Aug 18, 2009 -
Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll
Monday, August 17, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Self-identified conservatives outnumber self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to the Gallup Poll.
At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the last four years
In 2009, 40% percent of respondents in Gallup surveys that have interviewed more than 160,000 Americans have said that they are either “conservative” (31%) or “very conservative” (9%).
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Aug 13, 2009 -
By Robin of Berkeley
August 13, 2009
My Open Letter to Liberals (American Thinker, July 31, 2009) sparked some concerns from readers that I had returned to the warm embrace of Mr. Rogers. Several kind souls even offered to spirit me away to safer pastures, sort of like a conservative witness protection program.
I can understand why it might have looked like I relapsed, perhaps by inhaling too much medical marijuana.
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Aug 13, 2009 -
By Robin of Berkeley
Hello, my name is Robin of Berkeley and I write for American Thinker. I was left but last year turned right, and, if you'd like to know more, you can read Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Robin (But Were Afraid to Ask) by clicking on my byline (at American Thinker.)
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter which I've been meaning to pen for a while. I just had a provocative conversation with my editor extraordinaire at AT which has prompted this piece.
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May 29, 2009 -
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: May 27, 2009
NEW YORK TIMEs
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/opinion/28kristof.html
If you want to tell whether someone is conservative or liberal, what are a couple of completely nonpolitical questions that will give a good clue?
How’s this: Would you be willing to slap your father in the face, with his permission, as part of a comedy skit?
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May 08, 2009 -
I figure Moderate would be a good place to post this quandary.
I love reading, and now that I use public transit to commute, I find myself flying through books.
I find that when I read books that, I believe, lean toward the right politically - like Solzhenitsyn, Ayn Rand, Pasternak, etc.
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Oct 21, 2008 -
(CNN) — A North Carolina congressman locked in a tight re-election race admitted Tuesday to recently telling a crowd of John McCain supporters that "liberals hate real Americans," the latest in a string of comments from Republicans that appear to question Democrats' patriotism.
Rep. Robin Hayes, a five-term Republican who has been heavily targeted by Democrats this election cycle, first denied making the remarks, but conceded Monday afternoon that he was accurately quoted.
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Jan 19, 2009 -
News & Opinion - Robert M. Shrum has been a senior adviser to the Gore 2000 presidential campaign
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Battered Liberal Syndrome
Perhaps there is something in the soul of Democrats, scarred by the stolen election of 2000 and a close loss in 2004, that anticipates setback. Call it Battered Liberal Syndrome.
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Jun 06, 2009 -
Penguin Hug
The Libertarian Party according to the Wikepedia:
Libertarians state that their platform follows from the consistent application of their guiding principle: "mutual respect for rights."
They are therefore deeply supportive of the concept of individual liberty as a precondition for moral and stable societies.
In their "Statement of Principles," they declare: "We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they choose."
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Jan 15, 2009 -
Racial Media Bias Meets Liberal Media Bias
January 14, 2009 11:10 AM ET | (from the U.S. News and Worlds Report)
By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
With the inauguration of America's first black president less than a week away, it was inevitable that the self-obsessed media would insert their own diversity into the occasion. Sure enough, in his Monday Washington Post wrap-up, Howard Kurtz laments the lack of black reporters covering the White House as "a pale reflection of America."
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May 07, 2008 -
Jeanna Bryner
Senior Writer
LiveScience.com
Wed May 7, 8:32 AM ET
Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.
Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.
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