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 Conservatives Happier Than Liberals
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Conservatives Happier Than Liberals

Science – Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.

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Meaning that the ability to take personal responsibility for one's own life and fate, and expecting others to do the same, are preferable to the feelings of helplessness felt by Libs who are waiting for someone to save them.

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What a crock of sh it.

You have enough problems of your own so you couldn't help anyone.

People are people, no one kind is better than the other, there are loser Cons, loser Dems, Loser Canucks and loser Americans,

only you seem to think you are above it all.....ROTFLMAO...you are no better or worse than any lib, just very poorly informed

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What a crock of Canadian crapola! My biggest problem is having to read ignorant posts like yours. This article cited an empirical study. That means that the results came from scientific observations. Apparently, you are poorly informed or just anti-intellectual. Your embittered tone supports the results.

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This is what you are proud of?

""" "It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others," and "This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are."""

Sounds like "screw everybody else" is your philosophy. The kind of thing that lets you support crimes against humanity such as the killing of a million iraqis for oil and israel.

I think it is a good thing that by posting this article you have shown how useless you are in american society.

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First of all, I didn't post this. I don't have a "screw everybody else" philosopy. I do, however, believe that there is no substitute for individual effort. It's called personal responsibility. Perhaps that's the concept that confuses you. In any case, I'm sure you'll find someway to trace the problem back to the zionists.

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Why, Drop...you saying all Libs don't take personal responsibility for their lives and fates? My...talk about generalizing...

I might be a liberal Democrat, but I was raised with middle class ethics, and taught to always work hard and take responsibility for my thoughts and actions. I'm sure many other liberals were, too.

But how many conservatives will be happy and smiling after Obama wins on November 5?

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Looking at the number of Dems who don't plan to vote for him because they're Clionton supporters, I don't see that happening.

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Ah, but my one sister (the lone Republican in the family) says she and a few of her Republican friends are tired of what's happened the last 8 years (she did vote for Bush in 2000, but passed in '04) and says they're going for a Democrat, altho she didn't indicate which one she favors...yet.

So maybe that will balance out the other factor...

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Nah...the Hillary supporters feel more comfortable with McCain.

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Drop, all this story proves is that "Ignorance is Bliss". What a waste of time and money to prove something that most people already know.

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No, it means that we think only those who really need help should get it and everybody else should take care of their problems. Liberals want to solve every bodies problem for them so they stay up nights worrying how to help everybody.

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Believe me, I didn't lose any sleep last night worrying about conservatives last night.(Or any other night for that matter) The thought that you actually believe that I do is kind of funny.

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Unusual, I agree with your sister in several areas. I'm not fond of President Bush. Not because I'm currently based in Qatar or that we're at war but that he's not a conservative. He's like his father, closet liberals. As for McCain, he's the strongest Democrat running, when it comes to military and defense.

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unusualsuspect, And my In-laws who are Democrats to the death will be voting Republican for the first time in their lives.

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Sounds like they are big time war cheerleaders. I'm guessing...

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well, you are either a liar or they have finally lost their sanity... I think the former, based on your past posts!

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LOL

Democrats have a choice of a very liberal woman or a super liberal man. That leaves the liberal and moderate democrats out in the cold.

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Frankly, I'm shocked to find out that cons know that anything other than a "far left" liberal even exists. And what makes you think anyone is left "out in the cold"? Because right wingers tend to be single issue voters? Maybe you should stop generalizing...

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Actually, this sounds exactly like something cons would do. Make a decision on who to vote for as if they were siamese twins sharing a single brain. ;-x

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"Ah, but my one sister (the lone Republican in the family) says she and a few of her Republican friends are tired of what's happened the last 8 years (she did vote for Bush in 2000, but passed in '04) and says they're going for a Democrat,"

Ever consider that your sister is telling you this just to keep peace in the family?

Are you planning on looking over her shoulder in the voting both? If not then how would you really know?

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"Ever consider that your sister is telling you this just to keep peace in the family?"

--What's scary about your post is that you probably have no clue as to how desperate and delusional you appear to be. What parts of "28% approval rating" and "least popular President in modern history" don't you understand? Bush is a colossal failure and even though Congress is less popular than he is, Democrats are still preferred over Republicans to lead our country. Face reality for once.

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Drop, everytime 82% of Americans stand up and say something now that Dumya has turned the country the wrong way - and you call it liberal noninvolvement! Its you acquiescent repugs/eva... who allowed 800 years of accepted western law be thrown out, the Constitution violated by eavesdroping, torture and preemptive war in violation of Geneva... the list is too long of your loss of real Amercan values!

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Don, where has the president really turned us the wrong way? The war here is going well. Locals are standing with us to push the terrorists and insurgents out of their communities. In Afghanistan, there is progress being made daily. Back home there are problems but most of that has been caused by laws not being enforced. The "housing" crisis was caused by people taking out loans on homes they couldn't possibly pay for. When you lie on the application and the banks failed to properly follow up, it's still not my problem. Banks have failed before and I'm sure they'll fail again. As to jobs, my new husband has had problems finding qualified people for their plants in Wisconsin and the new plant in Ohio. They're actually paying full wages for people to attend classes at the technical colleges.

