POLL: 23% of Texans think Obama is Muslim.

[El Pinko]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6084678.html

Poll finds 23% of Texans think Obama is Muslim
By RICHARD S. DUNHAM
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
Oct. 29, 2008, 11:27PM

WASHINGTON — A University of Texas poll to be released today shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain and GOP Sen. John Cornyn leading by comfortable margins in Texas, as expected. But the statewide survey of 550 registered voters has one very surprising finding: 23 percent of Texans are convinced that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Obama is a Christian who was embroiled in a controversy earlier this year about his two-decade membership in Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Yet just 45 percent of those polled identified the Illinois senator as a Protestant.

The Obama-is-a-Muslim confusion is caused by fallacious Internet rumors and radio talk-show gossip. McCain went so far at one of his town hall meetings to grab a microphone from a woman who claimed that Obama was an Arab.

The Texas numbers are unusual because most national polls show that just 5 to 10 percent of Americans still believe Obama is a Muslim — less than half the number of Texans who buy into the debunked theories.

[NMDemDist2]

1. good grief!!

:banghead:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. They have steers and fears in Texas.

[bdamomma]

3. 23%

It's Texas. (no offense to DU'ers from Texas)

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

4. ...23 percent of Texans...

...shouldn't be allowed outside without adult supervision.

[amdezurik]

15. 23% of those home during the day

who have a land-line...just saying that polling has not caught up with current ways of doing things...

[RethugAssKicker]

5. Americans must be educated..... There is an incredible

number of people who are just plain fucking STUPID.

[ingac70]

It's why we need the Fairness Doctrine.

every day on hate radio it's "He's and Arab", "He's a Muslim".

[MindPilot]

52. But then the ones saying "he's not" would have to spend half their time

saying "he is."

Unfortunately even a new fairness doctorine would not be able to fix stupid.

[donco6]

6. 65% think God created the earth in 6 literal days.

OK, I just made that statistic up, but it's probably not far off.

[dhpgetsit]

7. That's a LOT of morons! n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Dear Texas DUers...

Run for your fucking lives!!!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Wish I could, unfortunately, I am stuck here.

x(

[w8liftinglady]

13. me,too...dammit.

[hamsterjill]

29. Me, three, dammit

I was born here, but my has this place changed since it turned Republican!!! And certainly NOT for the better.

[Nydari]

43. Me four dammit!

I moved here in 2004 and its like living in bizarro land where stupidity is reigns and grocery stores only carry Kraft.

[Franzia]

46. ...5.

:(

Some of the 23% are in my family. My mother thinks that Obama "will have everyone goose stepping". :eyes:

It is impossible to confound her with facts, since she long since parted with so much as a passing acquaintance with reality. She gets all her "news" from M$M and hysterical RW chain-mails.

Sigh.

[LondonReign2]

50. Six

If it wasn't for the job....

I can take solace I'm not a native.

[Franzia]

55. Me too.

.

[lobointexas]

62. Seven

My wife's job is keeping us here.

[girl gone mad]

95. Where do you guys live?

My N. Dallas suburb appears to be about 80% Obama.

We have awesome grocery stores, too.

I don't know a single person here who thinks Obama is a Muslim. Even my kooky racist redneck neighbor down the street is voting for Obama.

Maybe you could move to Austin. My fundie sister lives there and feels as out of place as you do.

Austin, Dallas and Houston will all be solid blue this year, imo.

[Franzia]

100. Houston.

Most people I associate with on a daily basis are somewhat sane, except for my immediate family.

:(

[SammyWinstonJack]

105. Bummer for us.

x(

[Maestro]

63. Won't...My family was here long before the neocons

I'm going to stay alive until Texas is blue one day.

[kentauros]

83. Thank you!

:)

The same goes for my family and my attitude towards changing the state back to one of reason and blueness :D

[LanternWaste]

68. It's all right...

It's all right. There's a core of working from the inside out.

Anyways, I'll put up with stupid any day so long as I get to revel in Texas sunsets during the autumn months... :)

[prayin4rain]

72. haha poor us :D n/t

[Citizen_Penn]

91. I will not leave my beloved Texas to these dipshits.

Would you?

