I feel happy!
I feel happy!
Not this week they aren’t. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
This article makes me happy.
I feel happy!
I feel happy!
Democrats were very happy on 9-11.
of course we are... we don't suffer from BDS!!!I’m happy just because I’m not a RAT!
You wouldn’t know that by reading the posts on FR lately.
To see a perfect example of this just visit DemocraticUnderground.com
Those people over there are so miserable....so dysfunctional; full of fear and hate....and the language they use just makes for futher evidence.
poll again in 12 months.
Hillary vs McCain - two cranky old folks, toss up and likely to be a very close election.
Obama vs McCain - clearly Obama would be the winner
Hillary vs Huckabee - One old hag vs a preacher turned politician. I’d have to favor Huckabee
Obama vs Huckabee - hmmm, that just might be another 50/50 split.
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And BEFORE this current election cycle.
The reasons given are insufficient. The jokes that follow don’t answer the question either.
Republicans, and especially conservatives and religious believers are happier because they have a purpose in life. They feel part of the past and contributing to the future whether this be in their personal, political or spiritual lives.
Many people, we call them saints now, in the past gave up life itself willingly and happily for the purpose they believed in.
Modern liberalism is a credal faith with a litmus test series of ad hoc beliefs that feel good and seem good. They really have no real purpose in their actions even though they claim moral superiority in caring for the poor, the ignorant and the elderly. In actual fact, when surveys are made of charitable giving conservatives trounce liberal every time.
Such is life. Soren Kierkegaard, a devout but self-isolated Christian, saw humans as making choices. Sometimes not all at once. And sometimes without being aware or reflecting on the choices; but, nonetheless we make choices and among these is searching, defining and actualizing our purpose in life.
I have a relative who is a Democrat. She had a very hard time with her first child. “I didn’t realize it would be so hard!” she complained, particularly when her child misbehaved.
I have another relative who is a Republican. “Children are born with original sin. You just have to expect they will act up from time to time, particularly when they are young.” she said. She loved being a mother with her first child.
I have a Democratic ex-relative in his sixties. He is depressed at how little time he has left.
I have a Republican relative who just turned 70. He is delighted to still have his health, and gets involved in as many activities as he can.
I have a Democrat relative who has many grown children. She is often sad that some of them haven’t turned out as she hoped.
I have a Republican relative who has a few grown children. They also haven’t turned out as he hoped, but he quips “when you plant onion seeds, you get onions. With kids, you never know.”
I had a very dear Democratic friend who had terminal cancer. She asked “why did this happen to me?”
I had a very dear Republican relative who had terminal cancer. She said “this is my lot and I will deal with it the best that I can.” (I’ll admit she was truly exceptional and I sure don’t blame my Democratic friend for not being as cheery.)
Anyway, the pattern I see is that Republicans are much more likely to understand the world isn’t ever going to be perfect. That’s one of the keys to happiness.
Republicans have not been brought up considering themselves victims. For the most part, they embody the “can do” spirit of America. Their philosophy remains always hopeful.
Democrats, on the other hand, promote the idea that everyone is a victim. That removes the “can do” attitude from the masses, depresses them, engenders anger and dependence on others.
It’s hard to be happy when your politics is dictated by hatred.
Democrats are nihilists....Nihilists by definition are not happy.
‘pubs tend to believe their fate is largely in their own hands and their own responsibility, ‘rats that they’re at the mercy of evil others like big corporations and vast right wing conspiricies and that they have to have big government or at least a big brother to take of them - makes sense to me........
That's the answer right there...angry people are not happy. They may be motivated, driven, exhilarated by righteous indignation, and they may enjoy the thrill of joining a hate-filled mob. But human beings are not built to be happy and angry at the same time.
I have been observing and illustrating for years that liberalism is a mentally abnormal compromise used by people to handle their anger and antagonism against their fellow man without having to see themselves for what they really are--thus liberalism generates the politics of denial. Such people have no chance for enduring happiness unless they heal from their affliction and become conservative, as many on this board have discovered.