# I Pit 53% of Republicans **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585 "2010-02-03T21:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/1 "2010-02-03T21:09:28Z")
For stating that Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Obama. [http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/02/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6167520.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/02/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6167520.shtml) Look, whether you agree with Obama’s policies or not, saying that Palin, who still doesn’t know why there are two Koreas, is more qualified than him either makes you an idiot, or, well, an idiot. What the fuck is wrong with these people? Looking at the other stats…it’s just hard to believe. Only 42% of Republicans think that Obama’s a citizen? Really? I knew I disagreed with most Republicans, I just didn’t know half of them were really so stupid as to be barely above bacteria in the intellect department. 25% say the president wants the terrorists to win? Really? As much as I hated W, I never doubted his patriotism or his desire to do good for the country…I just disagreed with his methods and wished for someone with better critical thinking skills. Polls like this make me honestly sick to my stomach, to know just how much Fox News and Limbaugh have brainwashed the right wing people, and how unfailingly ignorant and vindictive the right has become. I know there are wackjobs on the left, but I don’t think they’re even close to the kind of numbers this poll suggest exists on the right. Seriously, 53%? Palin? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/2 "2010-02-03T21:24:26Z")
Palin is more likely to implement the policies that 53% of Republicans feel is more important than experience. I think they’re wrong, but what the hell do I know. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/3 "2010-02-03T21:27:00Z")
Yep, just another step on the road to _Idiocracy._ To these people, Obama is not just a Kenyan Muslim, but someone who also commits the sin of “talking faggy.” I expect _Ouch…My Balls!_ to make its debut any day now. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/4 "2010-02-03T21:36:15Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I expect _Ouch…My Balls!_ to make its debut any day now. I hope so. They’ve been playing promos of it on America’s Funniest Videos for over two decades now. Come on tv executives get the show on the air already. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/5 "2010-02-03T21:39:11Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > For stating that Sarah Palin is more qualified to be President than Obama. > > [http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/02/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6167520.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/02/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6167520.shtml) > > 25% say the president wants the terrorists to win? Really? As much as I hated W, I never doubted his patriotism or his desire to do good for the country…I just disagreed with his methods and wished for someone with better critical thinking skills. Maybe you thought that way, but what about the many, many posters on this board who didn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/6 "2010-02-03T21:41:01Z")
Could it be that lately a significant number of moderate Republicans, who typically vote Republican and are registered Republican, are identifying themselves as independents or libertarians? If the poll was limited to people who self-identified as Republican, would this not increase the proportion of birther types, by moderates removing themselves from the respondant pool? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/7 "2010-02-03T21:44:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Maybe you thought that way, but what about the many, many posters on this board who didn’t? Many many posters on this board thought W wanted the terrorists to win? Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/8 "2010-02-03T21:50:39Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Many many posters on this board thought W wanted the terrorists to win? Cite? Did they all lock step with even the most over the top “security” measures, without question ? No ? THEN THEY WANTED THE TERRORISTS TO WIN. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/9 "2010-02-03T21:50:45Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Maybe you thought that way, but what about the many, many posters on this board who didn’t? Yeah, somebody somewhere thought that way, so there! Your whole argument is…is, YEAH, so there! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/10 "2010-02-03T21:52:53Z")
Maybe we should be thankful that the number is as low as it is. Modern American politics strikes me as being like trench warfare; a side stakes out its position and digs in so as to be completely unmovable. That 47% of Republicans can admit that Sarah Palin is less qualified seems to me to be a hopeful sign. > [@Jman](#): > > 25% say the president wants the terrorists to win? What does that even mean, for the “terrorists to win”? The War on Terror is un-loseable in much the same way that it’s un-winable. It’s not one single group with one single goal. There’s no one to surrender to even if he wanted to; and if bin Laden just declares victory, we’d debate whether to believe him and not whose fault it was that we lost. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/11 "2010-02-03T21:53:10Z")
Man… **Jman** , shut the fuck up an learn to read between the lines. You own link has this: > [@](#): > > The survey, commissioned by liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas Dude.. There is no way in Hell that’s a good sample or an unbiased survey. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/12 "2010-02-03T21:59:44Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > Could it be that lately a significant number of moderate Republicans, who typically vote Republican and are registered Republican, are identifying themselves as independents or libertarians? If the poll was limited to people who self-identified as Republican, would this not increase the proportion of birther types, by moderates removing themselves from the respondant pool? Unquestionably. The Republican Party as it is now bears no resemblance to the old one, which had at least a semblance of wisdom and intellect and pragmatism. Today’s Republican party is _completely about emotion_ and about getting people worked up into a frenzy over polarizing issues. And pandering to people who are dumb and ignorant. The moderate Republicans are drifting away from the party and towards libertarianism, unquestionably. ---
**Author:** ![Saganist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Saganist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saganist)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/13 "2010-02-03T21:59:50Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Maybe we should be thankful that the number is as low as it is. Modern American politics strikes me as being like trench warfare; a side stakes out its position and digs in so as to be completely unmovable. That 47% of Republicans can admit that Sarah Palin is less qualified seems to me to be a hopeful sign. Actually, the link says only 14% said Obama was more qualified. The other 33 declined to swing one way or the other. That said, I think **Monkey with a Gun** is correct in thinking these are exaggerated numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Richie\_Incognito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@Richie\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richie_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/14 "2010-02-03T22:01:48Z")
Just embrace it. If you consider yourself a democrat, the more republicans who support Palin the better. There is no way she will ever get the support of the right leaning moderates or independents. Nothing would make me happier than for her to land the nomination in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/15 "2010-02-03T22:08:16Z")
Hey, publicize this all you can. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/16 "2010-02-03T22:09:23Z")
> [@Richie\_Incognito](#): > > Just embrace it. If you consider yourself a democrat, the more republicans who support Palin the better. There is no way she will ever get the support of the right leaning moderates or independents. Nothing would make me happier than for her to land the nomination in a few years. Careful what you wish for. I remember thinking that anybody could beat Bush in 04 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/17 "2010-02-03T22:11:03Z")
> [@Richie\_Incognito](#): > > Just embrace it. Fuck that. He needs to be educated in at least high school logic. Otherwise, **Jman** is never going to understand that what he reads _isn’t always true_. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/18 "2010-02-03T22:23:29Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Fuck that. He needs to be educated in at least high school logic. Otherwise, **Jman** is never going to understand that what he reads _isn’t always true_. Indeed. Hey kids, can you guess what fallacy **A Monkey With A Gun** is doing here? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/19 "2010-02-03T22:30:59Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Hey kids, can you guess what fallacy **A Monkey With A Gun** is doing here? 🙂 Why don’t you educate us? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585/20 "2010-02-03T22:33:09Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > …Dude.. There is no way in Hell that’s a good sample or an unbiased survey. You have proof of this contention? Or are we simply to assume that a lefty blogger must, by his very nature, be lying? FWIW, Moulitos paid for the survey, he did not conduct the survey. Dude. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-53-of-republicans/527585.md?page=2)