February 24, 2006

Is it True that Dems Don’t Trust America?  Thoughts on the Pew Survey Saying Republicans Are Happier

NEWSMAX SUMMARIZES RESULTS OF THE LATEST PEW SURVEY:

Conservative Republicans are significantly more likely to say they are "very happy" than are liberal Democrats, a Pew Research Center survey reveals.

..."Could it be that Republicans are so much happier now because their party controls all the levers of federal power?" the Pew report asks.

"Not likely. Since 1972, the GOP happiness edge over Democrats has ebbed and flowed in a pattern that appears unrelated to which party is in political power."

Republicans still hold an edge when household income is considered - poor Republicans are happier than poor Democrats, middle-income Republicans are happier than middle-income Democrats, and rich Republicans are happier than rich Democrats.

This is keeping with views often-stated by Liberals, that they don't like the behavior of America. When Libs such as Cindy Sheehan, Al Gore, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, etc. etc. etc., shrilly denounce American actions, it appears that they're not just faking that position in order to make GWB look bad -- it appears that in fact they really don't like America. This would certainly make them miserable, seeing that this is their country and they live here.

Conclusion for Libs reading this: join the team that likes America. It'll be better for the nation, and better for you as well.

And by the way, what happened in 1972? Watergate. This PEW poll appears to indicate that after Watergate the Democrats took the view that America could not be trusted -- while the Republicans took the view that it was Nixon who couldn't be trusted, and the American people, government, and economy were not only to be trusted, but made up the greatest nation in the world.

Update 6-1-06: See further thoughts in this post: Liberalism and Evolution: Liberalism Explained.