get him! even if he will never do any time - the shame is @ least something.

The Bush Administration must be taken to task. I said years ago they had better find those weapons or else. so ? lets go!

The more I hear the more I realize How many lives and maimed people this man is responsible for let alone the havoc he rested on America and the rest of the world. There is not punishment equal to the damage he and his crew has done, but prison for life would be a good start.

This reminds me of a bunch of pre K children on the playground. When Bush took office any remarks about Clinton and his transgressions were met with statements that it was history and to let it go. The fact that the left says one thing and practices another is not new but at some time these fools need to realize that Bush is gone ( in spite of running against him in the last election). I guess there are no flies needing their wings pulled off and they need to kick someone to validate their own worth

What we really need to do is to examine how the current administration (the one that is in office now and therefore may have an impact) violates the Constitution and hold it accountable to the campaign promises. For eight years the left side of the aisle tried to nail Bushs hide to the barn wall to no avail. They had their shot. There is plenty of real Constitutional violations, lies and various other problems in the current administration to keep everyone busy. This effort does the country no good. It's only a pathetic, petty effort to try a final "gotcha".

Make that 41% and counting. Screw the probe, put him in prison we all know what he did. We are paying dearly for his Greed right now and will be for a long time to come. This is not to mention all the murder he has comitted in the name of Greed.

Why do anything? Lets set such a precedent so that thug presidents can get away with murder so they can be innocent again when it happens next time!

Democracy my arss!
If you ever break the law and you are prosecuted will see how you feel about the double standard then?

sick of talking about it...thats wayy more then 40% and how about we ask the percent of the rest of the world.. lets stop talkin about it. lets be about it..

nyingma13

"If Bush and his minions are not held accountable for their unethical and illegal behavior, there will be no future for a democratic America. Only by confronting and learnning from the past can we move on and grow as a nation. If the Democratic party does grow a pair, nothing will ever be done these criminals."

You realize of course, to pursue and prosecute Bush will set the foundation for prosecution of themselves as well...a risk far to great for them to take..!

What saddens and disgusts me is that when I wrote to the two senators from California-Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer-I got the same lame and scaredy-cat response that they do not support prosecution for the war crimes committed by Bush and his cronies while in office because it is "time to move on and look to the future instead of looking to the past". If Bush and his minions are not held accountable for their unethical and illegal behavior, there will be no future for a democratic America. Only by confronting and learnning from the past can we move on and grow as a nation. If the Democratic party does grow a pair, nothing will ever be done these criminals.

Refreshing to know that 40% of Americans polled have a conscience and care about what happens to their country and this world. Apalling to know that 60%
can't make the time or it their interest to do their civic
duty.But then the honor system only works for the haves.

I'll go along with this when Obamas place of birth is investigated as well or does the usual intellectual dishonesty wxhibited by the left prevent this?

i believe its higher than 40%, more in the area of 60%+

The number of people that want to see GWB prosecuted is more like 70%! A few die-hard Bushie boot lickers try to use the argument that there has not been another 911. So what! The mother of all attacks on the US took place on Bushes watch. Don't you ever forget that! It was the Bush/Cheney neocon cabal that thought it would be great if the US suffered a "Pearl Harbor" attack which would allow them to take the US into war with Iraq.
Never ever trust anyone who has one word of support for Bush! Bush and his criminal supporters are the lowest scum of the earth. They are the rich bastards who exploit the masses in the name of patriotism and democracy.

40% is way to low! Its closer to 60% that want Bush and his entire administration brought to justice! The list of crimes involves both war crimes and domestic crimes! I'd love to watch Bush,Cheney,Rice,all of them hang live on TV! The American people can not allow Obama to let these scumbags walk free! After WW2 the nazi party was outlawed so lets not forget to outlaw the Republican party as well!

Send the DEA to His Ranch....there's GOTTA be some Pot growin' SOMEWHERE on His property!!!
Now THAT would be JUSTICE!!! RAOFLMAO

the story headline said 2/3's but the first paragraph said 40%. Which is it? 40%=2/5
2/3=66.6%
Which is it? That's a significant difference.

I believe that number will rise when the truth finally goes on display. The commission should also include an investigation of media outlets and talking heads that have been covering up the truth with their outright lies and unamerican activities.

As long as the same 40% pay for it.... no problem....

the number has to be more than 40%.

I think it's interesting how one man can be wanted for war crimes in one state (VERMONT) and building a public policy institute in the other (TEXAS).

Bring him to trial.

i think it is more than 40% almost all americans know he lied his way in to a senseless war . he is a crimianl of war
but putting him on trail , they would never do that. he was a president and it is not customary for american to put their president on trail , too much to handle.

I am from Texas too. Might does not make right. The rule of law makes right. Bush cheney rove libby gonzales...etc...criminals.

Abusers of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. Worthy not only of investigation, but worthy of imprisonment. This has nothing to do with "hate" or being a "hater". This has to do with standing up for your own country, and enforcing the rule that NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!!!!!

