1% Of Voters Think Obama Is Jewish

TNR:

The latest Pew Poll (in which Barack Obama leads John McCain 48-40) asks registered voters what religion they think Barack Obama is. Only 57% say that he's Christian. 12% say Muslim. Another 25% don't know. 1% say he's Jewish! (Must be that Aipac speech).

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Comments

[ann1]

And that 1% voted for Bush........twice

[pbfishtaco]

Also, 1% of those polled believe Joe Lieberman is a democrat.

[Aramingo]

Well, I can see the right wing noise machine getting a hold of this and claiming it shows that Obama flip-flops on spiritual matters. First he's Christian, then he's a Moslem, now he's Jewish. What's next? Druidism?

[Buddy McCue]

At least public ignorance isn't strictly a phenomenon of the United States.

According to a recent survey, 23 of Britons percent thought Sir Winston Churchill was a fictional character, and a majority said that Sherlock Holmes was real.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jkhaMzfJ3JEjQsM7DaUlY1PFEU_g

[NYC07]

The fact that so many Americans are stupid is bad enough, the fact that so many stupid Americans seem to be of proud of their stupidity is even sadder.

[StrayTalk]

1% is an insignificant number. The REAL headline should be the 43% who don't know at this point that Obama is Christian....Dohhh!

[Clem2]

This would be funny if it weren't so sad.

With such an uninformed electorate there is no way to hang onto Democracy.

Which is why we see it so eroded.

[recruitgal]

Good heavens. Perhaps it is time to think about some kind of IQ test before people are allowed to vote...

[Seattlelite]

I swear between cable TV, radio, news papers and the internet you'd think people would have a clue! Scary thing, these people have the right to vote and can determine the direction of this country. I hate I read this.

[inthecolour]

wtf?

I just died inside a little.

People...keep bringing me down with stupidity.

[Veman]

What??!!! No Bris jokes??!!!!

[coba]

dont you just love america sensico.wo­rdpress.co­m

[Bagger]

This is why politicians pander to the lowest common denominator. Americans are freaking idiots. No wonder our politicians act this way.

[eugenegerard]

2% thinks he's Latvian. They all voted for Bush.

[smilodon1]

And all this time I thought he was a new-reformed, orthodox druid. I didn't listen closely enough to Fox Noise.