Monday, July 10, 2006
Bush v. New York Times -- Bush Winning
An Opinion Dynamics Corp. poll conducted for FOX News at the very end of June, after the New York Times revealed the Bush Administration's secret tracking of terrorist financing, shows that the American public is behind Bush on this one. Solidly behind him to boot.- 70 percent of those polled supported tracking terrorist financing. That 70 percent included 83 percent of Republicans, 67 percent of independents and 58 percent of Democrats.
- 60 percent of Americans believe that the Times' decision to reveal this secret intelligence program “did more to help terrorist groups like al-Qaeda” than to “help the American public” -- 84 percent of Republicans, 53 percent of independents and 42 percent of Democrats.
- Over 60% of those polled thought that media organizations that "report and publish information about national security secrets that may make it easier for terrorists to operate" should "face criminal charges." That was 84 percent of Republicans, 58 percent of independents and 55 percent of Democrats.
One, the overall results of this poll did not surprise me. Overall I hold the American people in somewhat higher regard than liberal pols and the mainstream liberal media. I believe (for the most part) that they have some brains, can take care of themselves without a lot of help from the government and genuinely care about this country and the safety of their families and fellow citizens.
Two, there are some Democrats in this country that still get it. They still hate Bush and aren't so sure about Iraq, but they do understand that the Administration needs to do certain things in order to fight the War on Terror. I'm glad to see that we haven't lost them completely.
