Newsweek Poll: Should Donald Rumsfeld Resign?

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp

I'm not sure if this qualifies as LBN, if the mods want to move it, I certainly understand.

That being said, the fact that the question is being raised by Newsweek in such a yes or no fashion is, IMHO, pretty important.

Is the house of cards these people built beginning to tremble?

On edit: Great Sharpton Quote from the linked page:

“Don't be defensive about just joining the party... It's better to be a new Democrat that's a real Democrat, than a lot of old Democrats up here that have been acting like Republicans all along.”

The Rev. Al Sharpton to neophyte Democrat Wesley Clark

TAKE THE NEWSWEEK PRESIDENTIAL POLL: http://www.msnbc.com/news/972700.asp

[grasswire]

1. 83 percent say yes

He should resign.

[tlcandie]

2. 88% when voted here !

:)

[DemExpat]

4. Up to 90% now!

:kick:

DemEx

[calimary]

3. 89 percent now say yes.

[ima_sinnic]

5. it's at 91% yes now n/t

[alphafemale]

6. (2% Yes 4% No 4% Don't Know

Good.

[alphafemale]

7. Uh... 92% n/t

[gristy]

8. 92% say yes now.

Man. And I love this Sharpton quote:

"Don't be defensive about just joining the party... It's better to be a new Democrat that's a real Democrat, than a lot of old Democrats up here that have been acting like Republicans all along."

It's just so damn friendly and inclusive!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. There were only FIVE votes when I voted...

Give it 30 minutes and the freeps will find it. BUT, I'm not sure if all of them want to see Rummy stay. Now, THAT would be a hoot.

[DrBB]

10. fyi 92% n/t

[rman]

11. 93% , 83 votes - it can still go anywhere

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[sistersofmercy]

12. 93% yes

107 votes

[sistersofmercy]

13. Hey Billy P, you should kick a thread into GD

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

55. kick

[flamingyouth]

14. 95 percent yes

"No - the situation in Iraq is about to turn around." Ha ha - yeah, sure it is...

[Brucey]

15. Done.

[jamesinca]

16. at 168 responses

5% says he should stay in office
93% say he should go
1% undecided

[KennedyGuy]

17. 205 votes

95 % say he should leave...apparantly the freepers haven't heard about this one yet.

[calimary]

33. WELCOME to DU, KennedyGuy!

[eileen_d]

18. Zoinks - it's at 94% now

Is anyone else pissed off that the Newsweek "web exclusive" is "Why Hillary May Still Run For President?" Ferchrissake, we have TEN Democratic Party candidates who are running. Why can't Newsweek do a web exclusive on John Edwards or Dennis Kucinich?

[MGKrebs]

19. 248 votes. 94% yes.

We're comin' for ya' Rummy!

[Dover]

20. A HUGE Bias in that second MSNBC presidential poll you linked to.

Not all of the candidates are listed!


Regardless of which Democratic candidate you might personally support, which do you think is most likely to unseat George W. Bush if nominated?

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman
Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry
All the same
None of them can beat Bush
Don't know

[Kahuna]

46. The sample is small. 273 dems and the MOE is 7%...

Essentially the presidential preference portion is useless IMHO.

[never cry wolf]

21. Done with both

and shrub is gettin his ugly ass kicked!!!!

[leetrisck]

22. Military veterans have a write-in

campaign asking that he be fired or resign immediately.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

60. kick

[Zhade]

23. 95% with 385 votes.

NT!

[Dookus]

24. 95%

with 439 votes

[Sperk]

25. why can't i find the rummy poll? is it on the front page?

heeeeeelp

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

26. It's on the front page beneath the search fields...

Loads a little slower than the top half of the page so give it a minute! :toast:

[Sperk]

27. Thanks Billy_Pilgrim.....if it was a dog, it would have bit me.

603 votes
96% yes HA!

[VolcanoJen]

28. Not LBN... moving

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[2cents]

29. Voted yes - but it was a tough choice

While any resignation denotes failure and is welcome...if Rummy (and Cheney for that matter) are becoming albatrosses...come election time, where better they be than around the neck of this admin.?

[karlschneider]

30. I voted then checked, every one of my choices were the majority results.

:D

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

31. ,ine as well.

Big difference between the phone poll and the web poll though.

