Are liberals embarrassed that alot of their fellow democrats would actually vote Cindy Sheehan for congress?

Question

Are you embarassed that the average IQ of the democratic party is most likely much lower than the that of clear-thinking conservatives?

Or do you even realize that?

Answer 1

Are conservatives embarrassed that they would have elected David Duke as governor of Louisiana even though he was the former leader of the KKK? And, is currently fighting for the rights of 'European Americans' that have been discriminated against? Could I conclude that all conservatives are racists as a result? Or, could I use David Koresh as a way to say that all religions are evil because he slept with kids and used the bible to justify any action he so pleased?

Simply, you use one person to base your judgment on an entire party. That by itself is a basic logical fallacy known as a biased sample. I don't understand why you have chosen to use it as such, but that line of argumentation is not synonymous with intellectual discourse. Furthermore, you use a second fallacy implying that conservatives are ‘clear-headed’ when you use a false dichotomy to declare that conservatives must be this way because they’re not dumb like Sheehan. It was even flawed at how you arrived to Sheehan’s intelligence since you never stated why she was of a low IQ or that why her ideas were flawed to begin with. Essentially, you assumed something to be true without telling the rest of us. Needless to say, attaching several flaws to your line of reasoning does not imply that you are ‘clear-minded’, or that you have earned your opinions any value. Your question or statement simply acts as a declaration of your beliefs.

While you are free to believe whatever you want, you should be aware of a few things. First of all, there was an empirical study done on conservative beliefs by New York University professor Dr. John Jost that gives significant insights into the conservative mind set. In his study titled, “Political Conservatism as Motivated Cognition”, and summarized by Goldwater conservative John Dean in his new book, “Conservatives Without a Conscience”, many prudent issues are discussed. It might be of interest to you, or to someone else reading this post. The study is based upon 40 years of political publications in all forms of media such as journals, books, etc., and has determined to two core, or universal, meanings of what it means to be a conservative. Of those two, the first is a “resistance to change” and the other is “an acceptance of inequality”. Those meanings overlap and have peripheral consequences such as conservative support of measures that feature traditional moral and religious values, being tough on crime, and the like. However, when they asked 22,000+ conservatives why they initially were drawn to the conservative movement, it was found that very few of them subscribed to both core beliefs and changed their belief structure to meet, or conform to, group consensus.

These findings also illustrated that conservatives’ views were malleable in part because they had a “heightened physiological need to manage uncertainty and threat”. Individual characteristics of this are fear, intolerance of ambiguity, need or certainty or structure in life, overreaction to threats, and a disposition to dominate others. ‘Liberals’ were found not to exhibit any of these traits.

I only mention this above because you have not sufficiently argued any line of reasoning in your declaration that Democrats have a low IQ and that conservatives are ‘clear-headed’. If you would like to revise or restate any meaningful argument into your post, it would be much appreciated. However, if you would like to describe your beliefs in your own words, I would be very interested to hear what you have to say.

Answer 2

Have you ever lost a child in an illegal war,brought about by lies,deception and greed?As for intelligence quotient, I hazard to say yours would not be very high up the scale!Why do people call Democrats liberals when they are responsible for the conservative methods that led to a bumper surplus of 400 billion,given to george jr.who has now using (conservative measures) taken that to an 8 trillion dollar deficit!This country is such a mess right now with the Republicans controlling all three of the branches of power.As far as Cindy Sheehan goes could she do any worse than the Republicans in office now, concentrating all their efforts on making the rich,richer at no matter what cost of life?

Answer 3

Cindy Sheehan at the very least has the moral authority to speak her thoughts and she can speak well articulated sentences without the aid of teleprompters.
By the way, Al Gore was not robbed of anything. WE the people were robbed of a good decent man that only knew honesty.
In your case, your man stole the election from WE the people the majority that voted for Al Gore.

Answer 4

"Are you embarassed that the average IQ of the democratic party is most likely much lower than the that of clear-thinking conservatives?"

Prove it. Or shut up.

Answer 5

sure and that for the period of addition they're going to decline to place forth a presidential candidate, so as that Hilary Clinton can run un-antagonistic. Are you extreme? Cindy Sheehan has no danger of thrashing Speaker Pelosi in San Fransisco, repeat after me , no danger.

Answer 6

Yes, I'm embarrassed I voted for Carter.

Most Dems are still trying to prove Al Gore was ROBBED!

and for plus futé que toi :

easy- Sen Byrd, Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, and John Kerry!

Answer 7

This cannot be true. Democrats are much smarter than to vote in a far left wing liberal nut, who has no background and is an embarrassment to everyone. Yeah....I could just see her and ted sitting down for an intelligent chat. puleeeeze.......On the other hand their other left wing nut hillary won't look so far left will she. I guess its all relative.

Answer 8

yeah, you're going to have to provide some evidence for that IQ comment.

Regarding congress - have you seen who's in the house these days? ALL americans should be embarrassed who's representing us in the house of representatives. they're not exactly the cream of the crop.

Answer 9

Why should they be? NeoNazis, uh NeoCons, voted for Bush, Delay, "Duke" Cunningham, and others of the same ilk.

Ms. Sheehan sacrificed a son for Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq. What have you done in your miserable life?

Answer 10

Aren't you embarrassed to see that Democrats NEVER ask childish questions like Conservatives do?

You're like the little kid in the trailer park who yells, "I'm smarter than you...so neener, neener, neener".

Grow the hell up.
When you do, you might be able to ask an adult question in an adult manner.