I'm conservative...and happy

Townhall.com ^ | 23 February 2006 | George Will

[Aussie Dasher]

Seems fair to me...what do liberals have to be happy about?

[RichInOC]

I'm conservative...and happy

I've seen George. How could anybody tell?

[The Worthless Miracle]

They have lots to be happy about - celebrating their "rights" by having abortions, being envious of hard working "rich" people, killing off handicapped people, protest after protest, etc. It just depends on where your values are...

[CowboyJay]

Why liberalism is doomed to fail. The majority of people want to be happy.

Democracy works!

[TexCon]

D'Souza said it best in one of his books...liberals place faith in equality of outcomes, while conservatives place faith in equality of rights; liberals place faith in economic redistribution, while conservatives place faith in economic freedom. With such idealistic, impractical hopes, it is clear why liberals would never be happy.

[Graybeard58]

Liberals, taking their bearings, whether they know it or not, from President Franklin Roosevelt's 1936 State of the Union address, think the attainment of happiness itself, understood in terms of security and material well-being, is an entitlement that government has created and can deliver.

Liberalism in a nut shell.

[singfreedom]

What a great article! I just knew there was a reason why I was sooooo, well---HAPPY!!!

Actually, the writer probably has a very good point. Most of the conservatives I know are happy, well adjusted people, too.

[supercat]

Liberals believe that the path to happiness should be built by others; conservatives recognize that it can't be.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Conservatives are happy with themselves, while liberals are continually peeking into the next man's bank account and envying him his acquisitions.

[SmithL]

what do liberals have to be happy about?

Then why do they work so hard to be gay?

[nutmeg]

read later

[goldstategop]

I enjoy life and am happy with what little I have. Liberals see the world as a perpetually bleak place. I would not like to imagine seeing life the way they do.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[goldstategop]

If its Utopia you want, you will never attain it. Perfection is not to be found in the things of this world and mortal life has its share of flaws and shortcomings. The conservative accepts the world is not perfect and tries to better it through good works. The liberal sees the world as in need of perfection and looks to government to achieve it. There's a difference between the practicable and the nearly impossible. It seems to me it is the latter where liberals fall far short in their bid to see the world elevated to a higher state of being.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Bonaparte]

"Why liberalism is doomed to fail. The majority of people want to be happy."

Good point.

But many people don't know how to be happy. They think there's some special way or some special something they must have. They don't know what Abe Lincoln knew when he said --

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

As long as there are people who look outside themselves for happiness, liberalism will have an audience. Convinced that special privileges and special hand-outs will bring them happiness, many accept the liberal lie that they are victims deserving of "reparations." But then they are stuck with the victim role, a role that excludes the happiness they wanted in the first place. So they are understandably angry and liberalism re-directs that anger toward conservatives with the further lie that these people are still unhappy because they don't have enough hand-outs, set-asides, special privileges, respect, self-esteem, etc. Since it's never enough, liberalism continues to thrive.

[paudio]

ping for later

[Mind-numbed Robot]

...liberals place faith in economic redistribution, ...

As long as their wealth is excluded. They like compassion by proxy using other peoples money.

[TYVets]

The conservative accepts the world is not perfect and tries to better it through good works.

I stopped at my doctors office today without having an appointment.

I waited for an hour to get in to see him. While waiting I was exposed to National Public Radio piped into his waiting room.

When he ask "how are you?" , I told him that I was fine when I walked into his waiting room, but after one hour of NPR torture "I was deeply depressed".

He smiled and said he would make a note on my chart to have Rush on the waiting room radio for my next visit.

I told him that even the most boring classical music would be better than the NPR b. c.

Just doing my bit to change the world for the better.

[dbehsman]

"I've seen George. How could anybody tell?"

I too have seen George, and I have a difficult time telling whether he is conservative and/or happy.

[mmercier]

Liberals seek the extermination of western civilization and humanity in general. A true liberal today wants death, but they wish to witness everyone else die first.

[Graybeard58]

I get my gasoline from the same gas station almost all the time. One of the reasons for it is because they have a large tv sitting up on a shelf and it's always on Fox channel.

It has to bug the hell out of their lib customers though.

My Dentist is a political conservative too. It's always nice to be in friendly territory.