Conor Clark at Tom Paine explains.

"Do Americans care whether the government spies on its citizens? A number of polls on Bush's warrantless wiretaps have been published in the past two weeks and, in predictable fashion, proponents of the president's controversial program have trotted them out as evidence of widespread public support. But do the polls actually show us that the American people support the program? Not really. All the polls show is that Americans want a lot of things—protection from terrorism, as well as civil liberties and checks and balances—and their opinions on these subjects are more complex than a simple poll can suggest."

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20060113/americans_support_wiretaps_not_really.php

[stop_the_madness]

1. All polls are skewed

I put absolutely no faith in any poll. They are all skewed in some way or another. Whether it is the wording of the questions or down right fraud.

[AX10]

2. A majority, including myself defend wiretapping WITH A WARRANT...

ORDERED FROM A COURT (independent judiciary! Bush CANNOT spy on American citizens WITHOUT A COURT ORDERED WARRANT.
Also, a majority, including myself DEMAND IMPEACHMENT for Bush's breaking the law and violating our sacred Constitution!

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. I have no problem with spying if warrants are issued

by an independent judiciary. The polling companies working for BushCo merely have to craft the question appropriately and they can drastically affect the results.

[sandnsea]

4. Zogby said "consider" impeachment

IF there was illegal wiretapping. That indicates people listen to the world "illegal" and still recognize that the President shouldn't be engaged in illegal activity. Which is very different from having made up their minds that anything illegal took place, which is further evidenced by their support of some of this wiretapping, if done legally. I think those caveats matter more than the overall tone of the polls.