Impeachment Watch XIISheesh, lots of fish
in this barrel! Note first of all how this story ties into Editor and Publisher's bailiwick: Because Neil Young's father was a journalist. That's sorta like Navy Times reporting on the Doors' latest greatest hits release on the basis that Jim Morrison's dad was an admiral.
But the funniest part of the article is this:
Last Friday, Morgan wrote on her LastLeftB4Hooterville blog that she had been “summoned” to a local studio to sing on the new record with 99 others. “I'm not going to give the whole thing away, but the first line of one of the songs was ‘Let's impeach the President for lyin'!’ Turns out the whole thing is a classic beautiful protest record. The session was like being at a 12-hour peace rally.Oh, yeah, that sounds like my idea of heaven!
One of the lesser
reported polling numbers in this Newsweek story was:
In today’s strongly polarized political climate, roughly one in four American adults (26 percent) say they think Congress should actually impeach President Bush and consider removing him from office. There is in fact no effort to do this on the Hill, and the public mood appears to be more a reflection of the passionate sentiment against Bush in some quarters rather than considered support for actual legislative action. (Some recent national polls show about 45 percent of adults strongly disapprove of the president’s performance.) The NEWSWEEK poll shows that only 5 percent of Republicans would support impeaching Bush, while 94 percent would not. Among Democrats, almost half (49 percent) support impeachment, while 48 percent oppose it. Overall, 69 percent do not think Congress should consider removing him from office.(Boldface added)
Newsweek is kind enough to put this into perspective for us:
By comparison, the level of public support for impeachment today is below the 32 percent support for Bill Clinton’s removal in October 1998, before he was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Support for the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon had reached 52 percent in a June 1974 Harris poll shortly before he left office.(Boldface added)
