Here's what America's silent majority -- that same folks who overwhelming support a government health-insurance option -- says in response to the Fort Hood shootings:
The headline on the new Rasmussen poll is this: “60% Want Fort Hood Shooting Investigated as Terrorist Act.”
But the more interesting news, buried in the internals, is that a solid majority, or 57%, is very or somewhat concerned that the shooting will trigger a backlash against Muslims in the armed forces.
As usual, the voice of the silent majority gets drowned out in the mainstream media. More on the various atrocities of the MSM later tonight.
I think, like the majority of Americans, PAEnglish is concerned about a backlash against Muslims in the military also. Why else would PAEnglish want to ban Muslims from the military except to protect them?— Talking point sleuth- If Muslims do not want to fight other Muslims, then they should be allowed to leave the military.— sleepy
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Welcome to the Bizarro world: Where the liberal PC crowd is the silent majority, and the mainstream media may just be talk radio and FoxNews.— jmc- How does this Will guy, nothing more than an third rate internet troll, get this forum? Discuss.— valentsgrif
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- Not all muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are muslims. That is an uncomfortable fact.— catwalks
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I wanted to be a Republican, but I couldn't make the grade. I scored too low on the ignorance and bigotry portion of the Big Tent test.— Hamlet- There should be an "investigation" and the "investigation" should include the possibility that this indeed was a "terrorist act." I'm not sure what the disparity between "investigating *as a terrorist act*" and "investigating" is beyond the frenetic need of the marginalized minority to put the "terrorist" label on anything and everything they don't like (up next - we'll be investigating Brussels Sprouts as a "terrorist vegetable"). Assuming this tragedy was a "terrorist act" before any investigation is not what we do here in the land of the free and the brave. We have "due process" and such "due process" should be carried out. The military has clear jurisdiction in this case and should prosecute the investigation clearly and quickly.— E.Plebnista
- "valentsgrif, it's because it is a failing, bankrupt liberal paper that he writes for" - only in the diseased lunacy of the fringes of the marginalized minority would asserting that a paper run by a GOP functionary, funded largely by owners who are GOP contributors and featuring such "libruls" as Rick Santorum and John Yoo as regular contributors is a "liberal paper" be in any way thought of as accurate. What color is the sky on the planet you currently reside?— E.Plebnista
- Bill O'Reilly says we can't kill all the world's Muslims, so apparently we'll HAVE to investigate some of them.— Hamlet
- Pleb, if it's not Fair and Balanced [TM] it's liberal.— Hamlet
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