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Gallup: Americans want KSM tried in a military tribunal
Hot Air ^ | Nov. 27, 2009 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 11/27/2009 10:58:42 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Does the Obama administration ever get tired of getting things wrong? As their public support drains from the health-care overhaul they’ve pushed for the last several months, they have managed to find another way to marginalize themselves with the American public. By overwhelming numbers in the latest Gallup survey, Americans disapprove of the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal court — and can barely get a majority of Democrats to support it:

By 59% to 36%, more Americans believe accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should be tried in a military court, rather than in a civilian criminal court. Most Republicans and independents favor holding the trial in a military court, while the slight majority of Democrats disagree.

These findings come from a Nov. 20-22 USA Today/Gallup poll conducted a week after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Mohammed’s case would move from a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, where the admitted terrorist was originally charged, to a federal court in New York City.

As with most Gallup surveys, this poll was taken among adults, not registered or likely voters.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; holder; ksm; obama; terrorists; terrortrials; tribunals

1 posted on 11/27/2009 10:58:42 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hey! The President is smarter than all of us.

Remember.

He told us so.

/sarc


2 posted on 11/27/2009 11:00:20 AM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
As with most Gallup surveys, this poll was taken among adults, not registered or likely voters.

So it is most likely, even higher than 59%.

3 posted on 11/27/2009 11:02:19 AM PST by frogjerk
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To: Free ThinkerNY

polls, schmolls. whadda the people know?


4 posted on 11/27/2009 11:02:50 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (whitey's over it.)
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To: K-oneTexas

“Hey! The President is smarter than all of us.”

BHO is an evil piece of smelly dung.


5 posted on 11/27/2009 11:04:39 AM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Only 36% want civil trial, so Obama pushes for civil trial.
Only 35% want Obamacare, so Obama pushes his Obamacare.

See a trend here?


6 posted on 11/27/2009 11:14:01 AM PST by historyrepeatz
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sometimes the ordinary people get something right.


7 posted on 11/27/2009 11:33:01 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Does the Obama administration ever get tired of getting things wrong?

8 posted on 11/27/2009 3:38:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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