people think that Libby's lies ARE important
Poll: Libby Indictment Hits Major Nerve
WASHINGTON - The recent indictment of Vice President Cheney's top aide has struck a nerve with the American public. Four in five, 79 percent, said the indictment of former Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on perjury and other charges is important to the nation, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Pew noted that in September 1998, 65 percent said President Clinton's lies under oath were important. Clinton was impeached over his handling of an affair with Monica Lewinsky, but was acquitted by the Senate on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Most Americans, six in 10, say they do not think the news about Libby's indictment has gotten too much coverage.The concerns about Libby's case come at a time that a growing number of people, 43 percent, now say U.S. and British leaders were mostly lying when they claimed before the Iraq war that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, while an equal number said they were misinformed by bad intelligence.
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Good to know that people think that lying about outing a CIA agent for political reasons is actually important - and certainly FAR FAR more important than lying about a BJ ferchrissakes!
And damn straight this has not "gotten too much coverage"!! This hasn't gotten a fraction of the coverage of the Clinton "scandal". We're talking about treason! Jeez, you would think that the coverage would be non-stop!
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