A quarter of Texans think that Barack Obama is a Muslim?

I lived there for 16 years, and I can tell you that fully half of all Texans have seen or have been abducted by UFOs, too.

EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS

like their ignorance

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE YOUR BACKGROUND OR YOUR AQUAINTANCES. YOUR REPUTATION WILL STICK WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. WAKE UP AMERICA AND LOOK DEEP INTO THIS MAN. IS THIS WHO YOU REALLY WANT TO RULE THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLD. HE CANNOT RUN FROM HIS PAST. I AM NOT A FEAR MONGER OR A RIGHT WING ZEALOT, I AM AN INDEPENDENT.

Nessie- All the things you said have nothing to do with Barack Obama being a muslim. He has refuted that idea a number of times. He has no background to suggest he's lying about his religious affiliation.

Furthermore, the issue here is that ignorant people think Muslims are bad. To many people there is no difference between "muslim" and "terrorists". There is a huge gap of understanding other religions in this country that needs to be addressed.

we just can't have a terrorist in the white house.

yeah, i am from texas and we are NOT all ignorant a-holes like the 23% that think barack is a muslim.

p.s. he totally got my vote

the mccain campaign diagnosing obama as a terrorist is the root of this problem. mccain rarely praises obama for anything he has done in this country, and instead constantly suggests that obama actually hates it. what are the american people to think? they associate obama's "mystery" not with his congressional work, but with his name and his character. perhaps mccain owes obama a public apology?

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That's it... it's time to send Texas back to the Mexicans.

An alternative headline:

Should there be an IQ test to vote?

They aren't that smart down in Texas, in case you haven't noticed our president of the past 8 years.

Everything is bigger in Texas, this is apparently true for dip-shits.

This is what happens when some people doing think on thier own. When you let other people tell you what is going on; and you don't read or research for yourself. You can't tell fact from fiction.

Is this post for one Texan in particular?

Just askin'!

And so what if he is?

As Muslims, we've been branded as "untouchables" this election season, the effects of which will be felt into the future regardless of who becomes president. Awesome.

Anyways Current-ites, its been fun.

Damn people, I'm surprised how easy it is for ya'll to defame an entire group of people, regardless of who they actually are!

I guess by being a Hispanic student living in Texas, according to all of your standards, I should be ignorant, stupid, fucked, and sent back to Mexico. Hmm, and to think that open-mindedness and understanding was supposedly important to most of us here.

By just saying that all Texans are idiots, conservative zealots, and unable to accept a known fact, is in itself extremely ignorant and offensive. I am proud to be a Texan and to have a family lineage backing to the 1600s from San Antonio. I agree that some people here, especially McCain supporters, are incredibly delusional about Obama, in fact I know a few. That, however, shouldn't make ya'll think Texas is nothing but those people.

We're the 2nd largest state in the nation, with 23,904,380 people. I can guarantee you that we aren't all the uneducated, ignorant, and stupid stereotypes that it seems many of you have of us.

Informed Texan is right, hopefully most of the responses here are comedic. remember, it's 23% we are talking about. That's far from the majority.

I was just surprised that anyone still thought Obama was a muslim considering how many times this issue has been brought up!

InformedTexan- Its time for the other half of Texas to start making some noise. Not all 24 million people -give or take- have the same thoughts and ideas. So speak up and shut up your stupid loudmouth neighbors, then, eh?

it doesn't make a bit of difference guys, wether he is or not Muslim, besides who actaully cares if these 23% Texans talking about it, it seems quite useless quarreling over such a small group...

That figures, and besides that, the other 3/4 think Texas is a country. Every pres from Texas has gotten us into a war of some type too. Johnson-Nam, 1st Bush-Iraq, 2nd Bush, Iraq-Afganastan. No more presidents from Texas: should be a law, or maybe they should just be there own country and fight there own wars.

Very interresting either he is a muslim or a radical christian hmmm McCain has brought Flip flopping to an art form. The McCain club suffers from demention.. Anytime they here something mentioned they take it and run with. The straight talk express has a driver who is DWI
Damned with ignorance

I grew up there, and I say FUCK YOU TEXAS!!!!

Ok. Let's say that Texas, is well, Texas. (and I like Texas)

So 22% is not that large of a percentage. It's less than one out of four people. (like a person without an arm or something)

So if we assume Texas is Texas, which I think is fair, and that the rest of the country does not have the same demographic breakdown as Texas, with the history of Texas - then I think we can safely say that 22% is a highwater mark for this. Most states, I bet, are filled with less than a 22% dose of hardheaded ignorance/bigotry.

Conclusion: this is cool baby.

More than 22% of the country thinks McCain is a fucking idiot - including me. Plus, being a fucking idiot is as strong a reason not to vote for someone, for some people, as being Muslim. This is fine with me. Let the intolerant and fundamentally dogmatic vote. I will vote, along with many like me - balance that shit out, hopefully tip it.

we should have let texas be its own country years ago when they wanted to leave during the civil war. fucking clowns