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Most of you know I could give two hoots about anybody’s religion, including the lack of my own. Whatever belief system you choose, I’m cool — as long as your belief system impinges not one iota on me.
Like, ever.
So a diary from me about religion might seem out of context, except this isn’t really about religion. It’s about ignorance. America the Stupid. People who just won’t pay attention to the facts. People whose votes are soon to be billed as Very Important.
In the two states with primary votes tomorrow (Critically Important States if you listen to Legacy Media, who’d like your eyeballs for the next 36 hours, please) most GOP voters think President Barack Obama is a Muslim.
Repeating that for clarity: Most GOP voters in Mississippi and Alabama think President Barack Obama is a Muslim.
These are the voters our eyes are turning to tomorrow:
In the midst of tight GOP primaries in both states, Public Policy Polling (PPP) has released information showing that a majority of likely GOP primary voters in the Deep South do not see Obama as a Christian. PPP’s Alabama survey of 600 likely GOP primary voters found that only 14 percent consider Obama a Christian, while 45 percent said he is a Muslim and 41 percent answered that they were not sure.
A similar picture surfaced in Mississippi. Of 656 likely GOP primary voters surveyed, 12 percent said Obama was a Christian, 52 percent classified him as a Muslim, and 36 percent fell in the “not sure” category.
I’m willing to bet that at least half of those “not-sure” people are folks who think it’s downright rude to ask someone about another person’s religion but who are pretty sure a dark-hued fellah from Libya or Uganda whose name is Barack Hussein Obama Sr is gonna have a Muslim kid.
So when your MSNBC Panelists wax eloquent over the wisdom-of-the-voters after tomorrow’s catastrophe in Mississippi and Alabama and when CNN’s multiple panels tell Anderson Cooper that things are simply too-close-to-call-so-let’s-take-a-commercial-break-while-we-sort-things-out, just remember: these voters think our President is a Muslim. And almost all of them aren’t willing to take his word for it that he’s a Christian.
God-fearing Christian people, amiright?
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Obysmal could be Hindi, Muslim, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Buddhist, Atheist, Dogmatic, Dogmatix, Anglican, Pagan, Wiccan, Sikh…………
He’s still rubbish as president.
I would like to state right up front that none of those people are my relatives! I saw a video earlier where Bill and his panel discussed this and he said that these people were not “cherry-picked.” I would be very surprised if he’s telling the truth. There are many people in Ms who are educated and far from poor. The ones in the video are obviously racists. They wouldn’t know a Muslim if they met one and I doubt that they ever go to church despite their babble about God. I hate when Ms is in the news because it always comes out like this.
Though I don’t doubt that a substantial fraction of the rednecks think Obama is Muslim, just as a substantial fraction think Yoga is ‘devil worship’ (I got this from a person who treats disabled veterans in southern Appalachia), it may also be that they consider anyone who does not agree with their political and social beliefs as non-Christian, especially since liberalism is commonly tarred and feathered (in their eyes) as ‘atheistic humanism.’ My guess is that the proportion who would put hard money down on a bet that he is Muslim is probably about 20 percent. Easy money.
No offense, but this kind of stuff isn’t news.
A headline like:
is a “Dog bites man” story…
Can you guys leave this clown car stuff to MSNBC & dkos?
And look at his kids’ names! Sasha – Russian (COMMIE!!!) Malia – well, just another furrin-damn sounding name! What the hell’s wrong with Sally or Susie?!
And his Murka- and white-people-hatin wife – FRENCH name!!!!1!!
Gah. These people hate and fear Obama for every possible wrong reason. Sad stuff we’re in.
Remember the 50 State theory that Dean pursued? Well Obama basically ditched that. I live in Alabama and i will tell you that had potential. The Democrats have abandoned the south and this is one of the effects. Ignorance abounds and there is zero pushback to Fox News.
