Tuesday, March 23, 2010

EVEN A PARANOID CAN HAVE ENEMIES!

The Daily Beast published this today

Obama Derangement Syndrome—pathological hatred of the president posing as patriotism—has infected the Republican Party. Here's new data to prove it:

67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist.

The belief that Obama is a “domestic enemy” is widely held—a sign of trouble yet to come.

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" Scariest of all, 24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama "may be the Antichrist." These numbers all come from a brand-new Louis Harris poll, inspired in part by my new book Wingnuts. It demonstrates the cost of the campaign of fear and hate that has been pumped up in the service of hyper-partisanship over the past 15 months. We are playing with dynamite by demonizing our president and dividing the United States in the process. What might be good for ratings is bad for the country.


Oddly enough - they weren't this worried when the Left was piling on George W. Bush endlessly and daily throughout his entire presidency (an unquestionably legitimate two terms) to an extent that would have broken a man less secure within himself! But nay, nay - we aren't allowed to call that incompetent p.o.s. occupying the White House what he is - a socialist Muslim attempting to destroy our nation with the connivance and assistance of Pelosi, Reid and George Soros!

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