Posted on 11/17/2009 9:27:42 AM PST by reaganaut1
Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters oppose the Obama administration’s decision to try the confessed chief planner of the 9/11 attacks and other suspected terrorists in a civilian court in New York City.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 29% of voters favor the president’s decision not to try the suspects by military tribunal at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba where they are now imprisoned. Nineteen percent (19%) are not sure whether it was the right decision or not.
Only 30% of Americans said suspected terrorists should have access to U.S. courts, while 54% favored military tribunals in July 2008, as the first such tribunal got under way at Guantanamo.
Still, 58% of voters now are at least somewhat confident that New York City will be safe and secure while the trials are going on. Yet only 20% are very confident of that fact. Thirty-eight percent (38%) are not very or not at all confident that New York will be safe during this period.
Most voters have consistently opposed moving any of the Guantanamo prisoners to prisons in the United States out of safety concerns.
Voters continue to overwhelmingly oppose giving the terrorist suspects the same legal rights in court as U.S. citizens. Only 14% say the suspects should be given the rights of citizens, but 76% disagree.
The decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and five other suspects in a Lower Manhattan courtroom near the site of the World Trade Center is part of the administration’s plan to shut down the
Guantanamo terrorist prison camp by January. Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters oppose closing that facility, and 48% think it is unlikely it will be closed by January as President Obama has pledged.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Another poll with the same result: CNN Poll: Americans want KSM tried in military court.
"49% of Americans are Idiots: Have No Idea What Differences Exist Between Military Tribunals and Civil Court Cases".
Sure wish Rush would play this audio!
Why isn’t that number 100%? How stupid are the people of New York?
49% stupid apparently.
I read another poll this morning that said 64% were against holding the trials on New York. Funny, I haven’t spoken to anyone, personally, who favors it.
My thoughts exactly. Only 51%? What the HELL!
Not enough.
29% of voters favor the president’s decision not to try the suspects by military tribunal at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba where they are now imprisoned.
This is the lunatic fringe that should scare the crap out of all of us. They're steering the ship right now.
19% are not sure whether it was the right decision or not
The disturbing thing about this is that these are the 19% of US voters that need to be taught to see reality and to form opinions about what they see if we're to turn our country around. If they don't know what they think about something as clear as this, I don't know what it would take to reach them when it comes to more complicated issues, like so-called healthcare reform.
Hey I always thought “youse guys” up there in The Bronx and Brooklyn were tough. Are you going to let this sh*t kenyan muslim put your families in grave danger? It’s time to stand up and do SOMETHING!
Neither have I.
Cannot one of our brave senators (Inhofe, DeMint, Coburn) introduce a resolution of NO CONFIDENCE in Attorney General Holder? Again, it would force some of the Dems in increasingly red states to take a stand which could hurt them in 2010. The resolution could focus on this single decision which endangers the American people for the benefit of one self-confessed terrorist.
There are many things I liked about President Bush, but among the things I did not was his inability to understand that he had to explain and defend what he was doing. He just did not do enough and allow his administration to do enough in explaining the whys and wherefores of tribunals, enemy combatants, etc., in and of themselves let alone in the face of the RATS and the MSM pounding away on these 24x7.
That number will surely grow once NY is attacked again DURING the trial. Nothing like turning the accused into martyrs, and they surely wouldn’t mind. Thanks again you POS-POTUS.
WTF are the ‘other’ 49% thinking ?
Everyone is getting all wee weed up. Why not invite them all overr to the White House for a beer. Talk it over. I hear they really like lap dances. Obamau Akbar!
You have to ask?
They elected Hillary, Patterson, Owens, Schumer, Rangle...
There is any question?
As you can see, it's not Obama that is a problem --- it's 49% of our fellow Americans. They and their thinking, their lack of concern for the present and future of this country, that are the problem.
Yeah, lets just hang them! If they hate America so much they shouldn’t get due process or protections guaranteed by the constitution!
This is unfathomable. Only 51%?
We are a nation hellbent on committing suicide.
The destiny of our nation is utter chaos.
"49% of Americans are Idiots: Have No Idea What Differences Exist Between Military Tribunals and Civil Court Cases".
You're right. 49% have been told it's a good thing. They think they'll get revenge by trying them in NY. It's the same thing that got obamao elected....Pure Ignorance, enhanced by an enabling media.
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