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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (33565)	2/11/1999 10:15:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Not all polls agree on Clinton Some portray widespread sentiment for removal By David M. Bresnahan © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Which poll do you believe? Do you believe any poll? Which poll do your senators believe? Americans take it for granted that the polls demonstrate broad support for President Clinton in his impeachment trial. A little research by WorldNetDaily uncovered many surveys that contradict that conventional wisdom. In fact, they show the exact opposite. In a CBS News poll of 631 likely voters, 84 percent believe Clinton is guilty. An ABC News poll of 803 adults determined that 69 percent think Clinton is not honest and trustworthy. In the same poll, 73 percent said Clinton does not have high personal and ethical standards. Brown University conducted a recent poll of Rhode Island registered voters and found that 71 percent believe Clinton lied to the grand jury, 65 percent think he committed perjury in his testimony, and 49 percent believe he committed obstruction of justice. "If the election were held today, whom would you vote for in your congressional district, the Republican or Democrat," asked a recent Zogby poll of 923 likely voters. It was a tight race with 40 percent for Republicans and 39 percent for Democrats. Opinion Dynamics conducted a poll of 911 registered voters for Fox News. A full 70 percent agreed that Clinton perjured himself. Another Zogby poll of 993 likely voters found that 55 percent believe that lying before the grand jury is an impeachable offense. There are many polls, with many different questions and equally many different answers. Polls are used by political consultant to determine if their political spin is getting the results they want. If the poll numbers are off, they spin a little harder. Polls are not only used to measure results, they are used to influence. Political insiders use polls to manipulate public opinion and market candidates all the time. David M. Bresnahan, a contributing editor for WorldNetDaily.com, is the author of "Cover Up: The Art and Science of Political Deception," and offers a monthly newsletter "Talk USA Investigative Reports." He may be reached through email and also maintains a website.

To: Zoltan! who wrote (33565)	2/11/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 67261

Zoltan, on Geraldo last night they had Peter King as a guest... Republican from NYC I think? He claims that Delay tried to manipulate his not guilty vote on impeachment by approaching Hastert and trying to lessen his chances of chairing some committee. Apparently Hastert wanted no part in it and that was that. Anyway I was wondering about this.... first of all do you believe it is true, and if so, what kind of intimidation tactics does Delay have against everyone? Is this what happened to all the republicans in the house including Campbell? Because Campbell is a law professor - he knows that Jane Doe #5 stuff was shoddy and inadmissable, nonetheless he used it as an excuse for voting for impeachment. It could be that Delay is the entire problem with the republicans.... maybe if just a few of these guys get purged, Delay, Barr, Rogan and some other house managers, then the republicans might become a reasonable party again? (There is very little chance of removing Delay, Barr etc I understand).