Liberals Discover Family Values Matter?

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Liberals Discover Family Values Matter




RUSH: I love this story. "'Family Ties Key to Youth Happiness' -- So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey -- more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24 -- conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the nature of happiness among America's young people. ... Nearly three-quarters of young people say their relationship with their parents makes them happy. 'They're my foundation,' says Kristiana St. John, 17, a high-school student from Queens in New York. 'My mom tells me that even if I do something stupid, she's still going to love me no matter what. Just knowing that makes me feel very happy and blessed.' Other results are more disconcerting." And, of course, what AP story would not be complete without this next finding. "While most young people are happy overall with the way their lives are going, there are racial differences: the poll shows whites to be happier, across economic categories, than blacks and Hispanics." (Laughing.) Even in a what-makes-you-happy poll, woman, minorities, poor, et al, are the hardest hit. "You might think money would be clearly tied to a general sense of happiness. But almost no one said 'money' when asked what makes them happy."

Now, let me sum this up. All of the things that conservatives have been fighting liberals over for the last 50 years: strong family ties, controlled sex, religion, faith, parents, according to this poll, were right, and they, the liberals, are wrong. The old-fashioned things that we fought to save and they've fought to destroy in the end are what make kids happy, secure, and healthy individuals. You know what I didn't find? I read the whole story. I didn't find one kid that said government makes them happy. I didn't find one kid that said, "Yeah, my senator makes me happy." I didn't find one kid, one answer here that said, "My congressman makes me happy." I didn't see anything in here about a village making kids happy. Parents, yes. God, yes. Friends, yeah. Sex did not show up that much in terms of providing happiness. Now, this is going to be buried, but if it were not buried this would turn liberal education theory and feminism, sociology, the Democratic Party platform, and MTV on their ears. They'll adjust this to these conservative fuddy-duddies, and they'll start promoting religion, parents staying together for their kids -- yeah, right. I don't think we'll get that kind of promotion from them. At any rate, I found the whole thing just invigorating.

We got a sound bite from Hillary Clinton coming up here in which she says she's been fighting those people, meaning us, for 35 years. When I saw that, it got me to thinking, who has she been fighting and for what? I got to thinking, do we fight them? I think, yeah, we do, but there's a fine-line distinction. For example, this program. This program is aimed at you, the people. We conservatives engage in an intellectual pursuit. We want you to be intellectually understanding of conservatism, be able to apply it, be able to learn it so well you can explain it and be persuasive. In the process, when we are attacked by people like Mrs. Clinton who admits doing it for 35 years, we will then jump to the defense of ourselves and others and point out things about them. But the fine-line difference is that they are doing the exact opposite. They are not trying to expand the minds or the opportunities of the people they want to vote for them. They are trying to destroy their enemies. I say it's a fine line. I wouldn't mind politically destroying the left, but we do it in much different ways.

So you have a story here about childhood happiness, or youthful happiness, and you find out that basic traditional values are what bring it about, especially in this day and age. In fact, this poll actually doesn't surprise me, folks. Given all of the pitfalls and the decay, the perversion, and the destructive nature of pop culture and the way it's reported, these were pretty heartening results, especially when the sponsoring agencies here are AP and MTV. It's one of the reasons why I'm always optimistic. I always think the future is bright. In the midst of all this turmoil and angst and chaos and the perception that the younger generation is going to hell in a handbasket, which every adult generation always thinks, by the way, there are real signs of optimism out there. For young people to say what they said here, it means they have a pretty solid foundation, a pretty solid understanding of what gives life its real meaning, and real meaning in your life, that's something that a lot of people never grow up to find or they find it pretty late. So I was encouraged by it.

Answer 1

Bingo.

Kids are happy because of the things that Republicans fight to give them.

Sadly, Libs try to destroy those things. Very sad.

Answer 2

Democrats have family values as well. They just don't feel they are the only ones who own them in a world presumed to be divided only by liberals and conservatives. Expand your vision, open your mind, and you won't feel so threatened by it.

Hillary Clinton stayed married in an unconscionable situation splashed all over the world to see and is criticized by many Republicans for it. Why was it not termed a family value in her case? Hillary Clinton was not talking about fighting family values when she was talking about fighting the opposition. I think its pretty obvious what she was talking about. I don't have to belittle you or myself by going into that. Hillary Clinton is pushing for teaching children the value of life rather than trying to make abortion illegal. Not a family value to you?

All you wish to do is demonize half of the population of the U.S. when you only see one side of any issue in the area of politics. Rush Limbaugh will never unite America nor make her great. He is a divider of the worst kind.

Answer 3

He can help but what are we/you doing besides sitting at the computer? The founding fathers talked but also acted. They didn't wait for an election they acted. We need to March on Washington and get their attention. Much damage can be done by these people in the next few months. Look what has been done in the past few months.

Answer 4

And this somehow relates to the horrific "Us Vs. Them" that has grown from American Politcs? Pu-lease. Just because a right wing spin doctor read a report where a bunch of kids said they appreciate their parents, doen't mean somehow "liberals" are evil. Grow up people. Learn to use that squishy stuff between your ears.

Answer 5

Listening to Rush destroys brain cells.

Answer 6

The Story is even on Yahoo!

Answer 7

this story is riddled with opinion .. not fact

and its obtuse to assume what he does

... plz spare me ... The people at the controls right now are ideologues, and if they have their way we will end up with some kind of unholy alliance of big business and Christian conservatism. Military-industrial theocracy isn't something I would like to live under.

Answer 8

Try using an actual source instead of some drug-addled, community college flunk-out who has been caught lying more times than any politician.

Source: Facts are important.

Answer 9

THe liberals version of family values is

"adam and steve" instead of adam and eve.

Answer 10

You want to talk family values? Tell that to all of the little boys that have been raped by your family value priests...

Answer 11

is there a quesion in there or are insane cons being more upfront about getting their talking points directly from radical drug addicts like rush?

as a talking point, i'd give this one a pretty low grade - it's kind of wordy.

i guess the cons miss rove already...