West Virginia Primary: Good Morning America Meets An Uninformed Voter

Good Morning America, on the scene in West Virginia, introduced their viewers to Janis. She's not a particularly enthusiastic Hillary Clinton supporter, but for her, Hillary has got one thing on Barack Obama: she's not a Muslim. Of course, neither is Obama.

[WATCH.]

KATE SNOW: Janis said she can't support Obama.

JANIS: He's Muslim and that has a lot to do with it. I just, you know, I just would rather have Hillary.

SNOW: Just for the record he constantly says he's a Christian -

JANIS: I know he does.

SNOW: You don't believe him?

JANIS: No.

Now, it's hardly newsworthy to learn that stupid people exist and they do, in fact, vote. I mean, we have this whole thing called "the Bush Administration" that more or less proves that. But it's a little astounding to hear Kate Snow, who, as a reporter, is ostensibly charged with informing the public, offer up the mealy mouthed, "Just for the record, he constantly says he's a Christian..." As Snow well knows, there's a reason that Obama constantly says he's a Christian: it is because he is a Christian. The correct response would have been, "I'm sorry, but you are mistaken." Or, failing that, at least show us a voter capable of making a passionate and authoritative case for Clinton.

Comments

[westminster]

I f you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Unfortunately the citizens of West Virginia seem to be a PERFECT example of this.

[naewing]

This post is really about Kate Snow and ABC. This is irresponsible journalism and comes right on the heels of the ABC debate fiasco. I think it is pretty clear that ABC has an agenda.
It would be nice if we could count on the media to inform voters, but that would imply presenting them with facts, not confirming the voters' misinformed opinions, even half-heartedly.
Presenting fact as opinion is as wrong as presenting opinion as fact.
Kate Snow gets paid a lot of money to do this work, money that ABC gets from sponsors believing that we are watching and buying. Only when they find out that we aren't will it change.

[Opus007]

These people oftern register Democrat and vote Repulbican. MCcain will clean up on the dumb vote too.

[compassionone]

What if Obama was a Muslim? So what!

A Muslim US president could probably do more to negotiate peace in Muslim oriented countries than anyone else.

For some reason many Americans have equated Muslim=Terrorist.

THis is sad how Republicans have brain washed so many people with propaganda.

For the record, Obama is more Christian in action than any US president in many years.

[Mogamboguru]

Could you strike this "Muslim"-innuendo completely from your agenda, please?

OBAMA IS A CHRISTIAN. PERIOD!

[compassionone]

Duh! Read the last line. He is Christian.

I'm concerned that so many people are prejudice against Muslims as though they are a threat. That is why we have this conflict and how the Neocons manipulated the American people with Fear.

We should not be spending time trying to prove Obama is a Christian, rather helping people see that Muslim is not a threat, rather just a few Radical Fundamentalists.

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

the perfect clinton supporter --

ignorant and clueless ...

shillary's sheeple.

[morbie5]

Jason Linkins always comes up with the dumbest things to cry about.

[MRb1000]

This lady dose not sound like a Christian. Sorry it is the truth. She sounds more like a racist!

[katmeyster]

How to explain these people:

Dumb is the new smart.

Live poor, vote rich.

[jgalvan]

WVA was a experiment back in WWII to breed sub-human attack zombies cloned though incest and only feed moonshine and entertained with a simple yet diabolical string instrument called a banjo. But the war ended before the test were fully completed, the army left want are now called Human Incest Cloned Killing Systems (HICKS). Now we are stuck with them and they are on the loose mostly driving long haul trunks though out our great land, if you see one one walk away slowly but never turning your back, if attacked curl up into a ball and try to start a fire.

[mommamia526]

Obama intlligentsia posting

[ErnestineBass]

Obama called.

He wants you to STFU.

[MadJeffersonian]

So you see a person of color with a different name and automatically he is a Muslim?

Are we that stupid in letting a small element (comparatively speaking) of Islam define an entire religion?

The ignorance that now permeates the country is just disgusting and disappointing. We are much better than this.

[Mogamboguru]

Are you SURE? I mean - are you REALLY sure...?

[debrouillard]

How would we Christians feel if every non Christian could conclude that base on the paedopilic scandal that has CORRECTLY been in the catholic circles,every christian was a Child molester.In fact only recently Hillary's former pastor has been convicted for sexually molesting a 7 year old.

[MissingAmerica]

We are a Democracy, not a Theocracy. This country was founded on the principle of separation of Church and State. Far too much emphasis is being put on being a Christian, and far too little being put on being an American.

[HopeGirl]

Do these people ever feel used and abused?

The only reason this person believes that is Hillary told her that...and its a convenient excuse.

Thank god for every one of her there are three that have a mind.

[DrDemon]

You ask, "Do these people ever feel used and abused"?

Answer: YES, Many times, by their own family!

[Amminadab]

Hillary told her no such thing.

Why must you lie and smear?

[debrouillard]

Well in a televised interview Hillary was ask a similar question about baracks religion,and she said she was in doubt herself whether or not he really is a christian. This lady we are talking abt in doubt will simply be mirroring Hillary's response in that said interview.
After all Hillary who have known Barack longer and more personally claims to be in doubt,why shldnt this ignoring moron in the street of WV.Probably if u shld ask her whats the difference between being a muslim and a Christian,she wouldnt know

[jgalvan]

watch out, camel boy is back.

[ann1]

i'm sure she embarrassed a lot of white people with that ignorant response.

[DrDemon]

I bet not Hillary!

[mommamia526]

Yep, sister. She has an additood, does she not?

[SCCavie93]

Let Billary tell it, West Virginia is not the NORM for the rest of the entire country.
How said it is that these FOOLS don't even realize that it does the state NO GOOD to vote AGAINST the candidate that WILL WIN.

Although one would hope that this kind of stuff does NOT matter, but all politicians REMEMBER!

[amazigh]

Section 1 of Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that a President must:

* be a natural born citizen of the united States
* be at least 35 years old
* have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years

there is no mention to the faith of the president in the requirements, madame!

[jgalvan]

Do you really believe that she can read?

[DrDemon]

Not even a title!

[morbie5]

Last time I checked people can vote on whatever they want.

[devadasi]

morbie5---that's like saying it's okay for a husband to beat hiswife because he feels like it. We the people are not going to be at the mercy of racist trash and ignorant people. Like those fools that believe Obama is a muslim; or like the fools that buy into Hillary's b.s. that she feels their pain.