An Impeachment Challenge
Luke E. Sims - Shorewood
Mr. Nichols’ assertion that polling now suggests that “a majority of Americans favor the impeachment of [Vice President] Cheney, and in some states the support encompasses two-thirds of the electorate” is objectively false (“Impeachment Now” by John Nichols, Nov. 22). I challenge Mr. Nichols to provide any credible polling data that supports either part of this statement. After reading such an unbelievable statement, there is no good reason to read any further.
Nichols responds:
The American Research Group
(www.americanresearchgroup.com), in a poll
of 1,100 respondents taken from July 3-5,
found that 54% of Americans favored
impeachment of Dick Cheney by the House of
Representatives. Only 17% of Republicans in
the poll favored the impeachment of Cheney,
while 76% of Democrats supported the move.
Of independents polled, a slight majority of
51% also supported impeaching the vice president.
As reported by CBS News, “A statewide
poll conducted by CBS affiliate WCAX in
Burlington, Vt., posed the question to 400
likely voters. Sixty-one percent said they
would be in favor of Congress beginning
impeachment proceedings against President
Bush. Thirty-three percent opposed it, and
6% were not sure.The numbers for Vice President Cheney differed only slightly: Sixty-four percent favored impeachment, while 31% opposed it.”
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