What Republicans Believe

[bolson]

Maybe you've seen this other places by now, but here it is again, the short version, with my own special formatting.

Almost half of our governmental power is elected by people who disturbingly often hold idiotic views that should be obviously bad and wrong. How can we form a civilized society and govern ourselves under these conditions?

In January, 2010 about two thousand self identified Republicans answered thusly:

Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?	Yes: 39%	Not sure: 29%	No: 32%
Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, or not?	No: 36%	Not sure: 22%	Yes: 42%
Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?	Yes: 63%	Not sure: 16%	No: 21%
Do you believe Barack Obama wants the terrorists to win?	Yes: 24%	Not sure: 33%	No: 43%
Do you believe ACORN stole the 2008 election?	Yes: 21%	Not sure: 55%	No: 24%
Do you believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Barack Obama?	Yes: 53%	Not sure: 33%	No: 14%
Do you believe Barack Obama is a racist who hates White people?	Yes: 31%	Not sure: 33%	No: 36%
Do you believe your state should secede from the United States?	Yes: 23%	Not sure: 19%	No: 58%
Should Congress make it easier for workers to form and join labor unions?	No: 68%	Not sure: 25%	Yes: 7%
Would you favor or oppose giving illegal immigrants now living in the United States the right to live here legally if they pay a fine and learn English?	Oppose: 59%	Not sure: 15%	Favor: 26%
Should openly gay men and women be allowed to serve in the military?	No: 55%	Not sure: 19%	Yes: 26%
Should same sex couples be allowed to marry?	No: 77%	Not sure: 16%	Yes: 7%
Should gay couples receive any state or federal benefits?	No: 68%	Not sure: 21%	Yes: 11%
Should openly gay men and women be allowed to teach in public schools?	No: 73%	Not sure: 19%	Yes: 8%
Should sex education be taught in the public schools?	No: 51%	Not sure: 7%	Yes: 42%
Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world?	Yes: 77%	Not sure: 8%	No: 15%
Are marriages equal partnerships, or are men the leaders of their households?	Men: 13%	Not sure: 11%	Equal: 76%
Should contraceptive use be outlawed?	Yes: 31%	Not sure: 13%	No: 56%
Do you believe the birth control pill is abortion?	Yes: 34%	Not sure: 18%	No: 48%
Do you consider abortion to be murder?	Yes: 76%	Not sure: 16%	No: 8%
Do you support the death penalty?	Yes: 91%	Not sure: 5%	No: 4%
Should women work outside the home?	No: 4%	Not sure: 10%	Yes: 86%
Do you believe that the only way for an individual to go to heaven is though Jesus Christ, or can one make it to heaven through another faith?	Christ: 67%	Not sure: 18%	Other: 15%

I'll admit that there is some room for debate in some of these topics, particularly I support a pretty wide leeway in marriage dynamics, but most of these issues really just make Republicans look stupid.

If you are my friend and identify as Republican, please, either fix your party or leave it. Isn't this embarrassing?

DailyKos/Research 2000 poll, Jan 2010

Comments

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Should public school students be taught that the book of Genesis in the Bible explains how God created the world 77%? For real?

[shadeofnight.livejournal.com]

I totally believe this should be taunt in schools, alone with evolution and a few other mythologies. Give them all equal time.

I remember learning a lot about Native American views on how the earth was created in school when I was growing up and thought they where neat.

This answer would be more alarming if it was said to be the "only" thing taught. So a lot of it might be based on the spin the interview people gave..

I also know for a fact that most working people (the true core base of America), irregardless of political views, do not have time or care to waste time answering polls on the phone. The only time I answered one, was when I was unemployed for 6 months during the dot.com bust, and was bored to tears. Have not answered one since then. I could always tell by how the question where written that they did not want to know what I really thought, just their version of it.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Point. And yeah, "the book of Genesis says" is different from "teach this instead of science."

Re polls, I've occasionally agreed to answer polls and it always takes far longer than advertised.

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

I had no problem with what you said until you said "give them equal time."

If you want to teach various mythologies as part of a sociology/cultures curriculum, I'm totally there. But Evolution gets taught in Science class. Various mythologies should NOT be taught in Science class, as they are not Science, and they should not be given the same explanitory weight as Science.