ABC News: Majorities Disapprove of Bush on Ethics

Jan. 27, 2006 — A clear majority of Americans now disapprove of President Bush’s handling of ethics in government, and three-quarters say the administration should disclose all contacts between White House officials and disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The administration has declined to release records of Abramoff meetings, saying it will not “engage in a fishing expedition.” But in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, 76 percent said the White House should produce such a list. Even 65 percent of Republicans said so…

That’s a good sign. I know most Republicans won’t listen to anything a Democrat says, and vice versa, on Presidential matters. So I’m relieved to see that at least some Republicans are questioning the information that comes out of the White House about the Abramoff scandal. They won’t listen to us screaming about the other highly questionable issues, but at least they want to know the truth about this one thing. Maybe, just maybe, they might want to know the unvarnished, unspun truth about more things.