Mississippi And Alabama Republicans Think Obama Is A Muslim; Majority Doesn’t Believe In Evolution

[Tx4obama]

Public Policy Polling has some unpretty numbers.

A stunning 52% of Mississippi respondents to a survey done ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary have bought into the false notion that Obama worships Allah, Public Policy Polling reported Monday. Some 36% said they weren’t sure.

In Alabama, 45% responded in the affirmative when asked the same question and 41% said they weren’t sure, pollsters found.

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Sixty-six percent of Mississippians surveyed by PPP said they didn’t believe in evolution as did 60% of people in Alabama, the pollsters found.

http://www.alan.com/2012/03/12/mississippi-and-alabama-republicans-think-obama-is-a-muslim-majority-doesnt-believe-in-evolution/

[Wait Wut]

1. There are some bright people in Mississippi and Alabama.

I haven't met them, but I'm sure they're there. They just aren't represented by this poll.

I wish those people the best.

Love from an Arizona sympathizer.

[trof]

5. YEAH! I'm one!

[annabanana]

2. The OPERATIVE word in this headline is REPUBLICAN...

settle down

[GodlessBiker]

6. Very good point!

[AtheistCrusader]

19. True, even of the Evolution question.

"-Finally there's considerable skepticism about evolution among GOP voters in both Alabama and Mississippi. In Alabama only 26% of voters believe in it, while 60% do not. In Mississippi just 22% believe in it, while 66% do not. Romney wins the 'voters who believe in evolution' vote (33-27 over Gingrich in Alabama, 38-32 over Gingrich in Mississippi.) Santorum wins the 'voters who don't believe in evolution' vote (34-33 over Gingrich in both Alabama and Mississippi with Romney at 26%)"

[Skittles]

3. honestly I would have thought the percentages would be higher

[mother earth]

4. I'm not surprised by the amount of ignorance & racism. I think we need these kind of wake up

calls when we kid ourselves that we have an "educated" populace. This is why money needs to be pumped into
education in this country. People are woefully ignorant of many, many facts and basic truths. It is not just confined to
knowing about Obama.

Have you ever seen the Jay Leno segment he does when he goes out to ask random people about things they really should know...simple things they should have learned in school, and average knowledge they should know about contemporary and/or political figures and simple knowledge they should have acquired along the way...it would be laughable if it weren't so sad. Every time he does this, it leaves you wondering how people can conduct themselves in every day life. People do not read any more, they watch American Idol & play computer games.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Not only are the woefully ignorant, many of them are willfully ignorant.

They choose to ignore facts that they don't like.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. It's the answers to the interracial marriage question that appall me the most

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/125121599#post1

They may as well have asked 'are you a bigot?'

[trof]

8. 100% believe in an invisible sky diety.

[Stuckinthebush]

14. Uh....not 100% Trof

This Alabama Atheist makes it 99.999% thankyouverymuch!

[indepat]

9. Stuff this good just cannot be made up

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. Ed focused his first segment on this tonight.

Conflated it with Game Change and laid this all squarely at Sarah Palin's feet for inciting (and giving approval) to this shit during the election.

I normally skip the rerun, but am going to catch it later tonight. His anger about this was off the rails. Wanted to know if Idiotville, MS was polled and ranted about the Dems in MS and AL legislatures not doing anything to counter the racism. It was classic Ed.

[JoePhilly]

12. Those folks are proof of devolution.

I know, I know, evolution has no actual direction ... but these folks do seem to be regressing towards a far more primitive human form.

[diane in sf]

13. They are not evolving, have no experience of it, so naturally they don't believe it exists.

[Viva_Daddy]

15. Like that wonderful PSA says: "The mind is a terrible thing to waste."

[LiberalFighter]

16. How many live in the swamps?

[Shannon1981]

17. This is not surprising.

Having grown up in South Carolina, and returned to the wretched bible belt..well let's just say I know folks like this. Lots of them.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Sad

This would be funny if it weren't so sad.