will (and host)....it has more to do with the Democrats recognizing that they cant remove them from office without significant Republican support. And without a real smoking gun that hasnt yet surfaced, that R support does not exist.
I'm one of the Democrats who doesnt think a show trial is in the best interest of the country. I would rather focus on the achievable.
But Host, I would encourage you to share the LA Times/Bloomberg poll with your stepson as a starting point for discussion and avoid the more strident talk that will only result in a greater chasm between the two of you.
You might also share the 2005 Military Times poll as a reference point for the start of the turn around of military families against Bush and his war policies.
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Support for President Bush and for the war in Iraq has slipped significantly in the last year among members of the military’s professional core, according to the 2005 Military Times Poll.
Approval of the president’s Iraq policy fell 9 percentage points from 2004; a bare majority, 54 percent, now say they view his performance on Iraq as favorable. Support for his overall performance fell 11 points, to 60 percent, among active-duty readers of the Military Times newspapers. Though support both for President Bush and for the war in Iraq remains significantly higher than in the public as a whole, the drop is likely to add further fuel to the heated debate over Iraq policy. In 2003 and 2004, supporters of the war in Iraq pointed to high approval ratings in the Military Times Poll as a signal that military members were behind President Bush’s the president’s policy.
The poll also found diminished optimism that U.S. goals in Iraq can be accomplished, and a somewhat smaller drop in support for the decision to go to war in 2003.
http://www.militarycity.com/polls/2005_main.php
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