Why the GOP really scares me
A recent poll of 2,000 self proclaimed GOP voters, came back with some horrifying numbers, that show just how bad the GOP party base has become. I will be the first to admit, I’m not a big fan of polls, but the fact that someone would buy into this trash being pushed by Beck, Rush, Fox News, just goes to show how easily people are manipulated.
- 39 percent of Republicans believe Obama should be impeached, 29 percent are not sure, 32 percent said he should not be voted out of office.
- 36 percent of Republicans believe Obama was not born in the United States, 22 percent are not sure, 42 percent think he is a natural citizen.
- 31 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a “Racist who hates White people” — the description once adopted by Fox News’s Glenn Beck. 33 percent were not sure, and 36 percent said he was not a racist.
- 63 percent of Republicans think Obama is a socialist, 16 percent are not sure, 21 percent say he is not
- 24 percent of Republicans believe Obama wants “the terrorists to win,” 33 percent aren’t sure, 43 percent said he did not want the terrorist to win.
- 21 percent of Republicans believe ACORN stole the 2008 election, 55 percent are not sure, 24 percent said the community organizing group did not steal the election.
- 23 percent of Republicans believe that their state should secede from the United States, 19 percent aren’t sure, 58 percent said no.
- 53 percent of Republicans said they believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Obama.
A president that “want’s terrorist to win”. That one really is shocking. I don’t care about the birth thing, it’s just plan stupid. I don’t care about the Sarah Palin thing, everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, the socialist, racist and impeachment questions show just how ignorant these people really are. Do they even know what a socialist is? Someone please show me this racist intent. And you have to commit a crime to impeach someone, and even if you do, that does not remove the person from office. Remember the $18 million or so dollars the Republican party wasted proving that Clinton got a blowjob. They even impeached him. Take a basic fucking Civics class people.
This is really frightening, but not surprising. The fringe on both sides gets all of the attention. This poll was horribly skewed from the very beginning in that they polled a bunch of wingnuts – not your average Republican mind you – but most likely a group of people who had “self-identified” and/or registered with some organization. It doesn’t say on the methodology what organization, or how these people were picked.
Here’s another thing. It was done by phone. Tone is very hard to convey online, or in print, but I am sure that I could ask this question: “Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith?” in a way that would make a god-fearing fundamentalist christian that was pre-selected for this poll give me the answer that I was looking for.
Good article, Gabe!