Poll: Majority of Republicans believe Obama is a 'socialist'

[oberliner]

A new poll of self-identified Republicans released Tuesday shows a large slice of the GOP believes President Barack Obama is a “socialist” who was not born in this country, should be impeached, wants the terrorists to win and only won the 2008 election because ACORN “stole” it for him.

The survey of 2003 self-identified Republicans, who typically trend much more conservative than voters who “lean” Republican, was conducted by Research 2000 for the liberal blog Daily Kos.

According to the poll, 63 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a socialist; 39 percent think Obama should be impeached; 24 percent said Obama wants “the terrorists to win”; and 31 percent agreed with the statement that Obama is “a racist who hates white people.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32384.html#ixzz0ePKxr3xt

[quantass]

1. I wish he was....tells u how influential Fox News is. nt

[treestar]

2. It must hurt to be a Republican

One's head must hurt every day.

Do they think impeachment is for mere disagreement? Do they think at all?

[BR_Parkway]

19. Why would it hurt - simply accept what FAUX tells you, no thinking required

I went to a Body Worlds exhibit once and found it fascinating. I wish he'd do one on a conservative brain and a progressives - I'm sure there's visible differences in both the way we think about things as well as the "wear and tear" on the brain that got used so much more

[centristgrandpa]

3. don't "misunderestimate" them polls...n/t

[jobycom]

4. More proof of the failure of Reagan's education system.

Most Republicans would define "Socialist" as "Someone I don't like." I doubt they could go any further.

[gateley]

5. Poll: Majority of Republicans don't know what 'socialist' means. nt

[Raineyb]

6. I'm sure if you polled these same people you'd find that 99.9% don't know what a

socialist is.

:shrug:

[lurky]

7. Majority of Republicans think a "socialist" is someone

who likes going to parties.

[Mopar151]

16. To them welfare, food aid,, health care is all socialisim

Paid for with tax money that belongs to the troops. "Mexicans" have replaced blacks in their minds as the subhuman race, who are only here to have babies for free, rape white women, and steal.
None of this applies to retired white people who have (not!)paid in advance for all their benefits.
IMHO, the president needs to put on his professor's hat and at least try to explain where the money comes from, and where it really gets spent. Go down to the mint and show 'em a million dollars.

[begin_within]

8. I wonder what percent of them can correctly define socialism.

"Socialist" and "Socialism" seem to be their new bogey man hot button keywords. They used to use Communist or Commies, then Terrorist, now Socialist is the new "enemy."

[bigdarryl]

9. Are these people STUCK!! on stupid 24% think he should be IMPEACHED

for what

[Jakes Progress]

10. Just proves my observations.

The majority of republicans are stupid.

[kestrel91316]

11. The majority of Repukes believe ALL Dems are socialists.

Hey, I say, "If the shoe fits, wear it." I'll happily join the Social Democrats.

[Lilyeye]

12. Wow. Repukes are dumb as hell....but whats new.

[Vogon_Glory]

13. If You're Cussed Either Way, Mr President, Then

If you're cursed either way for whatever you do, Mister President, then don't bother to compromise where you don't have to, don't make nice when THOSE PEOPLE aren't about to. Use your mighty pulpit to hammer the Flurry With The Fringe On The Top formerly the Republican Party) for the right-wing extremists that they are.

:dem:

:patriot:

[Blue_Tires]

14. If only....

Of course with that bunch, anyone to the left of Thatcher is a socialist...

[WI_DEM]

15. 2/3 of Republicans are absolute idiots.

[Mopar151]

17. I prefer sadly misinformed

Less insulting, don'tcha know. Now the part about misinformation making them act as if they were idiots - I'll take that. But that would make them virtual idiots, rather than absolute idiots.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. I'm sure the majority of Democrats thought Bush was a fascist pig

In fact, he was.

[City Lights]

20. Oh please.

:eyes:

Could they get anymore clueless? :dunce:

[salguine]

21. I wish to God he WAS a socialist.

[TexasObserver]

22. Proving the majority of Republicans really are nuts.

Of course, they thought Gore and Kerry were socialists. And Bill Clinton.

The GOP is the Racist White People's Party.

[ProgressOnTheMove]

23. I am so over what they think, we have to work round them and work fast.