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gollygee

(22,336 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:07 AM Sep 2012

15 percent of Ohio GOP voters think Romney deserves credit for Bin Laden raid

To be honest, I thought it was more than 15 percent of people who wouldn't give Obama credit no matter what, so this is probably good news.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/09/ohio-republicans-poll-romney-bin-laden

In what some (one guy on Twitter) have called "a stroke of comic genius," Public Policy Polling decided to ask Ohio Republicans who they thought "deserved more credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. In what some (my colleague Tim Murphy) have called "the greatest thing ever," a full 15 percent of Ohio Republicans surveyed said Romney deserved more credit than the president. Another 47 percent said they were "unsure." This led to all sorts of funny quips on Twitter:

The secret's out: Seal Team Six referred to Romney and his five sons.

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) September 10, 2012

This is amusing, but no one should take it particularly seriously. Significant percentages of Americans claim to believe all sorts of crazy things, and it's possible that a large percentage of the people who told PPP that Romney deserves credit for the bin Laden raid simply wanted to say eff-you to the president.

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15 percent of Ohio GOP voters think Romney deserves credit for Bin Laden raid (Original Post) gollygee Sep 2012 OP

proof that 15% of ohio voters are brain-dead spanone Sep 2012 #1

Actually 15 percent of Ohio REPUBLICANS think Romney deserves credit for Bin Laden raid Sedona Sep 2012 #2

Whoops - I edited the title gollygee Sep 2012 #3

I wonder what the percentages would have been like if Nixon had been one of the choices. n/t gkhouston Sep 2012 #4

It should be no surprise to anyone that Flashmann Sep 2012 #5

for those who don't know the rest of that bon mot: AleksS Sep 2012 #6

If My Math Is Correct........... ChoppinBroccoli Sep 2012 #7

Yes 62% of Ohio Republicans (think of that number--62%) think the guy who had absolutely NOTHING to NotThisTime Sep 2012 #8

Why not? It's all about what YOU BELIEVE. That's today's GOP in a nutshell. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #9

the follow up question should be... Javaman Sep 2012 #10

If they had asked ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #11

This is your brain on GOP Major Nikon Sep 2012 #12

spanone

(135,823 posts)

1. proof that 15% of ohio voters are brain-dead

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:09 AM

Sep 2012

Sedona

(3,769 posts)

2. Actually 15 percent of Ohio REPUBLICANS think Romney deserves credit for Bin Laden raid

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:10 AM

Sep 2012

Fortunately, I'm think 0% of Ohio Democrats believe such nonsense

gollygee

(22,336 posts)

3. Whoops - I edited the title

Reply to Sedona (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:11 AM

Sep 2012

Good catch and thank you!

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)

4. I wonder what the percentages would have been like if Nixon had been one of the choices. n/t

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:12 AM

Sep 2012

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)

5. It should be no surprise to anyone that

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 09:27 AM

Sep 2012

15% of any group would,as my Grandpa used to say,lack the sense to pour piss out of a boot....

AleksS

(1,665 posts)

6. for those who don't know the rest of that bon mot:

Reply to Flashmann (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:14 AM

Sep 2012

"Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel."

I LOVE that phrase!

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)

7. If My Math Is Correct...........

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:29 AM

Sep 2012

............this means that a full 62% of Ohio Republicans (think of that number--62%) think the guy who had absolutely NOTHING to do with killing Bin Laden MIGHT deserve more credit than the Commander In Chief.

And these people walk amongst us, folks.

Yet more proof that being a Republican makes you stupid. Or that the stupid are attracted to the Republican Party. I'm not sure which. It's a whole "chicken-egg" thing.

NotThisTime

(3,657 posts)

8. Yes 62% of Ohio Republicans (think of that number--62%) think the guy who had absolutely NOTHING to

Reply to ChoppinBroccoli (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:02 AM

Sep 2012

do with killing Bin Laden MIGHT deserve more credit than President Obama

Those 62% have non functioning critical thinking skills.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

9. Why not? It's all about what YOU BELIEVE. That's today's GOP in a nutshell.

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:03 AM

Sep 2012

Javaman

(62,517 posts)

10. the follow up question should be...

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:57 AM

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Do you think it's a good thing that romney lead a commando unit to kill bin Laden?

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)

11. If they had asked

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:01 PM

Sep 2012

99% of Republicans would have given Ronald Reagan credit.
73% would give Sarah Palin credit.
64% would give Tim Tebow credit.
53% would give Rush Limbaugh credit.
32% would give themselves credit.
19% would give a fictional "Action Figure" credit.

100% would have 100% of the blame to President Obama if the raid had failed.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

12. This is your brain on GOP

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:05 PM

Sep 2012

Any questions?

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