Religion as a Weapon

POLL: Most Mississippi Republicans think Pres. Obama a Muslim:

Not that there's anything wrong with that...except...It shows a whole lot of meanness when religion is used as a weapon. But if we look deep we can see through the veil of hate to some things that may allow us to come together. Believe it or not, it's true!

As sad as this story is, we REALLY DO have to keep things in perspective if we are going to move forward as a nation.

Perspective ...

1. The percentage of the Mississippi population which is African American is 37.4% the highest of any state in the nation!

2. I live in GA where the AfrAmerican population is 29.8%, far higher than any northeastern or western state.

3. There are red and blue pockets all over the US. Atlanta is all blue/Democrat and neighborhoods in Boston, like 'Southie' and in NYC like Brooklyn and Queens are just as racially backwards as Mississippi! I've lived up there too and I've seen it!

And while this poll of MS Republican primary voters is galling one must remember that the airwaves in the southeast are PERMEATED with the hatespeech of Limbaugh and his ilk via the Cox Broadcasting corporate monopoly. Not only are poor white voters being brainwashed, but they are also learning to emulate the dishonest hatespeech of the Limbaughs on the air. I bet that only a small fraction of those polled REALLY believe the crap they say to pollsters, what they do believe is that the hateful lies they hear are politically 'wise' to repeat in order to hurt their political opponents.

Listen, President Obama got 47% in Georgia in 2008 and he is going to take GA this time! Mark my words, TheDixieDove.

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Yahoo News-

• More than half of likely Republican voters in Mississippi say they think President Barack Obama is a Muslim, according to a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling firm.

Fifty-two percent said that Obama practiced Islam, while just 12 percent said he was a Christian. Thirty-six percent said they were not sure.

Obama, whose father and stepfather both came from Muslim backgrounds, is a practicing Christian and was a member of Trinity United Church in Chicago before he was president.

The poll, conducted by telephone of 656 likely Republican voters in Mississippi on March 10 and 11, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

In Alabama, the same poll found that 45 percent of likely Republican voters believed Obama to be a Muslim and 14 percent said they considered him a Christian.

The group conducted the polling in advance of the Republican presidential primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, which will be held on Tuesday.