There have been a ton of news reports out of West Virginia centering around Clinton supporters’ unshakable belief that Barack Obama is a Muslim, but this one is my favorite so far. Not so much because of the clip (which is just run-of-the-mill disturbing at this point — the ignorance has lost its shock value) but because of the hilarious reaction:
This recent Financial Times piece about West Virginia voters quotes a “lifelong Democrat”:
“I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife’s an atheist,” said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides.
Mr. Simpson, that does not even make sense. You think a secret radical Muslim would marry an atheist? Even if it was purely to piss off Christians? Sleeper agent jihadists are not known for their tolerance of Enlightenment principles!
from Gawker.com: Old white people know the truth about Barack Obama