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| Thu, 11-06-2008 - 9:06pm |
So I realize that some conservatives are devastated right now, and bitterly anticipating how horrible our lives are going to be with Obama as president. Those who voted for Obama are generally feeling relieved, hopeful, and excited about the next 4 years. Although the conservatives may feel that those who voted for Obama are in for a rude awakening, I wanted to point out that all the positivity flowing around right now among Obama supporters could itself have a very beneficial impact on our society. Look around you at all the people who feel inspired by the impact that they were able to make on our political system, who feel inspired by Obama's message that we need to do a better job of looking out for each other. I know that I for one feel a real spirit of generosity and social responsibility. I feel like I want to donate more to charity, volunteer my time, and find ways to make my work more relevant to helping those around me. Do the conservatives out there believe in the power of positive thinking? Do you think it is at all possible that excitement about Obama and his hopeful message could turn into a self-fulfilling prophesy?



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That's pretty much were I fall.
Okay, I found it and it was Veronica who gave this neat link to the board. I will paste her original post with links attached.
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/ It has a test you can take (look on the menu for Take the test) and it plots your views on a compass. Surprisingly enough, when they show the presidential election candidates, the great majority are all on the right of the midline, interesting tie in to our other discussion about what party stands for what http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2008 >>
And I believe that's what some others took away from the article as well. But I don't believe it was an accurate interpretation. Perhaps reading more than a snippet gleaned from the research would have to occur. I've done that so my knowledge of the topic is perhaps broader. There is book on the subject recently published as well. I believe the author's last name is Brooks.
Edited to post the link to a review of the published research:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmU5NWE5ZWE2MDcyMzhlMjE3OGNmOTIxZDYwODk0YzA=#more
Edited 11/8/2008 12:26 am ET by delphine88
Well, going to the original article you posted, I can see how my examples weren't consistent.
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