Posted on 10/25/2008 12:36:13 PM PDT by XR7
WASHINGTON — The good news for Republicans: You are happier than Democrats. You always have been, and you probably always will be.
Never mind that your presidential candidate is sinking in the polls while your president plumbs historic depths of popular scorn and your free market squeals for intervention while your Wall Street investments evaporate. You are not just happier than the other guys, but more of you are very happy, according to new survey results published Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
The pollsters were in the field asking about happiness this month, when economic news was gloomy for everybody and presidential campaign news seemed especially baleful for Republicans. Yet they found 37 percent of Republicans are "very happy," compared with 25 percent of Democrats; 51 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of Democrats are "pretty happy"; and 9 percent of Republicans are "not too happy," compared with 20 percent of Democrats.
The partisan happiness gap — unbroken for nearly 40 years — is impervious to electoral ups and downs. It has something to do with worldview.
"I'm very happy," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and a Republican. "When I was 12, I realized the world was not organized around my desires and wishes. The problem with guys on the left is they never figured that out at age 12. And they're just irritated the world is not organized around their vision. This makes them grumpy."
Chris Lehane doesn't sound grumpy. The Democratic consultant is on the phone from San Francisco: "My guess is if [Pew] checked the cross tabs out in California, we're all pretty happy out here. The wine is still good, the food is fresh, the people are beautiful."
But seriously, Lehane said, if Republicans are more happy, it's because...
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And, Obama believes both. So he's gonna take from those who believe their efforts determine their success, and give to those who believe in outside forces determining their success. Obama is gonna be their "outside force" - their good luck charm.
I hope we are still happier Nov. 5.
I'm happy because I don't covet my neighbors goods, Chris.
Try it sometimes.
That’s why they hate Sarah so much, because she is happy, positive, and God-loving. Those that hate her are just pathetic in comparison.
I would say being angry for the last 8 years plays a big toll on ones attitude toward life.
Once an emotion has become a habit for so long it is difficult to break.
When President Bush is out of Office. They will have to find a new source for their bitterness and anger to be fed.
Well Duh!
Let me weigh this, DU or Free Republic.
Gosh, I guess we are!
Now let's see some news that isn't so obvious to so many : D
And to think that she can down and proceed to gut a moose to boot!
"Life is like a sewer; what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." (The power of positive thinking in action.)
Some insist that the sewer is half empty while others appreciate being able to create sewage through self promotion. (the power of positive thinking)
Yup, all the people who have said a woman can't run for political office and win unless they are the saggy, dowdy, my-dog-dresses-better-than-they-do Democrat women. I would actually bring up Klintoons Sec'y of State or the woman with the cankles as a shining example of liberal women but I am really afraid someone would post a picture of them. I have a guest coming over tonight and I don't want to start drinking this early!
Meanwhile, the typical unhappy Democrat sits on his ass hoping the government confiscates the Republican's hard earned wealth and "spreads it around"...to him.
Ditto. And I'm happy because I love God and I know he loves me. I'm not perfect but I know I am forgiven for my sins. I'm happy because I know Jesus and I know He knows me.
Pretty simple.
I actually feel sorry for democrat atheists. They are miserable because they reject God. They reject His laws and mercy. I really pray for a conversion of the democrat party back to God. They have truly lost their way.
“The good news for Republicans: You are happier than Democrats. You always have been, and you probably always will be. “
When your entire existence is based on waiting for “someone or something else” to do things for and take care of you, you are bound to lead a miserable, unhappy life.
You're a better person than I. This is an area I need to work on.
Democrats/Liberals believe their happiness depends on outer circumstances only they can control. They live in the world of "ought-to-be" where life needs to be a certain way to suit them. This is a guaranteed recipe for perpetual unhappiness, personal disaster, blaming others, and dissatisfaction every way you look.
So far...
20,000 People Rally for Sarah Palin in Springfield, Missouri!
eyewitness report | October 25, 2008 | john in springfield
Posted on 10/25/2008 1:29:16 PM PDT by john in springfield
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115191/posts
StarTribune Endorses Norm Coleman
(somewhere, pigs are flying and money is growing on trees)
Minneapolis RedStar ^ | October 26, 2008 | RedStar Editorial Board
Posted on 10/25/2008 12:20:24 PM PDT by GreatOne
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115132/posts
Many good American women would be, given a $150,000+ fashion budget.
I'd say it was worth it. ;-)
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