{"id":579,"date":"2010-02-03T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2010-02-03T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T09:35:00","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-official-most-republicans-are-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/03\/it%e2%80%99s-official-most-republicans-are-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Official: Most Republicans are Crazy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Olbermann video in yesterday\u2019s lead article<\/a>, I learned that Daily Kos<\/a> has commissioned a poll on Republican beliefs.  You can take it to the bank that this was the first thing I sought in this morning\u2019s research.  Here, my friends, is the heart and soul of the GOP in all their teabagging glory:<\/p>\n

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\"GOP-hat\"<\/a> \u2026I found myself making certain claims about Republicans that I didn’t know if they could be backed up. So I thought, "why don’t we ask them directly?" And so, this massive poll, by non-partisan independent pollster Research 2000 of over 2,000 self-identified Republicans, was born.<\/p>\n

The results are nothing short of startling.<\/p>\n

It’s a long poll, so the results are summarized below the fold. For a direct link to the poll’s crosstabs, click <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, these results explain why it is impossible for elected Republicans to work with Democrats to improve our country. Their base are conspiracy mongers who don’t believe Obama was born in the United States, that he is the second coming of Lenin, and that he is racist against white people. They already want to impeach him despite the glaringly obvious lack of high crimes or misdemeanors. If any Republican strays and decides to do the right thing and try to work in a bipartisan fashion, they suffer primaries and attacks. Even the Maine twins have quit cooperating out of fear of their homegrown teabaggers.  <\/p>\n

Given what their base demands, and this poll illustrates them perfectly, it’s no wonder the GOP is the party of no.<\/p>\n