Because it has no rational support and only exists as an issue in the minds of a few folks on the fringe who can't be bothered to think the issue through clearly?
” Because it has no rational support and only exists as an issue in the minds of a few folks on the fringe who can’t be bothered to think the issue through clearly————————————————————————————————————————————
Really: 45% GOP is just a few. How many million would that be, or were you sleeping at math when you went to school???
Looks to me you never attended school!!-————————————————————————————————————————
Majority of Republicans: Obama is a Muslim
A new national Louis Harris poll finds that a majority of Republicans believe that President Obama is a Muslim, while 45 percent agree with the so-called “Birthers” that the president was “not born in the United States.”
The poll of 2,230 Americans, taken during last weekend’s health care showdown in the House of Representatives, shows how successful Obama’s opponents have been in demonizing the 44th president.
Full results are expected tomorrow, but preliminary findings were released in The Daily Beast by John Avlon, whose book “Wingnuts” details the hyper-partisanship that has swept America since 2008.
According to the poll, 57 percent of Republicans, and 32 percent of Americans overall, believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim. The opinion comes despite Obama’s description in his bestseller, “The Audacity of Hope”, of his adoption of the Christian faith.
The poll found that 45 percent of Republicans, and 25 percent in the overall survey, agree with Birthers that Obama was “not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president.”
Even Fox News pundits, notably Bill O’Reilly, have dismissed the Birthers’ claims. The state of Hawaii produced Obama’s birth certificate during the 2008 campaign.
Another eye-opening finding: 38 percent of Republicans, and 20 percent of Americans overall, agree that Obama is “doing many things Hitler did.”
And 24 percent of Republicans, and 14 percent overall, agree that Obama “may be the antiChrist.”
The poll found that voters lacking a college education are much more likely to agree with more extreme myths and rumors about the 44th president.
In a more conventional opinion - echoing charges from some House Republicans during the health care reform debate - 67 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a socialist, an opinion held by 40 percent of those surveyed.