One of the most whiny, insecure, "why doesn't everything work according to my needs" type of person I know is a liberal. The most confident, cocky, intelligent, yet crazy people I know are conservatives. These are just people I have kept in touch with since college.
Me too. I'd add "self-reliant" to that list of adjectives, though.
I know a lot of libs that are *very* intelligent. But - they lack self-reliance, or motivation. It's easier for them to stay in a comfort zone. I have a cousin who is brilliant - he has a double PHD from MIT, and IMHO, could do roughly anything he wants. Sky is the limit. But....he's *VERY* liberal.
He's an academic. Makes a fair wage, but nothing like he'd command in the private sector. Working for himself, or in the private sector would entail RISK, and would force him to leave the comfort zone of people that all think like him.