I’m voting Green, not that my vote ever counts down here. Hell, Seigelman won until after midnight when the votes got changed.That’s another thing Obama ditched, Seigelman.
I have too much respect for you. Please don’t be a content troll. If you don’t like a topic, nobody is forcing you to read the post.
I keep wishing they’d all secede and move to the swamps . . . let the gators have their way with them. Course, they wouldn’t survive the Cajuns, either.
Like that pony I’m waiting for, if wishes were rainbow glittered shitz . . .
LeSigh.
Ignorant, uninformed racists are everywhere and some of the most ignorant I’ve met are rich and educated. It’s not confined to Ms or even the south.
Morris Berman has plenty to say about the stupidity of Americans: http://www.alternet.org/world/154453/why_the_american_empire_was_destined_to_collapse
And he means all of us.
Of course the whole “Muslim” thing is like the whole birther thing. This isn’t about his
religionsuperstition or his place of birth. It’s about his race. No way does a white Democrat get accused of being either a Muslim or a foreign born person.Well, yes. But there’s so much to be said based on facts.
I imagine a fair number of these people are genuinely idiots, some are just yanking the pollster’s chain, and a bunch think Muslim is a synonym for “someone I disapprove of” (see also: Socialist).
The interracial marriage responses are where the rubber really hits the road, I think.
Teddy,
You’re using the term think far too loosely. These GOP primary voters aren’t thinking. That’s the problem.
“SHOCKER: Fox News Brainwashed Lizard Brains Again Regurgitate Desired Ailes Opinion”
Granted, but my point is, I don’t give a shit about Obysmal’s ‘religion’ and I don’t give a shit about what these nutjobs think his religion might be.
It’s all moot. He’s still rubbish regardless.
No, but you can go elsewhere to read whatever you want.
What is this new trend of coming onto threads and saying “Don’t write about this anymore!” wtf, man?
Thank you.
Yeah, but MY point (I wrote the post, damnit, so I’ll mention it again for everyone who apparently thought the post was about OBAMA) is that the national media is going to give 100% of its time and attention for the next 36 hours to MS and AL voters. And that these are their views, their understanding of verifiable facts.
You are more than welcome to your opinion of Obama, but I’m terribly sorry to tell you that this diary is not the place for that opinion. Thank you.
I truly don’t understand this either.
We’re all basically fighting a 2 front battle with elites to the right and to the left.
Fighting any of them isn’t good enough or somehow pure enough? *scratching head*
Muslims must be very offended by this.
I’m not sure how anyone can actually believe he’s a Christian, in the sense of being true to one’s religion (money-changers, killing, etc.).
Fair enough. I just find having to dwell on the ‘religious test’, i.e, the result of the opinions of these aforementioned, ill-informed voters, extremely vexing as the policy results differ little.
As this thread suggests, Obama Derangement Syndrome is not solely confined to poor folks living deep in Dixie.
Yes ignorance is rampant.
I would stipulate your incorrect that these people revere(fear) God or are Christians by any of Yeshu’a measurement’s.
Luke 6:46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?”
So whether it’s Barry or anyone else who CLAIMS to be “christan” I suggest a litmus test.
Are they peaceful, are they forgiving, are they patient, kind, compassionate?
Matt 7:20 “Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.”
Yes, exactly.
Write a brief post on the absurdity of media obsession; get reactions focused on Obama’s war crimes.
Whot?
We aren’t dwelling on RELIGION. We’re dwelling on MEDIA FOCUS.
Gah.
Can people even read any more?
Your MEDIA FOCUS didn’t really come into focus till the last paragraph. Up till then, you were definitely dwelling on RELIGION and southern redneck ignorance, as in, “repeating… for clarity: Most GOP voters in Mississippi and Alabama think President Barack Obama is a Muslim.” We stupid readers.
You’re arguing with someone who agrees with you. And later making up with someone who kicked your ass. Next time, I’ll kick your ass. BTW, that’s classic Obama.