Originally Posted by Cimarron29414

rb -

I agree with you. There is no doubt that a fringe of people as bloggers, media, etc. intentionally create a "mystery" in order to group the people they don't like together. This would be an example of the an element in the right doing just that. "We don't like muslims, we don't like Obama. Let's turn Obama into a Muslim. That way, people who don't like muslims won't like Obama, and people who don't like Obama won't like Muslims."

I believe it went from 11% to 18% in 2 and a half years. That's quite a jump. What I don't understand, is that I don't see much media surrounding this issue. Granted, I don't look at extreme right stuff like, World Net something or other. Maybe, that's where it comes from? I can't imagine 1 in 5 Americans read that crap, though. So, where's the source of the rumors? I get all sorts of crazy forwards in my email from both sides, and I don't really get any about his religion. Surely, +7% didn't just decide that without something showing up on the media radar?!

(Of course, I do view this as the same tactic being used against the tea party - turning them all into racists.)