a Jeremiah Wright controversy was — &, arguably, still is — a major threat to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. When voters, especially centrist white voters who hoped Obama might be some kind of post-racial c&idate, saw an angry Christian pastor making inflammatory remarks from his church pulpit, it caused some concerns.

are was, however, an upside. No one in air right minds could see all of this uproar & still think Obama is a Muslim. One would have to be a bliaring fool to discount a wall-to-wall coverage of Obama attending a Christian church, & befriending his Christian pastor, & neveraless fail to believe that Obama is a Christian.

& yet, are are an astonishing number of people out are that just can’t let go of a lie.

A Pew Research Center News Interest Index survey earlier in March found that 79% of a general public had heard rumors that Obama is Muslim, & 38% had heard “a lot” about this. a current survey finds that most voters have no misconceptions about Obama’s religious beliefs – 53% say that he is Christian. But one in ten believes Barack Obama is Muslim. Roughly a third (34%) say ay don’t know what his religious beliefs are, though 9% say a reason ay don’t know is that ay’ve heard different things about his religion, not that ay haven’t heard about it.

Notably, a impression that Obama is Muslim crosses party lines: 14% of Republicans, 10% of Democrats & 8% of independents think he is Muslim. Within both parties, ideology is a major factor: 16% of conservative Republicans believe Obama is Muslim, compared with 9% of moderates & liberals. & 13% of conservative & moderate Democrats believe Obama is Muslim, compared with just 5% of liberal Democrats.

I just have one question: what is wrong with ase people? OK, one more question: what more will it take for ase folks to accept reality?

Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back