[TahitiNut]

9. The concentration of the Stupidium bigotus bacterium is higher in some places than in others.

It's clearly contagious.

[w8liftinglady]

10. Welcome to my Hell.

people routinely refer to Barack HUSSEIN Obama,and his terrorist connections here.I have printed multiple letters to the editor on both his faith and the fallacy behind demonising the Moslem faith.Needless to say,that hasn't gained me many friends in Ellis County.

[classof56]

12. Sadly, a couple of these Texams are relatives of mine...

I have tried my best to counter the crazed e-mails they forward, but to no avail. Actually they think he's a "Muslin" who hates America and by the way, he's the antichrist 'cause it says so in Revelations. Sigh...!

[slackmaster]

75. I have a cousin who is a rocket scientist working for NASA in Houston

He's no dummy, and certainly doesn't think Obama is a Muslim.

I wouldn't call him liberal but he is sure not voting for McCain.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. They probably also believe that Texas is scenic.

"Texas, the state where you can look the farthest and see the least."

[El Pinko]

16. Hey, we have mountains here in my neck of the woods...

More than I can say for the endless expanse of FLAT known as Florida.

:hide:

[TahitiNut]

18. (lol!) I remember the "big skies" ... I could see forever.

Nothing gets in the way ... not even cattle. :rofl:

[w8liftinglady]

19. to be fair...parts are scenic...the Hill Country

[kentauros]

88. Really?

I guess you've only seen it from either the Interstate highways, or during a "fly-over".

Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande River
Canyon Lake Gorge
Pedernales Falls State Park
Davis Mountains
Texas Hill Country

And to help you out a little more: The Handbook of Texas Online


:)

[Sebastian Doyle]

17. Aren't those the same Texans who actually believe the Bush Crime Family actually LIVES there?

The longest a Bush ever lived in Texas was when Dumbass was governor. Does Poppy still spend his one week a year in the Houston hotel so he can vote as a Texas "resident"?

[fascisthunter]

20. 23% of Texans are Misinformed by Right Wing Propaganda

[slackmaster]

76. I have often disagreed with fascisthunter, but not on this one

:toast:

[TexasObserver]

21. And ALL OF THEM have sent me an email saying so!

This is what happens when too many people marry their sister and have a bunch of kids.

I love Texas, but DAMN!!

[w8liftinglady]

37. lol...do you live near me?We seem to have a lot of brother-cousins here,too.

[TexasObserver]

45. As I like to say "around here, the family trees don't fork, but the first cousins do."

That's original.

You can quote me.

I have a childhood friend whose maternal and fraternal grandfathers were brothers. His parents were first cousins, no kidding.

[w8liftinglady]

53. LOL!!!you should patent that!

[TexasObserver]

58. If you can't find a wife at a family reunion, where can you?!

Old Testament Style!

Do you take this cousin to be your lawfully wedded wife?

[Virginia Dare]

22. Thanks a fuckload Texas (just the ignorant assholes, not the good Dems)...

you legitimized the idiot moron Dubya Bush and brought us the hell we're living in right now.

[Incitatus]

23. They must be Fox News watchers

A new study by the Pew Research Study shows that viewers of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report have the highest knowledge of national and international affairs, while Fox News viewers rank nearly dead last:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/16/daily-show-fox-knowledge/

[stillcool]

35. yup....FOX has done..

its very best to poison the minds of Americans. What goes in is what comes out..verbatim.

[madrchsod]

24. some people in texas think if a black person

gets dragged to death underneath a truck it`s an accident. why would anyone be surprised that people think he`s a "Muslim"

[otohara]

25. I Think They Know Better, But Continue to Say It

hoping it will stick, or that other low information voters will follow suit and repeat this tired old lie.

[Nydari]

44. Sadly no, they really are that close-minded, backwards

and stupid.

[daggahead]

26. And I'm sure most of them still think ...

that Saddam Hussein was behind 9-11.

[Ezlivin]

27. Glad I'm in the sane 77%

Sigh. The Hummers around here all have the Xian fish symbol and "Bush '04" stickers.

Texas. It's a whole 'nother country, all right.

[TWiley]

28. REPUBLICAN BASTARDS !

If their lips are moving, then it is a fact they are lying

[tjwash]

30. I don't know why...but that makes me laugh.

23 percent seems to be the magic number in this country.

