Gallup Stunner: Americans Blame Clinton for Business Scandals

NewsMax.com ^ | 7/08/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Despite a coordinated Democratic Party-media push to pin blame for the recent wave of corporate scandals on President Bush, a majority of Americans currently blame ex-President Bill Clinton for the business corruption that has sent the stock market reeling and caused a crisis in confidence in corporate America, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday.

51 percent of Americans surveyed agreed that President Clinton's "moral failings in office" contributed to the permissive climate that encouraged corporate leaders to behave unethically.

Of that number, more than half, 26 percent "strongly agreed" that Clinton was partially responsible for the business scandals. The rest, 25 percent, "moderately agreed" the ex-president deserved blame.

When asked the same question about President Bush, only 15 percent "strongly agreed" that he set a climate that encouraged corporate corruption. 31 percent "moderately agreed" with the same proposition, for a cumulative total of 46 percent - five percent less than those who blame Clinton.

Another stunning development: President Bush's approval ratings have actually improved in the weeks since the Democrat-media complex began shifting blame to Bush.

The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll put Bush's overall job approval at 76 percent - up six points since early June.

"This result alone suggests that the president has been untouched by these scandals," Gallup said.

Gallup surveyed 1,019 adults over the age of 18 on June 28-30. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

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[Lazamataz]

I can't help but wonder where these poll numbers would be without the Fox network - and the Internet.

Buried. However, because it will be completely embargoed and remain unreported by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MS-NBC, any paper owned by Gannett Corporation, Newsweek, the Boston Globe, Time, PBS, or NPR -- many people will still never see it.

[Temple Owl]

And gleeful, overjoyed and happy!

[ohioWfan]

And AMEN, back atcha!! :o)

[TheBigB]

So we're now the Vast Right Wing Majority?

Cool. :)

[Huck]

Silly it may be, but it addresses a key political point which could affect the Congressional elections and the Presidential race to come. All the chat shows are talking about it. The basic premise has been that the GOP, known as the party of big business, would be vulnerable to an attack on this front. This polling data, if accurate, would be a blow to advocates of that strategy, and, more importantly, to the Nader 2004 campaign.

[Dales]

This is along the lines of what I was asserting to you the other day.

[concerned about politics]

Al Gore is going to rue the day he invented the Internet!

LOL.

[Wm Bach]

America: *looking far away, rubbing chin* Hunh...Character DOES matter...well I'll be.

[Lee'sGhost]

"Ha Ha!"

Dang, you beat me to it.

[mikenola]

When asked specifically if Bush is at least partially responsible for the scandals because of the climate he has set in office by his close ties to big corporations, 46% of Americans say yes, and 49% say no. But by a slightly more critical margin of 51% to 47%, Americans also say that Clinton is at least partially responsible because of the climate he set in office with his moral failings.
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[rintense]

WOOO HOOOO! Bush's speech tomorrow at Wall Street should also drive another nail in the Dems' heart.

[steve50]

They can blame who they want for the accounting scandals, prosecution is the responsibility of this DOJ. So far I've seen nothing but pre mid term election noise. If the people settle for speeches and a couple new regulations that will be circumvented before the ink is dry, we are as stupid as they believe we are.

[Mudboy Slim]

WOW...this is a stunner!! Guess more and more of the Sheeple are gettin' a clue!!

FReegards...MUD

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Round up the usual suspects.

[kellynla]

Huck, I searched the Gallup website and CNN and can't find this poll. Maybe you and/or others may have better success. I hope the poll is true but like Reagan I like to trust but verify...

[Wait4Truth]

I hope President Bush points out tomorrow that this corporate corruption didn't just begin on January 20, 2001! Character starts at the top and clinton didn't have any. His "anything goes" administration affected every area of American life. God bless our President for being the honest, staight-up man that he is.

[BluH2o]

"Slickmeister" and his cohorts are convening an emergency meeting in Harlem at this moment. The "spin" team will be dispatched once again in an attempt to limit damage. After all, we're talking legacy here ...

[backhoe]

For about 5 years, I have been telling people,

"When the smoke clears, and you look back at the nineteen-nineties with clear eyes, you will see it for what it really was:
The Decade of Fraud(s)..."

[spokeshave]

There was a thread yesterday about how the dems now view Dubbya as having surrounded himself by people with character and vision.

What the dem socker mums are just now getting is that Dubbya IS OF CHARACTER AND VISION

[McGavin999]

Well DUH! Very, very few Americans are so ignorant about business that they could believe that these things could come about in a year or even two. These scandals have been brewing for years.

The democrat party is even more at risk because they are the party who went on and on about how character doesn't count.