The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, provided exclusively to TPM, showed an eye-popping divide among Republicans in the Bayou State when it comes to accountability for the government's post-Katrina blunders.
Twenty-eight percent said they think former President George W. Bush, who was in office at the time, was more responsible for the poor federal response while 29 percent said Obama, who was still a freshman U.S. Senator when the storm battered the Gulf Coast in 2005, was more responsible. Nearly half of Louisiana Republicans — 44 percent — said they aren't sure who to blame. (http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-louisiana-gopers-unsure-if-katrina-response-was)
It is hard to believe this poll is legit, but no one is contesting it so far as I know. There is an old saying attributed to an Australian Mr. Gregory Wildie (date unknown) that "No one ever lost an election by underestimating the intelligence of the electorate." (http://www.ronowengympie.com/time-wasters/the-first-defence-of-katters-cowboys/) It is hard to believe that we have pretty much flourished for so long. Consider:
Georgians believe in creationism over evolution, too, with 70 percent of Republicans for creationism, 17 percent for evolution and 13 percent unsure. For Democrats, it was 43 percent for creationism, 33 percent for evolution and 24 percent undecided.
http://sandysprings.patch.com/groups/newscruncher/p/survey-70-percent-of-ga-republicans-believe-in-creationism
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