Bad News For Dimocrats

The Washington Post - no friend to George Bush or other Republicans (except maybe John McCain, who may or may not be a real Republican, but that's a subject for another day) is reporting the results of a recent survey regarding the NSA wiretapping program.

66% said they would not be bothered if the NSA collected records of personal calls (Are you listening USA Today?)

65% said that the need to investigate potential terrorist threats is more important than personal privacy

63% found the NSA program an acceptable way to investigate terrorism, with 44% strongly supporting it

51% approved of the way President Bush was handling privacy matters

35% said the program was unacceptable, with 24% strongly objecting to it

31% said that personal privacy is more important than the terrorist threat (These morons will keep saying this right up until there is another attack, and then they will be the first ones to blame the President "for not keeping us safe.")

This is very bad news for the dimocrats, who once again thought they had an issue with which to beat the President over the head. Knowing this, the Washington Post editorialized that this was just an "initial public reaction" and that the views expressed could "change or deepen" as more details emerged.

Really. We've known about this program for how long now?