That may as well be the headline for the new study from the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).
For Christ's sake:
72% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq had actual WMD (47%) or a major program for developing them (25%).
and:
75% of Bush supporters continue to believe that Iraq was providing substantial support to al Qaeda, and 63% believe that clear evidence of this support has been found.
Can someone please explain how a sentient human being, even one whose only news source is Fox, still think Iraq had WMD?! That's nearly half of Bush supporters.
And here's one last gem highlighting how completely clueless these people are:
57% of Bush supporters assume that the majority of people in the world would favor Bush's reelection.
Puh-leeeeeze. In the unlikely event of a Bush loss on November 2, there is going to be a gigantic fucking world party.
posted by dackThe discouraging thing about this is not just that this kind of cluelessness is so rampant, but that it begs the question, what hope at all is there for these huge masses of dipshits? I mean, if you watch any news at all, you know that even the Bushies (other than Cheney) have moved past the WMD claim into other avenues of rationalization. It would be difficult to deliberately remain this stupid. Hopefully these people will also be too dumb to vote.
Posted by: Thom on October 22, 2004 11:33 PMMaybe it's sour grapes, but in a way I find the report encouraging. At least most people care about whether we're hated in the world, and that the lack of WMD makes the war unjustifiable.
I'd much rather have an ignorant populace than a bumfuck crazy one.
Posted by: Sven on October 25, 2004 11:43 AM