23 percent still think the chimp is doing a bangup job.

23 percent think that people and dinosaurs roamed the earth together 5000 years ago.

23 percent think that the economy is doing just fine.

23 percent thinks that obama is a moslem, a socialist, and a terrorist, and think that those 3 terms are synonymous.

23 percent still think that trickle down economics works.

23 percent still think the war in Iraq is going great.

23 percent think that if mega-corps pay no taxes and outsource all the jobs that it will boost America's economy.

If you know anyone who is part of this low percentile group, call 911 immediately-a loser is a terrible thing to mind.

[PDJane]

31. I'm very glad that I no longer have any reason to visit.

The last holdouts in Texas have moved to Colorado. Mind you, that's only slightly better; there's a ballot initiative this year trying to reverse all affirmative action programmes and declare a fertilized cell a person.

[Javaman]

32. 23% of Texans are morons. believe me, I live there. nt

[jeepnstein]

59. It's pretty much nation wide.

Wait till Tuesday and you might see the number is a bit higher.

[rateyes]

33. Not true.

Those 23% are not capable of thought.

[southpaw]

34. I hear that blind people can legally hunt in Texas!

So this news in not surprising.



Hey, I'm from Alabama. We are probably closer to 50% here.

[entanglement]

36. 25 percent of Texas biology teachers believe humans and dinosaurs lived on earth at the same time

[Ishoutandscream2]

38. It's sad that this is my state. And I know some of these people

Including the secretary in our office - born and raised New Englander and hard core Pats, Sox, Celtics, and Bruins fan. And she's voting for McCain.

Point I'm trying to make - if that poll was taken in other red states, you would probably see similar numbers (or worse). I think this is a phenomenon in most red areas.

[w8liftinglady]

41. you are probably right..Texans are just a little more blatant

..I know..I live here,too.

[paparush]

39. 'Bout the same as Bush's Approval Ratings.

The Base is so willfully ignorant, they need their own island...waaaay out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where natural selection will run its course.

[gkhouston]

40. wow, KTRH must have a more powerful transmitter than I'd realized.

I remember when it actually was a news radio station, long ago. :cry:

[Danieljay]

42. Well, 50% of Texans are complete dumbasses. So whats your point?

Nothing to see here.

Ha.

[gollygee]

47. I'm not in Texas, but I've heard people say within 2 minutes

1. that Obama is a Muslim
2. that they don't like Obama's Christian minister.

And I'll say, "Wait, do you think he's a Muslim, or do you know that he goes to a Christian church? Because it's either one or the other."

[theDash]

48. I live in TN

And I wouldn't be surprised if the number here that still think he is a Muslim is even higher than Texas. I get several e-mails a day (mostly from family members) all with urgent pleas to pray for McCain, and all stating or insinuating that Obama is Muslim and/or a terrorist.

I hear the same stupidity here gollygee, on the one hand saying he's a muslim, then complaining about his minister (at a Christian church).

All I can say, is that I hope they are all praying on Tuesday, while we are all out voting!

[Poll_Blind]

49. Poll: 85% of non-Texan Americans aware that 23% of Texans are dumb-asses.

PB

[marmar]

51. Remember the Alamo!

:cry:

[MindPilot]

54. Please God, if you want to prove your existance...

Rapture Texas.

[treestar]

56. They should ask a second question

Do you think a Muslim can be President? Just for kicks to see if it really makes a difference to them. There seems to be a stupid assumption that merely being a Muslim makes one sympathetic to terrorists. Are they stupid enough to be making that assumption - perhaps we are safe to assume they are.

[CoopersMom]

57. 23% of Texans can't pull their head out of their asses

I live in this stupid state and would have bet that about 75% of these redneck bums thought that about Obama. These people are dixiecrats. Always were and always will be. Texas is the most southern state in the nation. Any claims to the contrary are just wrong.

[ismnotwasm]

60. That's just sad

And like Powell indicated, so what if he was?

[Vickers]

61. And 23% of Texans think Toby Keith is a great musician...

...I'm guessing there's a LOT of overlap.