[calimary]

32. Hot diggity dog, The Reverend Al is NOTHING to sneeze at!

He impressed me mightily during the last debate. Don't think he'll get far as a nominee, but he MOST CERTAINLY has earned a place at the table. The don't come much more eloquent than that. He has that "E. F. Hutton" effect - when he talks, people listen.

[Kemet]

34. 1322 responses

and still 95%Yes, 4%No and 1% :think:

[Seneca]

35. what I can't believe

Is that he even got a second chance at the office, having served in the Ford White House, which was precisley 347 years ago.

[mlawson]

36. 95%: amazing! But Rummy must not take the blame for Dumbo!

We can't let bush get away by using Rummy as a scapegoat!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

37. Are you serious?

Rummy is a MUCH bigger threat than Bush. So is Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Halliburton, etc. Haven't you learned by now that Lil' Bush is just a puppet? I've thought all along that when people attack Bush, they're just attacking him because he's THE FACE of the Republican adminstration.

[mlawson]

38. Of course I am serious.

We can't have Rummy taking the blame for Iraq, IF it might absolve bush!! If he doesn't go down, then Poppy bush simply tells him whom next to appoint to the Pentagon, and he just might start another war!

OF COURSE I know that Dumbo is a puppet!! I have been saying that here for over two years! :eyes:

[SeveneightyWhoa]

39. Think about this.

What would you rather do, try and push forth a "impeach Bush!" campaign that will never work, while keeping PNAC-man Rumsfeld in charge of the military--OR, get rid of Rumsfeld NOW, and then kick Bush's ass in '04? I think the choice is simple.

[mlawson]

40. False alternatives.

I have said nothing about impeaching bush -- it will never happen, unless we get an entirely different Congress, which is not going to happen.

AGAIN, my concern is, that should Rummy resign, the media will put the entire blame for the Iraq invasion on HIM, and thus attempt to clear bush of any fault. Kicking bush's ass in 2004 might be made harder, if the figures in his regime the public dislike the most, are let go now.

[gristy]

41. At 1st glance, that's not unreasonable

You want to keep his lying ass in office and let him continue to do his damage and cause Bush to lose the election next year.

But, the country would be stuck and continue to suffer under his "leadership".

BUT, there would be great fallout if he were to resign and blame for all the "bad stuff" was pinned on him. Bush would take a big, big hit. I don't think he could recover.

If Cheney can be forced out, I say do it. I do not see any downside in his resignation.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

42. There's plenty enough to spread around. If Rummy is

the first domino, it's fine with me. I think (hope)they'll all go down.

[David Zephyr]

43. Kicking So Others Can Vote.

Help out here.

:kick:

[jenk]

44. just voted late

better late then never!

[cliss]

45. WOW. That's unreal.

Just the fact that Newsweek is asking the question tells you something. I was Shocked, for the first time today, how many people disapprove of Bush's performance = 84%.

If that isn't enough to flush him down the toilet, I don't know what is.

[Kahuna]

47. Wait one damned minute. Of the 1004 respondents, only 273..

are dems???????!!!!!!!!!! :wtf:

No wonder bush is polling so high. The respondents are heavily weighted repuke. In other words, 27% of the respondents are Dems while 73% are Pubs! What kind of poll is this!

I think we should contact Newsweek and complain. I know I plan to. :grr:

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

50. Damn good point.... That bit of info walked right by me as I'm sure it

intended to.

Write 'em people!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

48. "resign"???/hell he should be DRAGGED BEFORE THE HAGUE COURT!!!!

[oasis]

49. Rumsfeld ouster is at 93%

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

51. Kick! Because now 9% feel Rummy should stay!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

52. FREEP ALERT! 5000 more votes and now keep Rummy has gone to

25%

Vote if you haven't!

[UTUSN]

53. Y at 72% n/t

[proud patriot]

54. Woa !

:wow:

[Sven77]

56. as of 2:50am EST

Should Donald Rumsfeld resign?
* 10491 responses
No. The situation in Iraq is about to turn around
26%
Yes. He should take responsibility for the Iraqi mess
70%
I don't know
4%

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

57. We're losing ground! Vote if you haven't!

[TellTheTruth]

58. Lost MORE ground

65% yes.... 30% no ..... 5% don't know

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

59. THE FREEPS ARE WOORKING HARD ON IT! DO SOMETHING!

[RebelOne]

61. Hurry, go vote.

We gotta get that percentage back up.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

62. VOTE IF YOU CAN!!!!!