A far more scary is the right wing spin industry that cultivates and exploits such delusions to its political benefits.
Wojtek
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/09/extremism-in-new-jersey.html
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>
> Extremism in New Jersey
>
> We've been uncovering a remarkable level of anger toward Barack Obama in a
> lot of our recent polling so for New Jersey we decided to go a step further
> in determining how extreme some people's feelings are about the President
> and asked respondents if they think he is the Anti-Christ.
>
> 8% said yes. 13% aren't sure. Among Republicans 14% said yes and 15%
> weren't sure.
>
> Pretty eye popping numbers. The extent to which some people already hate
> Obama is amazing. We'll test that question nationally this weekend.
>
> The extremism in New Jersey isn't limited to the right though. 19% of
> voters in the state, including 32% of Democrats, think that George W. Bush
> had prior knowledge of 9/11.
>
> Beyond that 21% of respondents, including 33% of Republicans, express the
> belief that Obama was not born in the United States.
>
> Combine the birthers and the truthers and you've got 37% of the electorate.
> And the 3% of voters who really need to get their heads checked are the ones
> who are both birthers and truthers.
>
> These findings are in no way unique to New Jersey. In fact it's the least
> 'birther' of five states where we've looked at that question. But it's a
> reminder that high levels of extremism are in no way limited to the south.
>
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