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What do you think? Trumped up or not? "A new ABC NEWS POLL is out and there is no good news in there for President Bush. More than half of the respondents are following the investigation at least "somewhat closely" (53%). 75% say it is a "somewhat serious" or "very serious" matter. The big story in the poll for the major news organizations is this: only 25% believe that Bush and company are cooperating fully with the investigation, while 47% say that Bush and company are not cooperating fully with the investigation. But the real poll question is whether Rove should be fired if he leaked classified information? For all respondents, 75% say yes and 15% say no. For Republicans, 71% say yes and 17% say no." Comments?

What do you think? Trumped up or not? "A new ABC NEWS POLL is out and there is no good news in there for President Bush. More than half of the respondents are following the investigation at least "somewhat closely" (53%). 75% say it is a "somewhat serious" or "very serious" matter. The big story in the poll for the major news organizations is this: only 25% believe that Bush and company are cooperating fully with the investigation, while 47% say that Bush and company are not cooperating fully with the investigation. But the real poll question is whether Rove should be fired if he leaked classified information? For all respondents, 75% say yes and 15% say no. For Republicans, 71% say yes and 17% say no." Comments?

Considering that virtually every MSM report on this story has been proven to be either in error, outright fraudulent or selective in the reporting of relevant facts, I'd have to say that the public opinion on this case is widely misinformed and not worth a festering bowl of dog snot.

I think in the end it is the MSM that will end up with yet another high profile egg-on-their-face fiasco that will only serve to further diminish whatever little credibililty they have left.

Besides, given that Bush is not running for third term, it is hard to see how this hurts him at all in any real way.

But the real poll question is whether Rove should be fired if he leaked classified information?

As a generality, of course he should..however there are some complications to that. The first of these complications is that the evidence keeps getting stronger and stronger that he did no such thing. The second of which was that Wilson was attempting to abuse the law by using it to lie each about his actions, his wife's actions, and the actions of the administration.

It was certainly not in the nations interest to allow Wilson to use the prestige of the United States (His previous appointment as Ambassador) to cause the United States harm, which he was doing by lying and claiming (both directly and indirectly) that the United States sent him.