Obama Derangement Syndrome—pathological hatred of the president posing as patriotism—has infected the Republican Party. Here’s new data to prove it:
* 67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist.
* 57 percent of Republicans (32 percent overall) believe that Obama is a Muslim
* 45 percent of Republicans (25 percent overall) agree with the Birthers in their belief that Obama was “not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president”
* 38 percent of Republicans (20 percent overall) say that Obama is “doing many of the things that Hitler did”
* Scariest of all, 24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama “may be the Antichrist.”These numbers all come from a brand-new Harris poll, inspired in part by my new book Wingnuts. It demonstrates the cost of the campaign of fear and hate that has been pumped up in the service of hyper-partisanship over the past 15 months. We are playing with dynamite by demonizing our president and dividing the United States in the process. What might be good for ratings is bad for the country.
The poll, which surveyed 2,230 people right at the height of the health-care reform debate, also clearly shows that education is a barrier to extremism. Respondents without a college education are vastly more likely to believe such claims, while Americans with college degrees or better are less easily duped. It’s a reminder of what the 19th-century educator Horace Mann once too-loftily said: “Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.”
#12 is correct about the beyond dubious methods of this “survey.” If you care to learn more you can do so here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094104575143713101937570.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion
booboo says,
89–wooddy===its good to see that continued engagement clears things up. We have now established that YOU think:
1. Obama is nothing like Hitler.
2. Obama is not a Muslim.
3. Obama’s birth certificate is an irrelevant issue.
Why you just can’t come out and say this rather than strike by ambiguous innuendo is something you can work on.
#1 true
#2 False, though I can understand occasional slip up as to what he believes. I keep calling myself a jew, but George Stephanaphagalapagos corrects me.
#3 False. Barry Sotero is not a natural born citizen. But I don’t think he’s the antichrist, because muslims don’t hate on Jesus like many of the atheist here do.
#102–woddy==ok,I got that wrong. We’re working on 2 &3.
2. So you think Obama is a Muslim because of 8 words on a clipped video??? Do you have any other evidence?
3. Where do you think Obama was born?
I believe that what we’re witnessing is the great IQ divide, in America. Not just who has a college degree or not, that believes all this Obama hatred crap. But who has the mental capacity, not to be so easily mislead. To remember all the lies and deceptions of past administrations, political parties and movements. Like the Swift Boaters, who helped derail the 2004 election.
booboo, Barry Sotero called himself a muslim. Sure he’s a liar, so maybe he was lying. I dunno.
He was born in Kenya, or at least he was in 2004 according to an MSM article.
web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm
And according to many MSM reports, Barry is related to Dickless Cheney. I believe Dickless IS the antichrist.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=Barack+Obama+related+to+Dick+Cheney&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=bcdf8cbbf06dc4f
It’s on the internets, it must be true.
woody
Those right-wing extremist idiots want to turn America into white people hate-triot Belindia, and are pissed that Obama is in the way.
you’re all stupid idiots and I don’t really care when you burn in hell with Hussein socialist anti Christ
the black friend of that pres.said himself Obama is a socialist
your idiots.
all of u liberals are bizarre and un -American and Satan follower zombie’s
Also no one in their right mind will EVER pay for your health insurance crap no matter what happens to them by that pres.
“Them collidge boiz think ther soo smart! Ah nevver red a buk in mah hole lahf, but Ahm sharp en no wut’s whut! Saint Rush tole me so!”
You might as well completely give up ever changing the mind of a birther. They are true fanatics, unable to change their minds and unwilling to change the subject.
I am wondering why if I disagree with the President, because I might think otherwise on a topic than him, that I am a kook, or a racist, or a Republican, I though we were a free nation. Maybe the Republicans are right? If we disagree the camps are waiting for us!
Lets keep it real. White southern repubs are pissed b/c there is a black man (courtesy of the one drop rule, look it up) running it. But blatant racism is no longer in vogue, so they have found more acceptable ways to show their distaste. This whole Obama is a marxist/commie/socialist/isn’t a US citizen nonsense is just a ploy put in place by a beaten party who feels the need to take some psuedo-populist stance to make themselves seem relevant. Anyone who notes the obvious will be ridiculed as a moron for stating the most cliched explanations. Repubs are good at playing mind games and playing the far right for suckers during election years. They did the same thing in ’04 with that ridiculous marriage-amendment. Wake up, please!
And riddle me this: If there is no racial element within this opposition, why is it that Bush, with all his Draconian tactics and sawing away at the Constitution bit by bit, was seen as a great man, though he sacrifices hordes of precious young life for an ill-conceived war, and passes this PATRIOT act which gives the govt more license to get all up in yo bizznazz. The number of anti-govt militias were at an all time low during this man’s reign of terror, but Obama’s in office, and does some things people don’t like and now all of a sudden every white guy with a weapons permit is buck now? Please!