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Socialism, Not Racism, Fuels Obama Foes

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(Newser) – It turns out race isn't what's fueling the conservative opposition to Barack Obama, at least according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic organization. It found that white, self-identified conservatives believe Obama is harboring a "secret agenda" intended to destroy America's founding principles and turn it into a socialist country.

The group also found that conservatives were deeply skeptical of Obama’s political ascension, reports Politico, routinely asking questions like: “Who got him here? He couldn’t possibly have done it on his own. There has to be money, there has to be power behind him.”

Dolores Berk, right, of Philadelphia and others protest outside a fundraiser for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. attended by President Barack Obama in Philadelphia.
Dolores Berk, right, of Philadelphia and others protest outside a fundraiser for Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. attended by President Barack Obama in Philadelphia.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Doctor_Zaius
Oct 17, 09 2:49 PM CDT
I would say it had more to do with stupidity. Reply
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cityeyes
Oct 19, 09 1:41 PM CDT
A mix of stupidity, ignorance, and a willingness to believe everything that they hear at face value. The people who hate Obama are a more serious equivalent of the idiot who floods your inbox with urban legend email forwards.
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Reader83543471
Oct 17, 09 5:59 PM CDT
they might say socialism but they don't know what the word means. Reply
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LoudProudLib
Oct 17, 09 6:40 PM CDT
They wouldnt know socialism from any other ism except they know it aint christianism conservatism with a smidgen of ignoramism, which happens to be their fav 'isms' I would have felt better if it was about race because now it shows how little they know about anything. We always knew the far right had a negative view to anyone not white but now to expose their ignorance to what socialism is. And like Carville did say, we live in a time where people will not be so out and out with their racism because they do not want their weak arguments weaken anymore by the taint of racism. But from the teabaggin posters of the past, I'd have to say that crowd's anger is fuled by racism. The study didnt cover "just birther and baggers" but conservatives overall so it is possible that blind ignorance and not racism is their bugaboo. Reply
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cunomor
Oct 17, 09 8:23 PM CDT
"But from the teabaggin posters of the past, I'd have to say that crowd's anger is fu[e]led by racism" -but you'd be wrong. "so it is possible that blind ignorance and not racism is their bugaboo." -but you'd be wrong there too. Blind ignorance is voting for a guy because he can read a speech from a teleprompter. Reply
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