4 in 5 Say Libby Indictment Important. More than thought a BJ was important

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBE21YLSFE.html

Poll: Four in Five Say Libby Indictment Important; Higher Than the Number Who Said That About Clinton Lying Under Oath

WASHINGTON (AP) - The recent indictment of Vice President Cheney's top aide has struck a nerve with the American public.

Four in five, 79 percent, said the indictment of former Cheney aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on perjury and other charges is important to the nation, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Pew noted that in September 1998, 65 percent said President Clinton's lies under oath were important. Clinton was impeached over his handling of an affair with Monica Lewinsky, but was acquitted by the Senate on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

Libby was charged with lying to investigators and a grand jury during an investigation of his role in revealing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, wife of an outspoken critic of the war against Iraq.

Most Americans, six in 10, say they do not think the news about Libby's indictment has gotten too much coverage.

The concerns about Libby's case come at a time that a growing number of people, 43 percent, now say U.S. and British leaders were mostly lying when they claimed before the Iraq war that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, while an equal number said they were misinformed by bad intelligence.

[electropop]

1. But, but, BJs are so much more important than national security.

Or at least more entertaining.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. 43 percent say they lie....when it gets to 53 percent

will we get a bill of impeachment?

[neuvocat]

3. The penis is having its revenge!!!

MWAH-HAH-HAH!!!

[Cocoa]

4. the GOP spin machine fails

they've been pounding away on the meme that Plamegate is not important, so that 79% is an incredible figure.