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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: i-node who wrote (583206)8/29/2010 10:11:02 AM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) of 1573074
 
Why do so many people believe Obama is a Muslim?

politifact.com
( Because the (R) half of the people have IQ's less than 100? )

"Americans with the strongest dislike of the Democratic president and his policies are much more likely to say Obama is a Muslim. Pollsters say people's beliefs about his religion may actually be an effort to equate him with a faith they dislike.

Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, has found that when people are fiercely partisan, they are less likely to change their minds when presented with factually correct evidence that contradicts their views.

Calling Obama a Muslim has "become a stand in for 'I don't know who he really is,'" Nyhan said. "Part of it may just be people being down on Obama and attaching themselves to any label that is perceived as negative."

"PolitiFact has done extensive fact-checking on Obama's faith and has debunked false claims in chain e-mails that he attended a radical Islamic school, that his political rise mirrored a biblical tale about the Antichrist, and that he took the oath for U.S. Senate on a Koran. All three earned our lowest rating, Pants on Fire.

Our fact-checking also showed clear evidence that Obama is a Christian. According to the president's memoirs and independent biographies, Obama was not raised in any particular faith. He became a Christian when he was in his 20s while working as a community organizer in Chicago. Obama said the churches there impressed him with their commitment to social justice and the hope they gave to the poor."
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