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brewens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-10 09:07 PM
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8. I know a woman that claims to be conservative.
She has a five year old who's dad never paid a dime of child support. About three years ago she was working as a blackjack dealer and doing her share of gambling in a low end casino and got pregnant again. This time the guy was a big talker that had never had a steady job. He did get a reasonable job but shortly after their first child, she got pregnant again.
She goes to a evangelical church, hates Obama and reads David Limbaugh. Quite the conservative alright. Even with her husband working, she still had to rely on WIC and her states food program, to feed her children. Because of their low income, the state paid for the births and any subsequent medical care her kids received.
Here is a "conservative" that evidently planned her and her family's entire existence around public assistance. It is mind boggling that she can think the way she does. I've been tempted to corner her and chew her head off about how hypocritical she is!
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  -A book about why righties think the way they do? iowasocialist  Mar-13-10 08:47 PM   #0 
  - Hopefully someone has a link, but there was some article about authoritarianism - rop  LiberalLoner   Mar-13-10 08:49 PM   #1 
  - Bob Altemeyer  haikugal   Mar-13-10 09:07 PM   #10 
     - Yes, thank you, that's it exactly! :) I knew someone here would know it!  LiberalLoner   Mar-13-10 09:11 PM   #13 
  - Try Carol Tarvis...  sfwriter   Mar-13-10 08:50 PM   #2 
  - Think? Who says they think?  Zoeisright   Mar-13-10 08:50 PM   #3 
  - Alice in Wonderland  DJ13   Mar-13-10 08:51 PM   #4 
  - "What's the matter with Kansas?".....  Joe the Liberal   Mar-13-10 08:55 PM   #5 
  - As is "Deer Hunting with Jesus" by Joe Bageant, but both are  Nay   Mar-13-10 08:59 PM   #7 
  - "Don't think like an Elephant" or "What's the matter with Kansas"  OhioBlue   Mar-13-10 08:56 PM   #6 
  - Don't think OF an elephant  XemaSab   Mar-13-10 09:08 PM   #11 
     - thx!! n/t  OhioBlue   Mar-13-10 10:04 PM   #19 
  - I know a woman that claims to be conservative.  brewens   Mar-13-10 09:07 PM   #8 
  - Utah is a lot like that.  woodguy   Mar-13-10 10:18 PM   #22 
  - "The Wrecking Crew"  DebbieCDC   Mar-13-10 09:07 PM   #9 
  - Moral Politics  XemaSab   Mar-13-10 09:10 PM   #12 
  - Lakoff sets it out well.  elleng   Mar-13-10 09:13 PM   #15 
     - It's true  XemaSab   Mar-13-10 09:43 PM   #17 
  - _Conservatives Without Conscience_ by John Dean.  scarletwoman   Mar-13-10 09:12 PM   #14 
  - Excellent suggestions!! n/t  arthritisR_US   Mar-13-10 10:11 PM   #21 
  - I would suggest these two  hfojvt   Mar-13-10 09:18 PM   #16 
  - Hello IOWASOCIALIST  woodguy   Mar-13-10 10:04 PM   #18 
  - Try Drew Westen. He's pretty good at addressing the visceral, fear-based response  nolabear   Mar-13-10 10:07 PM   #20 
  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)  Bobbie Jo   Mar-13-10 10:22 PM   #23 
  - The Authoritarians.  Odin2005   Mar-13-10 10:28 PM   #24 
  - Just go to the website of one of the well-known book sellers and enter ...  iamtechus   Mar-13-10 10:30 PM   #25 
  - Conservatives Without Conscience by John Dean  mulsh   Mar-13-10 10:37 PM   #26 
  - John Dean has a book called Conservatives Without Conscience  Blue_In_AK   Mar-13-10 10:43 PM   #27 
  - Check out Stanley Milgram's book "Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View."  AdHocSolver   Mar-14-10 03:38 AM   #28 
 

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