As to American values, even though Bush is a liberal, I trust him more than I do comrades Clinton or Obama.

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Teagen:

Congratulations on your new Matrimony.

And thank you.

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Thank you! Can you believe he flew here to Qatar and surprised me? With the change in command, he figured it would be a good time. How can you say you want to think about it or delay it.

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I have read your last sentence at least 10 times, I have to admit I do not understand it.

This may sound strange, but you have been in my thoughts.

Your words and those of that little monkey beneath me have at times tempered my knee-jerk Liberal response.

This may be another opaque comment.

Please take it in a good way.

And by the way I usually disagree with both of you, but with respect.

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Donald51:

I do not understand your negative vote.

I realize that you have served this country as well.

I have no place speaking, but I think it is important to separate the polemics from the sacrifice.

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Ditto what Fly said.

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Teagen, he is a lucky man. Congrats!

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Don, where has the president really turned us the wrong way?

--Bush and the GOP brought you the largest government and debt in history and the scorn of most of the international community (so much for spreading democracy), ground our military down to the point we're begging our allies for help in Afghanistan and felons for help to fight in Iraq and you ask where he "really turned us the wrong way"? OMFG It's like cons live in a parallel universe. By the way, it's nice that you think the war is going "well." How do the Iraqis who weren't being blown to bits on a daily basis before we decided to illegally invade their country feel about the progress?

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"How do the Iraqis who weren't being blown to bits on a daily basis before we decided to illegally invade their country feel about the progress?"

are you saying their opinion MATTERS? it never did before why start now?

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I love the illegal part. The senate gave their approval with almost everyone3 voting for it. We were going to take care of UN business. Really illegal.

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hey dimbulb, it WAS illegal, it STILL IS illegal and it will ALWAYS BE illegal. ESPECIALLY according to the UN. google hans blix, kofi annan, security council, etc, etc. and WHAT made it all the MORE illegal is that the reason bush, cheney, rice, rumsfeld, powell and the rest of the gang of criminals gave for it proved to be A BIG FAT LIE!! NO WMDS. NO WMDS. NO WMDS. NO WMDS. got that? NO.... W.... M.... D.... S.

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btw, i didn't know the senate called the shots on what happens in this world. so what does that make the un? a rubber stamp? well then, they refused to rubber stamp the iraq war. kind of makes it ILLEGAL, huh? looks like they were right not to too.

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What I love is how cons consider our government a monarchy one moment and then all about consensus and group decision making the next. When you want Bush to obfuscate the law, we hear "the buck stops here" and he's "the decider." When something in his administration goes horribly wrong (as has happened on numerous occasions), lo and behold, the bucks start getting passed with gusto. Bill Clinton balanced the budget (but we're quickly reminded that he was "forced" to do it by a Republican Congress). On second thought...maybe Bill Clinton left Bush with a recession (and suddenly any and all references to Congress are left out of the discussion). Cons are some truly acrobatic flip-floppers.

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"even though Bush is a liberal, I trust him more than I do comrades Clinton or Obama."

They you are either in denial, or you haven't been paying attention for the last 8 years.

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...that number will dwindle to the single digits come November 4th....

You'll see...

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"But how many conservatives will be happy and smiling after Obama wins on November 5?"

I imagine just about as many liberals that were happy and smiling when bush won twice....

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They'll be just as happy as pigs in sh!t, they wont have to initiate anything and can just sit back and obstruct and blame-

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You're referring to the current GOP Congress, correct? ;-)

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Pelosi is busy arranging military aircraft rides for her relatives.

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Yes, that's holding your own party's feet to the fire, DKL. You GO! ROTFLMAO

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You DNC hack! Repeat some more Lib catch phrases!

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Feeling any better? All I was pointing out was that the GOP broke the record for most filibusters this past fall and they've been going strong ever since. Yet, they claimed Democrats were such horrible obstructionists when they were in the minority. Republicans PLUNGED us trillions of dollars into debt and gave us the largest government in history. But cons pretend the last 8 years never happened and it's 2000 all over again. You backed the most unpopular President in modern history and the least productive GOP Congress probably of any Congress ever and the best you have in your arsenal is the lie that Democrats will do a worse job (even though the last time a Democrat was in the White House was one of the most prosperous times in history). Inverted, bizarro con logic. How do we combat it?

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LOL

They were taught by the Democrats.

The rest you are making up.

Clinton had the results of three Republican Presidents and was forced kicking and screaming to balance the budget by Republicans.

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"Clinton had the results of three Republican Presidents and was forced kicking and screaming to balance the budget by Republicans"

Hehehe...I totally love it. Clinton was "forced" to be fiscally disciplined by the GOP Congress but magically, the so called results "of three Republican Presidents" (under DEMOCRATIC party led Congresses) were achieved soley by the Presidents themselves. Amazing how cons can lie, twist and spin. Wow

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drop, keep calling us "DNC hacks" and "libs" as we are really at least 82% of America which ought to tell you that you Repugs will lose and maybe even be declared the terrorist party that you have shown yourselves to be!

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What a dreamer. It is about 45-45 with the moderate 10% in the middle usually deciding who gets elected.

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the Clintons?

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Liberals you are setting yourselves up for even more depression that you had in 2005. lol

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