The DailyKos website commissioned the non-partisan Research 2000 research firm to conduct a poll measuring the beliefs, perceptions and attitudes of the Republican base, specifically concerning President Obama. There's really no surprise here, as the base holds the most insane and ludicrious beliefs or perceptions regarding the Commander-in-chief. Congratulations are in order for Fox News and the Republican leadership for their non-stop stream of ludicrious talking-points, lies and smears:
• 39 percent of Republicans believe Obama should be impeached, 32 percent said he should not be voted out of office, 29 percent are not sure.
• 42 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a natural citizen, 36 percent believe he was not born in the United States, 22 percent are not sure.
• 36 percent of Republicans believe Obama is not racist, 31 percent believe he is a "racist who hates white people" (what Fox News's Glenn Beck has previously stated), and 33 percent were not sure.
• 63 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a socialist, 21 percent believe he is not, 16 percent are not sure.
• 43 percent of Republicans believe Obama does not want the "terrorists to win", 33 percent aren't sure, 24 percent believe Obama wants "the terrorists to win".
• 55 percent of Republicans are not sure if the community organizing group ACORN stole the 2008 presidential election, 24 percent said they did not steal the election, 21 percent of believe ACORN stole the election.
• 58 percent of Republicans believe their home state should not secede from the federal union of the United States, 23 percent believe that their state should secede or seperate from America, 19 percent aren't sure.
• 53 percent of Republicans believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Obama, 33 percent aren't sure, and 14 percent believe Obama is more qualified to be president than Palin.
There are also some disturbing numbers concerning gay rights and the seperation of church and state in the poll. Now couple all of these poll findings with the right-wing opposition to and skepticism of the science of climate change, and evolution, and well, you'll see why the rest of the world may sometimes have negative views or perceptions of Americans. I just wonder though if an anti-gravity movement is next.
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