Huffington Post: Ask President Barack Obama about his religious affiliation, and he's a Christian. Ask Mississippi or Alabama voters, and you might find a different answer.
In the midst of tight GOP primaries in both states, Public Policy Polling (PPP) has released information showing that a majority of likely GOP primary voters in the Deep South do not see Obama as a Christian. PPP's Alabama survey of 600 likely GOP primary voters found that only 14 percent consider Obama a Christian, while 45 percent said he is a Muslim and 41 percent answered that they were not sure.
A similar picture emerged in Mississippi. Of 656 likely GOP primary voters surveyed, 12 percent said Obama was a Christian, 52 percent classified him as a Muslim, and 36 percent fell in the "not sure" category.
This tells us several things. First, the Republican base is basically insane. Hell, 1 in 4 Republicans believe Obama may be the anti-Christ. You can't reason with people like that. You can only point out to people who are not insane that voting with crazy people is dangerous. Second, it's a testament to the effectiveness of the GOP disinformation machine that they can get a majority of their flock to come to a conclusion disproved by all the evidence. A group of people that lie so so easily, so often, and so effectively are of low character and should not be trusted to tell the truth about anything. And last, that the GOP would know their base would respond to this racially based bit of disinformation is yet another indication the Southern Strategy lives on (and if you have any doubt about that, the same poll shows nearly half of Republicans in Mississippi want to ban interracial marriage)
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