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Poll: Bad Craziness in the GOP Base, Part 2

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Petero18182/02/2010 11:12:40 am PST

Wow. I am stunned. To me I think the most troubling thing here is this:

QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?
YES: 24%
NO: 43%
NOT SURE: 33%

A full majority of Republicans cannot say they believe their President is on the same side as them in the fight against terrorism. This is different than saying you do not agree with his prosecution or lack thereof of the war on terrorism, it is stating that the President has sided with the terrorists (or for a third of republicans, has maybe sided with them). He “wants them to win”. One can only surmise from this therefore that most also believe he is just a radical muslim in christian clothing, since logically the terrorists don’t really enjoy much support from outside the muslim faith (perhaps it is the whole caliphate / dhimmi thing).
I am thinking back to the old woman in Florida in the run up to the election who had had the mike at the McCain rally. At the time I thought she was just a senile old woman. Turns out she represents the Republican majority. Remember McCain…”no maam, thats not true”. No wonder the party hates McCain.

I am not so surprised about the religious biases that are apparent in the answers on abortion and creationism (though it seems many now are happy to say anyone on the pill is a murderer). But I find much of this bizarre and really scary for the future of the two party system.