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Poll Finds 23 Percent of Texans Think Obama is Muslim

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-world-is-flat dept.

A University of Texas poll has found that 23 percent of Texans are convinced that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Muslim. Only 45 percent of the people polled correctly identified Obama as a Protestant Christian. Nationwide, the number of people who believe in the "Secret Muslim Conspiracy" is about the same as those who believe that the moon landing was faked (5-10 percent), which makes the high numbers in Texas unusual.

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  1. How could 63% of people be wrong? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That doesn't make sense.

    -- Proud Texan

    1. Re:How could 63% of people be wrong? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      yur bein eliteist with that arthmitic.

    2. Re:How could 63% of people be wrong? by onix · · Score: 5, Funny

      Texas doesn't make sense.

    3. Re:How could 63% of people be wrong? by LingNoi · · Score: 4, Funny

      So... you're saying that Obama is a muslim?

    4. Re:How could 63% of people be wrong? by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's the same percentage in the state that view the Flintstones as a documentary - and know that the world is flat, 'cos things don't fall off of it.

      --
      "Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
  2. In other news, Texas secesseds by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forms Republic of Dumbfuckistan

    --
    Anybody want my mod points?
  3. Re:Forget black or female president... by PhasmatisApparatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's see...
    Republican Christians will claim the Athiest is the antichrist.
    Democrat Christians will claim the Athiest is too Fundamentalist(TM).
    Republican Athiests will never get any airtime.
    Conspiracy theorists will still claim he's Muslim. In chain emails.