What fraction of the 60% can make a rational (even if unconvincing) argument, and what fraction just don't realize how badly our constitution was damaged and how far along the road to total dictatorship we traveled.

and 60% dont. Guess who is on the short end...thats right, the liberal socialist.

I wonder what their polling population was. Hopefully more than your average bumbling college students.

We need to stop pussyfooting around on all of this and do what needs to be done. Prosecute Bush n' CO., fire all the thieves in the banks, invest in smart new technologies, then... and only then move on.

The sad thing is, is that in all the hatred towards "Bush" in the Bush Administration, more and more focus is lost on Dick Cheney, Condalezza Rice, and Rumsfeld who likely perpetrated most of the crimes committed.

I believe most would agree that Bush isn't intelligent enough to pull this shit off himself, and not intelligent enough to question its constitutionality or reasoning, once brought up by members of the Bush Cabinet.

only 40%?

We have too many fish to fry. Pretty soon, all the haters will move on to hating Obama. His agenda is not that different. He just is better spoken. I bet we will be sending men to Afghanistan again.

Does anyone know or care about what is happening in the State of Arizona now? In Phoenix? Drug cartels doing home invasions and kidnapping? We are at war there and no one talks about those poor people. Its as bad as Katrina only with assault rifles.

They should probe him and his admin. They are war criminals with lots of money.

what's the point? Let's just move on. Why relive a nightmare.

And to think that the majority of us stood by idle and watched as our country SPENT to war. Rather then waste our efforts and resources on the past mistakes lets embrace the future with caution, we are the power lets vote out any representatives who were duped in the first place. How about some large protest,or congressional accountability. My concern is that we will be subject to other attacks and GW and his possee can say I told you so,generating the same old fear tactic,and thwarting the efforts of change with our current adminastration.We are blessed to have four years,hopefully we will have four more after that. Sadly though it will take most of us a lifetime to work our way out of this mess. To the rest of the world we are just an Obamanation. Peace..this time 4rls...jrayg

You know, this really isn't supposed to be about what we 'feel' like doing. It is international law that we helped write, which we will violate if we do nothing.

It is quite depressing to me that a man can come to power in America and lie about everything, take away rights, destroy the economy, torture, killing over 95,000 Iraqi civilians.. and yet there are still people dumb enough to support him. WTF!

And Obama! He has the potential to be as important to our history as Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, etc. This country desperately needs real change. I like Obama generally, but alas he is playing politics instead of doing what is right. We need a new enlightenment and stage is set for Obama to really evolve our country to something better. He doesn't seem to fully understand that. I still have some hope though.

The other 60 percent weren't asked or are too stupid to care!

hey bansheewail,

congrats on being featured on the Current homepage! your headline was getting cut off in the module because it was a little too long, so i shortened it up a bit. i hope you don't mind.

here is your original headline:

"Almost 40% of Americans support criminal probes of Bush Administration"

Let me know if you have any questions!

mario

I'd bet it's much higher then that.

He is fromTexas, shoot first shoot most and when the smoke clears figure out who broke the law, and under the texas creado it is usualy the last man standing. Might does somtimes make right with this outlook.

I am as pissed off at the Bush administration and anyone else, but lets be realistic what are the chances of him actually going to trial (big phat goose egg) instead it is time to move past bush and the state he left our country in. Even President Obama agrees that any kind of criminal investigation is only going to slow down this country's ability to move past the last 8 years. It's time for change and it is time to move towards a brighter more hopefull America!

This is a very slippery slope give the shaky start of the new administration and Obama's own words during the press conference. This type of thinking can come back to bite him right in the ass. He's not going to do a thing.

Don't get too excited. States budgets are crumbling and we can't even keep the criminals in prison who have been proven to commit crimes or have enough money to prosecute new ones. Bush and company have too many high level connections and it will never happen. How many times can we subpeona Karl Rove, he has yet to appear.

Only 40%?

Can we do to him what he did to Saddam? I would love to watch a hanging.

Well that/s not a majority, Get over it, YOU got nothing but an ulcer from you senseless hate.

Screw that (probes/trials/etc.) Waste of money. From here forward just elect people who are paying attetion. Primarily political outsiders.

The double standard of law is alive and well...
if you have money and power you can get away with murder!

The United States is a country of laws. Given W's seemingly apparent unlawful acts, W and his administration should be subject to due process of the courts so these illegal acts can come to daylight. Then, W should be prosecuted or declared innocent.

I heard he can't be tried for anything,is that true?

That number will skyrocket once the financial state of this country improves(which is gonna take a while...)

It should be a law that each President's Administration is investigated for crimes against America just after they leave office. If it was a good Presidency, the investigation will not take long. If he was like bush, it may take years to learn of all the crimes committed.

i think it is way higher than forty percent.we are all just scrambling to keep shit together long enough to get some relief.that is why we should push to extend the statute of limitations on political crimes against our country

That number may be a little low. As time goes by and the Bush spin machine starts to slow down, the evangelicals will come to find that they were lied to. When they realize that Bush used their Faith in God against them and in the worst interest of America, we will see a sea-change of opinions. Then, he will know how hot Hell really is.