Almost 30 per cent of Republican voters support the bombing of Agrabah.
Except, for those of you who don’t know, Agrabah is the fictional kingdom that the Disney classic, Aladdin, is set in.
Yep, the movie with the blue genie, Princess Jasmine and everybody’s favourite tiger, Rajah.
The survey, conducted by Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling, found that only 13 per cent of Republicans would save the kingdom, while 36 per cent of Democrats would not bomb the enchanting city. This means a whole to of Americans are more than happy to bomb a city that remotely sounds like it may be Islamic, even if it is a made up, animated city with magic flying carpets and lots of singing.
It’s like a whole new world (post continues after video):
The same survey also found that 54 per cent support Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US, and almost half believe there should be a database of Muslims in the US.
Another quarter of those polled believe Islam should be illegal.
Trump has been widely criticised for his attitudes towards the Muslim community, even by members of his own party. Yet, it seems his policies really connect with many voters.
It really is a whole new world, where the country that made Agrabah now wants to destroy it, and believe that it’s ok to ban a whole group of people…
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Donald Trump is the front runner for the Republican Party by a country mile. He is the backlash to political correctness, whether you like it or not. Donald Trump is popular because even though the mainsteam media tries to cut him down, he fights back. What does this all mean? I think it means that he speaks for a silent majority that are tired of being told how they should think, feel and act. He speaks for people who see society getting worse and have no voice.
Post war America has tended to be reactionary to the previous president in the event of a full term. Nixon followed LBJ because the silent majority were sick of soft on crime and violent protests, Nixon was a strong Law & Order type. Carter followed Ford as a trustworthy type. Reagan followed Carter to restore confidence in America and Americas standing, Clinton to fix the economy, Bush to be without scandal and to work with congress, issues that were a pain under Slick Willy. Obama to give hope that America has a way out of its woes both foreign and domestic.
Trump is lining up nicely to follow the pattern of going after the incumbents weakness. He is promising to stand up to Americas enemies, something Obama has been woeful on from ISIS to China to Libya. He has also worked out that only people more unpopular than politicians are journalists. So he has become the anti politician who keeps journalists honest. Could easily be a winning formula.
One very important part omitted from the piece that appears to be aimed purely at targeting Trump and the Republicans is that almost 20% of Democrats felt exactly the same way and also supported bombing Agrabah.
This survey was conducted by the Democrats by the way.