| ... or more accurately, considering the sheer incompetence of most of the Washington Dems, here's another side of what we're up against, namely, in part, the ones who set the conventional wisdom that has aforementioned Dems and much of the MSM behaving the way that they do.
Daily Kos recently commissioned a poll of Republicans, and although I'm not surprised in the least, some might find rather shocking the depth of the sheer amount of ignorance and regressive thinking that typifies today's Republicans.
A small sampling illustrates, if anything, how this bipartisan nonsense needs to be jettisoned, as it will only work when you don't have one party completely living in the Dark Ages. The poll breaks it down into different regions as well as sex and likelihood of voting, but for brevity's sake, have a look at some of the "all" category.
QUESTION: Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?
NO YES NOT SURE
36 42 22
QUESTION: Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world?
YES NO NOT SURE
77 15 8
QUESTION: Should contraceptive use be outlawed?
YES NO NOT SURE
31 56 13
QUESTION: Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools?
YES NO NOT SURE
8 73 19
QUESTION: Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?
YES NO NOT SURE
63 21 16
As to that last one, it might have been interesting to see how many Republicans actually know what a "socialist" is, but that would involve a level of thinking that is probably beyond more than a few of 'em.
Not surprisingly, there's also a lot of opposition to labor and immigration amnesty, as well. To its credit (and my surprise), a majority doesn't believe Obama should be impeached or that he's deliberately "wants the terrorists to win". Now, I've never been a fan of Republicanism, even the Eisenhower variety, but it seems there used to be some sort of intellectual component to the party, even if I disagreed with it.
And of course, nothing says more about the current intellectual bankruptcy of the Republican Party than this question:
QUESTION: Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Barack Obama?
YES NO NOT SURE
53 14 33
It's going to be a long struggle, that much is certain. It's hard to fight a battle of ideas when your opposition is, for the most part, impervious to facts and reasoning,and the brain trusts of that party have figured out quite well how to take advantage of that virulent anti-intellectualism and channel it into a know-nothing, angry populism. 2010's gonna be a blast. |
