The poll showed 34 percent of Republicans ranked Obama as an imminent threat, ahead of Putin (25 percent), who has been accused of aggression in the Ukraine, and Assad (23 percent). Western governments have alleged that Assad used chlorine gas and barrel bombs on his own citizens.….Twenty-seven percent of Republicans saw the Democratic Party as an imminent threat to the United States, and 22 percent of Democrats deemed Republicans to be an imminent threat.
The poll is a direct reflection of the political
polarization that currently exists in the United States. The poll is
also an outstanding measure of the damage that wingnut media has
done to the political consensus that used to exist. Wingnut media
is a fear based industry. It is no surprise that Republicans believe
that President Obama is the most immediate threat to the country. The
Obama threat message has been delivered hourly on wingnut websites, hate speech radio, and Fox News.
Spreading fear of the black president has become its
own industry. A lot of people earn a great deal of money by scaring
Republicans. The reality is that Republicans are terrified of a
president who has signed the law that lowered the cost of their health
care, saved the economy from a depression, and cut their taxes. If a
Republican president accomplished these tasks, wingnuts would be
calling for him to added to Mount Rushmore, but the Republican fear of
Obama is never about what the President has done.
Republicans spread terror over what Obama might
do. Obama may come for your guns. Obama is creating death panels. Obama
is telling you what you can and can’t do. Obama is out to steal the
very liberty that makes you an American. These are the kinds of messages
that wingnuts traffics in every single day. Because Republicans
believe this stuff, they elect members of their own party who reflect
their fear and hatred of the President.
Fear of the President has become a collective mental disorder, and it is the reason very little gets done in Washington.
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