February 3, 3:16 PMWorcester County Progressive ExaminerThomas Deusser

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Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?

36% of all respondents said “no”. 42% of respondents said “yes”. 22% said they were “not sure”. It’s a good thing that 42% number is as high as it is, because it wasn’t always; especially during the 2008 Election (before Sen. John McCain discounted it, with no help from his running mate).

For the record, his birth certificate can be seen here and his birth announcement can be seen here. These are easily found in any Google search, and have been available for the better part of 2 years.

The fact that 36% of people ignore this absolute fact (and 39% of “self-identified” Republican Men), and another 22% aren’t “sure”, is mind-numbing and staggering in the level of idiocy required to believe it. What can’t be quantified is if this is a product of Republican “message”, or if this is a product of people’s unwillingness to believe basic and proven facts simply because the subject of those facts disagree with their political positions.

Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?

63% of respondents said “yes”. 21% said “no”. Another 16% weren’t “sure”. So, 79% of all “self-identified” Republicans aren’t completely convinced that the President of the United States isn’t a Socialist. Not only has the President not done anything Socialist, or anything that Republicans haven’t already done themselves (remember, TARP was signed into law by President Bush); but the reality is that President Obama’s positions generally don’t differ much from the previous President.

He voted to re-authorize the USA PATRIOT Act and the warrantless wiretapping provisions in the most recent FISA bill. He ran to the right of Sen. McCain concerning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Presidential Campaign and has governed as such while in office.

Progressives and Leftists have decried this President as “just another Neo-Con”. Brian Moore, who ran for President on the Socialist Ticket in 2008 said that “calling (President) Obama a ‘Socialist’ is an insult to Socialists.” The fact that “President Obama” and “Socialist” can be uttered in the same sentence with a straight face is simply beyond comprehension.

Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?

Amongst all respondents, 24% said “yes”, 43% said “no”, and 33% said they weren’t “sure”. Let’s, for a moment, forget the fact that 67% of people in this poll essentially just accused the President of treason by giving aid and comfort to the enemy. What in heaven’s name would President Obama gain by the terrorists “winning”?

There is no apparent answer to that question that can be easily determined. It must be stated that there’s a school of thought that on the basis of this answer alone, the terrorists have already “won”. A terrorist’s goal is to do one thing: to terrorize, that is, to instill fear in their target.

This poll answer, along with several others, could be construed as clear evidence of people who have been instilled with “fear”, and gravitate toward anything that swears to protect them. Perhaps the Republicans are really the ones who want the terrorists to “win”? It would certainly garner them more broad-based support.