Poll: Most feel civil liberties not harmed by war on terror, would enjoy further restrictions on freedom, would favor re-coining the term to “costdom”

(CNN) -- Most Americans do not believe the Bush administration has gone far enough in restricting civil liberties as part of the war on terror, a new CNN poll released Thursday suggests.

While the majority of those polled felt that the Bush administration had taken some significant steps towards restricting freedom, most felt that he could do more. “I’d like to see my property taken away from me” said Dwight Preston, “costdom” advocate.

A Minority of those polled felt that the Bush administration has gone too far, but pollsters argue that the 4% who responded in this manner can be ignored since they represent a statistical anomaly. Joanne Kilpatrick of the Marist College Poll explained, “We have a plus or minus 3% on these polls, so the 4% minority in this instance really equates to 1%, and we feel that one percent can be chalked up to retarded Americans who just don’t get it”.

Asked whether Bush has enough power, 85% of poll respondents said no. “I can’t see him doing anything like jumping over buildings or stopping speeding trains, so I’d say he could use more powers” said Michael Senick of Baltimore.

Ninety-three percent of respondents said that they believe America would be safer with Bush in office for a third term. “That’s how the Jacob family is voting come November” said a confused Jeremy Jacob of Parkersburg, WV. When informed that elections were not going to be held until 2008, Jeremy responded, “That’s how the Jacob family is voting in November”.

The telephone poll was conducted October 20-22. The sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage points for questions asked of the full sample population.

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