18% Believe Obama is a Muslim
Is it my imagination, or are Americans just getting stupider by the day?
For the record, President Obama is a Christian, always has been, and never was a Muslim. He has attended Christian churches his entire life. He was raised a Christian, married a Christian, and has raised two Christian daughters. Their dog is probably a Christian.
When asked how they learned that Obama is a Muslim, 60% said they learned it from the media, mostly from television. CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN? Of course not. They learned it from Fox.
The group with the highest percentage of Obama Muslim believers is conservative Republicans (43%). It should be the responsibility of the Republican leadership to step up and correct this gross lie. Somehow I don’t think they will. As my father used to tell me (speaking then of Communism’s hold on people), “The Big Lie is the most effective because only those who think for themselves will recognize it.”
The real big lie is blaming Fox. I am a news junkie. I watch and listen to hours of news each day including Fox and MSNBC. I have never heard a Fox commentator say that Obama is a Muslim. Some do question his brand of Christianity. Several times Obama has said that he believes in “collective salvation”, that his salvation is tied to everyones salvation. That is why he wants a socialist nanny state so that he can save everyone, because we are not smart enough to save ourselves. It seems like someone proposed that idea in the preexistance and was rejected. Perhaps that is why his message is being soundly rejected. Fox news is just the scapegoat used by the left for their own failures.
Sure there are some Americans who believe that Obama is a Muslim, just like there are some who believe that Bush and the Federal Government planned 9/11. The mistake is when we condem whole organizations based on the views of their most extreme supporters.
The post was about whether President Obama is a Muslim or not and why more people believe it each month than the month before. The Pew poll (non-partisan) asked where people heard that and the majority said TV. I have heard it on Fox, and specifically from Glenn Beck. I’ll research and post it for you. The mystery remains: my do more and more people believe it?
The post was not about the President’s view of Christianity or any particular religious doctrine. One thing I strongly believe is that religion is at its evil worst when it gets involved in politics, and government is at its evil worst when it gets involved in religion. That is, after all, the point of the First Amendment.
I listen to Glen Beck on a regular basis. I have heard him talk dozens of times about Obama’s brand of Christianity. I have never heard him say or agree with anyone who says that Obama is a Muslim. People who say that they got it from Glen Beck obviously are not listening to what he says.
I agree. I heard it from Beck early on but he has clarified many times since then that the President is a Christian. Qualified, of course: to quote his show: