Fox News Poll: Clinton Gets Blame for 9-11
Saturday, June 8, 2002 11:24 a.m. EDT
newsmax.com
By a margin of 2 to 1, Americans blame ex-president Clinton over President Bush for failing to stop last September's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, a new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics survey reveals.
As hearings into 9-11's intelligence failures were getting under way last week on Capitol Hill, 900 registered voters were asked, "Who do you think deserves the most blame for the failure of the United States to prevent the September 11 terrorist attacks?"
The results were shared exclusively with NewsMax.com.
Just 6 percent answered President Bush. But twice that number, 12 percent, blamed his predecessor, Bill Clinton.
Even the FBI, which has been the target of two weeks' worth of steady media criticism for bungling intelligence that some say could have prevented the attacks, got only slightly more blame than Clinton, with 13 percent naming the bureau as responsible.
Just 9 percent cited the CIA.
Congress has so far managed to avoid almost any 9-11 fallout, with just 4 percent singling them out as responsible.
Most Americans, however, haven't gotten caught up in the media's 9-11 blame game. Twenty-nine percent told Fox News that a "combination" of officials and organizations were responsible. Thirteen percent said "no one" was to blame. Eleven percent weren't sure.
The Fox/Opinion Dynamics poll was taken June 4 and 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent. |
