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Study: Republicans more patriotic than Democrats
posted at 10:30 am on July 1, 2011 by Tina Korbe

Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, a Harvard study confirms: Not only do Republicans celebrate Independence Day more intensively, but the celebrations, in turn, tend to solidify Republican beliefs.

The three key findings of those attending July 4th celebrations:
•When done before the age of 18, it increases the likelihood of a youth identifying as a Republican by at least 2 percent.
•It raises the likelihood that parade watchers will vote for a Republican candidate by 4 percent.
•It boosts the likelihood a reveler will vote by about 1 percent and increases the chances they’ll make a political contribution by 3 percent.

What’s more, the impact isn’t fleeting. “Surprisingly, the estimates show that the impact on political preferences is permanent, with no evidence of the effects depreciating as individuals become older,”said the Harvard report.

Finally, the report suggests that if people are looking for a super-patriotic July 4th, [they] should head to Republican towns. “Republican adults celebrate Fourth of July more intensively in the first place.”

Looks like Republicans take seriously what Founding Father John Adams wrote after the drafting of the Declaration of Independence:

I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.

link: http://hotair.com/archives/2011/07/01/study-republicans-more-patriotic-than-democrats/

Harvard University Warns Democrats Not To Take Their Kids To 4th Of July Parades
By Gary P Jackson

Well, at least the U.K.’s Daily Mail does!

It seems Harvard University did a study, no doubt funded with taxpayer dollars, and came to the conclusion that kids under the age of 18 who attend Fourth of July parades are more likely to identify themselves as Republicans. Wonder what this august university would find if they studied kids who were taken to those May Day celebrations? Would they identify as hard core communists, or just European style socialists?

Knowing that the Fourth of July celebrates our nation’s birthday, and has strong themes of Liberty, Freedom, and the American way, it’s no wonder those in attendance would , at least marginally, lean more to the Conservative side of things.

link: http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/harvard-university-warns-democrats-not-to-take-their-kids-to-4th-of-july-parades/

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It never hurts to expose liberals numerous times per day. Keeps it in the front of our minds.

Good... I haven't been exposed all day... (Or "exose", as you put it...)

Slow news day?

Haw, haw, haw! And a typo is a sign of .................?

I have a feeling that if you were exposed, that there would be no lookers or gawkers.

1. The text of the post does not support the headline. Nowhere does it show that "Democrats are less patriotic".
2. I'm not a Republican and I've never noticed any tendency to want to run out and vote for Republicans after attending a 4th of July parade. Which I love going to and have been going to since I was a baby.
3. 2. My conclusion from this study, if one could even draw one, would be that Republicans are more easily swayed by emotional symbols and martial-themed spectacle than Democrats. Not sure that's something to brag about, though.

Then you think that Harvard has it all wrong?

What about LJ saying that the Constitution is of no import in our "modern" world?

LadyJazzer wrote: Sorry... Your outrage-of-the-day has already been posted... Please try to keep up with the outrages...

http://www.285bound.com/Forums/viewtopi ... =6&t=12144

This "outrage-of-the-day" is a report by a left-wing, liberal (progressive) institution. How can it be outrageous?

major bean wrote: Then you think that Harvard has it all wrong?

No, I think the headline writer got it wrong.

This kind of post is unpatriotic.