:P

[KamaAina]

64. 22.999%

one of our very best DUers just settled in suburban Houston.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

65. It's times like this I miss Molly Ivins and Ann Richards even more.

I can just about imagine what those wonderful good ole girls would have to say about this.

[slampoet]

66. 28 % of Texans think Chicken is a Vegetable.

[KamaAina]

67. Ever notice how these kinds of numbers tend to track Bush**'s approval ratings?

:shrug:

[slackmaster]

74. Amazing coincidence, isn't it?

:rofl:

[myrtle jones]

69. i live in a college town in north texas

and there were 50,000 democrats who voted in the primary--compared to 30,000 that voted in the bush/kerry 04 election.

i have hope. i dont think we will turn it blue, but im definitely feeling the purple vibe here in texas!

[SprintSpeed]

70. Sad.

[yella_dawg]

71. 550 respondents?

What's the margin of error on that, 15%? Propaganda in action, folks.

[slackmaster]

73. That makes them only a little dumber than US voters in general

:shrug:

ETA propaganda works. The anti-Obama people have been waging a deliberate campaign of lies about Obama since he entered the race.

[dynasaw]

77. So what

So what if he is. There are now more Americans who are Muslim than Presbyterians, and I mean real Americans who go to work, pay their taxes, and yes die for America.

Get over the fact that the only way to be a real American is to be Christian.

[slackmaster]

78. The propaganda point is that he is supposedly being dishonest about is faith

Nobody denies that Obama says he is a Christian.

Being a Muslim and a liar would be two strikes against him.

[wolverinez]

79. Texas was never known for it's intelligence.

seriously.

[Citizen_Penn]

92. Is that an insult?

I can't tell - cuz i'm a texan.

:crazy:

[wolverinez]

102. Obviously not everyone :) nm

nm

[lastliberalintexas]

103. Perhaps, but I at least know the difference between "its" and "it's"

Welcome to DU.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

80. Really... maybe we should have to pass a test before being allowed to vote

[nichomachus]

86. We used to have that -- it didn't work

A friend of mine -- a black man with a PhD in Constitutional law -- tried to register to vote in Mississippi in the '50s. He "flunked" the test and was told he was illiterate.

[Citizen_Penn]

93. who makes up the test?

will it work as well as "no child left behind"?

who tests the tester?

conundrum

[eowyn_of_rohan]

96. i was being facetious

though I am sick of the willfully ignorant voters screwing things up for the country

[hughee99]

81. When you consider all these polls

about how 30% of Americans can't name the presidential candidates and shit like that, the fact that it's only 23% who think he's a muslim doesn't sound so bad.

[Joe Chi Minh]

82. Yes. But don't forget, the other 77% are Democrats.

[nichomachus]

84. 25 % of Texas science teachers

think that dinosaurs and humans walked the earth at the same time.

[codjh9]

85. As a native - and unfortunately current (again) Texan, I can heartily say that too many Texans

are dumb as a fucking rock. :^)

[SoCalDem]

87. 23% of Texans found to be xenophobic, racist numbskulls

nothing new there.. Equal to GWB's "popularity" figures..

[codjh9]

89. Yeah, but how many think he's 'muslin'? :^)

[Leopolds Ghost]

99. He is an accomplished Thesbian who Osculates children and wears Muslin.

[Citizen_Penn]

90. Listen, I'll kick any ass that defames my beloved Texas -

but I can easily tell ya'll that if only 23% of my fellow Texans are this ignorant, I'm surprised.



We don't necessarily raise 'em this dumb, but we attract the hell outta 'em.

Stupid folks visit here, and light (light = stay in Texana).

If I can find out whose inviting 'em, I'm gonna fix that, too.

[kimmerspixelated]

94. Once again,.... there are idiots in EVERY STATE!

Quit stereotyping Tejas!

[barack the house]

97. It's time to get the truth about the devastation the adminstration has left on the coast..

[Leopolds Ghost]

98. Do they Brand Their Beeves in Arabia? Obama has failed to capture the "brand their beeves" crowd.

-- Overhead comment from a Texan tourist on vacation in Mexico: "Do they Brand Their Beeves?"

[AJD48]

101. And more than 23%, probably, think evolution is false.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

104. I'm willing to bet a god portion of those are aware he's not, but answer that he is.

AND keep on trying to convince people that he is.