Mein Führer

Our dearest AM sent out an email earlier today with some surprising information about the American public and it's views of our President. It was not surprising to learn that Democrats and Republicans have different opinions. However, the percentage of people (on both sides of the aisle) buying into all the fear mongering crap that's been floating around is rather astounding.

These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,320 adults surveyed online between March 1 and 8, 2010 by Harris Interactive.

• He is a socialist (40%)
• He wants to take away Americans' right to own guns (38%)
• He is a Muslim (32%)
• He wants to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to a one world government (29%)
• He has done many things that are unconstitutional (29%)
• He resents America's heritage (27%)
• He does what Wall Street and the bankers tell him to do (27%)
• He was not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president (25%)
• He is a domestic enemy that the U.S. Constitutions speaks of (25%)
• He is a racist (23%)
• He is anti-American (23%)
• He wants to use an economic collapse or terrorist attack as an excuse to take dictatorial powers (23%)
• He is doing many of the things that Hitler did (20%)
• He may be the Anti-Christ (14%)
• He wants the terrorists to win (13%)

Majorities of Republicans believe that President Obama:

• Is a socialist (67%)
• Wants to take away Americans' right to own guns (61%)
• Is a Muslim (57%)
• Wants to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to a one world government (51%); and
• Has done many things that are unconstitutional (55%).
• Resents America's heritage (47%)
• Does what Wall Street and the bankers tell him to do (40%)
• Was not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president (45%)
• Is the "domestic enemy that the U.S. Constitution speaks of" (45%)
• Is a racist (42%)
• Want to use an economic collapse or terrorist attack as an excuse to take dictatorial powers (41%)
• Is doing many of the things that Hitler did (38%).

Even more remarkable perhaps, fully 24% of Republicans believe that "he may be the Anti-Christ" and 22% believe "he wants the terrorists to win."

While few Democrats believe any of these things, the proportions of Independents who do so are close to the national averages.

These replies are also strongly correlated with education. The less education people have had the more likely they are to believe all of these statements. Consider these differences between those with no college education and those with post-graduate education:

• He is a socialist (45% and 20%)
• He wants to take away Americans' right to own guns (45% and 19%)
• He is a Muslim (43% and 9%)
• He was not born in the United States so is not eligible to be president (32% and 7%)
• He is a racist (28% and 9%)
• He is anti-American (27% and 9%)
• He is doing many of the things Hitler did (24% and 10%).

You can read the full report here:

http://news.harrisinteractive.com/profiles/investor/ResLibraryView.asp?BzID=1963&ResLibraryID=37050&Category=1777



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