Monday, September 21, 2015

Ben Carson toots on a Republican dog whistle



As quoted in Ben Carson says he would not support a Muslim for President.  (Washington Post, 9/20/2015)

It makes no difference that Carson believes Barack Obama is a Christian.  What matters is how this message will resonate with the conservative Christian voters to which Republican candidates for President are pandering.

Time for some headline news.

A majority of Republican voters, 54 percent, think that President Obama is a Muslim, according to a new survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) 
Asked whether they thought Obama is a Christian or Muslim or if they were unsure, 32 percent said they were unsure. Fourteen percent said he was a Christian.

A CNN/ORC poll out Sunday finds that while the vast majority of Americans believe, correctly, the Obama was born in the United States, there remains a solid subset of people who still believe he is foreign-born. 
That poll also found that 29 percent of Americans, and 43 percent of Republicans, believe Obama is a Muslim. The president is a Christian. 

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