Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Raising the Bar on Wingnuttery

Hot on the heels of the passage of the law that will put your granny in a death camp a new Harris poll shows that the Beck, Limbaugh, Malkin, Coulter et al campaign to amplify Obama Derangement Syndrome is alive and working like a charm.

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"


and if that is not quite enough to amaze you here is the scariest of all:

24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama "may be the Antichrist."

There are a few missing questions in the poll that might enlighten us...
How many of the 67% who think Obama is a socialist know what a socialist is?
How many of the 57% who think he is a Muslim know what a Muslim is?
How many of the 45% that think Obama is foreign born think Hawaii is a foreign country?
How many of the 38% actually know what Hitler did and how many know he claimed to be a Christian?
How many of the 24% who think Obama is the Antichrist can tie their shoes without assistance?

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