Spitting Mad at the Lunatic Fringe

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In a recent poll, conducted by Daily Kos, 2003 self-identified Republicans were asked various questions to gauge their attitudes about current political issues, and particularly their opinions about President Obama.

When asked whether President Obama should be impeached, 39% said yes and 29% were not sure. Never mind that as grounds for impeachment the President must be guilty of breaking the law. No evidence exists to support impeachment; they just feel like he should be, emphasis on “feel.” President Obama is, after all, black and Democrat, which is evidence enough of skulduggery and treason in the cynical hearts of that 39%.

When asked whether Obama was born in the United States or not, 36% of polled Republicans said he was not–22%, not sure. That points to a significant percentage unwilling to acknowledge the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency. It gives them a basis on which to declare, he’s not my president, notwithstanding the discredited fiction of the initial premise.

63% of polled Republicans believe that Obama is a socialist. Surprise! I assume in the minds of Republicans “socialist” is synonymous with “un-American” akin to communist, and definitely in opposition to their unarticulated concept of “freedom.” It troubles that 63% not that there is no evidence that Obama is other than he is, a left-of-center moderate. He just passed a law that will require all Americans to pay money to insurance companies, for Christ’s sake. Progressives are pissed that he isn’t socialist! But when you crowd against the wall of the lunatic fringe of the extreme right, everything to the left looks perversely liberal.

This one kills me: 24% of the polled Republicans believe that Obama wants the terrorist to win, with 33% not sure, thinking maybe, maybe not. F%@k me running! In the words of John McEnroe, “You cannot be serious!” To believe that Obama is in league with Bin Laden is confirmation of delusional thinking, fueled by paranoia, and the need for psycho-therapeutic intervention.

53% believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than is Obama. 33% are not sure, and presumably need more time to think about it, not that all the time in the world to do so will result in any cogent, well-reasoned conclusion. This hits on the issue of competence and wisdom. People who possess any appreciable degree of competence attended by wisdom recognize the same in others when they see it, and instantly sense it when it is lacking. Fact: In the arena of competence Sarah Palin is to Barack Obama what an eight-man pee-wee league is to the NFL.

Asked whether President Obama is a racist who hates white people, 31% said yes, 33% not sure. Close and bolt the door shut to the room in your brain where reason resides, and get a load of this retarded logic. Obama is half-white, half-black. His mother is Caucasian. Therefore, Obama hates his mother, and presumably half himself. I guess all those white people in his administration are just window dressing to lure in all white people into believing that he actually likes white people. Then, one day, having lulled all the white citizens of the United States into complacency, BAM!, all the honkies will be rounded up by employees of ACORN and incarcerated in cracker concentration camps and brainwashed into accepting Muhammad as their personal savior. Please.

23% believe that their state should secede from the union. 68% do not want Congress to make it easier for workers to form and join labor unions. 51% do not want sex education being taught in public schools. 77% believe public school students should be taught that the book of Genesis is a factual account of how God created the world. 31% are of the opinion that contraception should be outlawed. 67% believe the ONLY path to salvation is through Jesus Christ.

The wide, open arms of Christ’s compassion were not present in the poll with regard to undocumented Hispanics and homosexuals, shocking as that may be.

Let’s call these people what they are: premodern, angry, scared, ethnocentric, insane and intellectually unfit to formulate reasoned, logical opinions. Oh, here’s a statistic for you. 83% of those polled intend to vote in the upcoming 2010 Congressional elections, with zeal, no doubt, in light of the passage of health care last Sunday. Look out.

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14 years ago

Jessica – I went and bookmarked. A hell of a piece. I wish it could be used in an op-ed in a major paper.

Jessica
14 years ago

Here is something I just linked to from Kos on something else I was reading. This explains all the lunatic fringe in a most helpful way. The leaders and elected officials cannot keep stories straight, how are the minions supposed to do it. Lots of linky goodness in the article.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/a/m/americandad/2010/03/an-open-letter-to-conservative.php?ref=mp

Jessica
14 years ago

I am all out of words for these blowhards today. Nothing surprises me, except Fox saying these polls are not correct. I guess when the polling suits them they work other than that, well you know the rest.

14 years ago

I would like to see Joe Biden get them in a room, well a football stadium, let Joe pepper them with salty language, then wait for the thunderbolts from up above.

14 years ago

Good ‘un Mr Lawyer… what color are the hoods this season at the Whoop Ass Ignant Mo’Fuck White Boy Country Club & Chapel?

You know what I could never abide… sheep. Bhhhhaaa. I never could do it. It stuns me that so many folk who think themselves such good servants of “liberty” and Christ also consider themselves good ‘leaders’.

14 years ago

The wide, open arms of Christ’s com­pas­sion were not present…

While I can’t say this about everyone of the Biblethumpers I have the “privilege” of leaving around I have found that many view church as less than a place to worship and learn the teachings of Christ and more of a country club.

14 years ago

How can so many people be so stupid? I mean, come on now. There are always a few with wacko ideas, but thanks to the republican revisionist remakes of history, there are a lot more of them now.

Admin
14 years ago

I read these stats earlier today and am not surprised. The fact that I am not surprised is scary in and of itself. It means I have accepted the fools for the fools that they are. I don’t know what that says about me, and I don’t know if it matters, but it should. Unfortunately, as my friend Bill is fond of saying: you can’t fix stupid!! Outstanding post!

14 years ago

You left out paranoid.

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