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AndyA

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19. Who knew? All these years, I'd thought that males with right wing political views

Thu May 16, 2013, 01:37 PM

May 2013

Had small little brains. Guess the physical strength offsets the limited mental capacity.

Wasn't it Farrah Fawcett who said you either have great hair and bad teeth or great teeth and bad hair, but not both?

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Men who are physically strong are more likely to have right wing political views. WOW. [View all] HughBeaumont May 2013 OP

BULLSHIT. JaneyVee May 2013 #1

+1 complete crap Dash87 May 2013 #2

+2 sakabatou May 2013 #7

Agreed Mr Dixon May 2013 #52

Tell me, what do you think the flaw in their methodology is? Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #57

+100 demosincebirth May 2013 #80

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #82

As a physically strong male who is as far away from conservative as possible I say bullshit Arcanetrance May 2013 #3

Lessee now-- they did the research, which may or may not... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #4

.. Buzz Clik May 2013 #20

I believe it. But who cares? The real purpose is to intimidate people, and that's what matters. reformist2 May 2013 #5

Too much testosterone. Zoeisright May 2013 #6

Brawn vs Brains? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #8

I guess it depends on how one defines strength . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #17

Yep. Unfortunately, a lot of people confuse "representative" with "strong leader". Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #27

Hmm....I consider myself to be pretty strong Cali_Democrat May 2013 #9

More Moronicism from the DailyMail. MineralMan May 2013 #10

The Daily Fail is the New Moronomicon. HughBeaumont May 2013 #59

Apparently, it is the Official Organ of The Worldwide Moronic Party: MineralMan May 2013 #60

My legs are well developed, naturally and from running Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #11

I can see this possibly being so, in general Duer 157099 May 2013 #12

Might be some truth to it.... NCTraveler May 2013 #13

Folks that have a tendency to be right wing and conservative Aerows May 2013 #14

It's almost as stupid as saying "People with Bad Teeth Tend to Be Jungian". HughBeaumont May 2013 #24

"We regret to inform you that the fish wrapped in this article Aerows May 2013 #32

If it were only the paper. Somehow this tripe ended up in a peer reviewed periodical. stevenleser May 2013 #54

. . . and you definitely might not want to have your chips come in contact" HughBeaumont May 2013 #58

Okay Aerows May 2013 #64

dailymail.co.uk is birdcage liner. Quantess May 2013 #15

Self-respecting parrots Aerows May 2013 #23

the source is weak olddots May 2013 #16

At least OUR shite media is SUBTLE in regards to their toxic narratives . . . for the most part. HughBeaumont May 2013 #22

I just looked up the article. Care to guess the strength of the correlation? Buzz Clik May 2013 #18

Interesting. Good research and thanks for that. A weak correlation along with the old axiom stevenleser May 2013 #39

... and in this case, they don't have much of a correlation. Buzz Clik May 2013 #48

The other big problem is the big logical fail inherent in their proposed explanation. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #46

Who knew? All these years, I'd thought that males with right wing political views AndyA May 2013 #19

Kiss my ass. No really, take it from the grandson of a Molly Maguire. Kiss my ass. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #21

Two words. Paul Robeson. nt NoGOPZone May 2013 #25

Two more. Charles Krauthammer. KamaAina May 2013 #62

How does this theory explain Dick Morris? Dawson Leery May 2013 #26

He has the strongest toes in the land....?? nt MADem May 2013 #31

I regurgitated Big Red reading that. Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #42

Heh, heh...! Sorry bout that! nt MADem May 2013 #49

No, Dick Morris has the strongest TONGUE in the land. Jamaal510 May 2013 #83

Well, he was stinking up the room with that rMoney LANDSLIDE crap! MADem May 2013 #85

Or Karl Rove? HughBeaumont May 2013 #33

Do they factor in STEROIDS? MADem May 2013 #28

I like 'em big and dumb. nt clarice May 2013 #29

I know a guy Aerows May 2013 #47

Aerows. lol. Congrats, you got the inference. nt clarice May 2013 #53

I think it's a load of crap. HappyMe May 2013 #30

They must mean Andy823 May 2013 #34

Rand and Ron Paul and David Duke are not physically strong. Neither was Jorg Haider. graham4anything May 2013 #35

Good examples Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #40

Their study consisted of Politicalboi May 2013 #36

Or deciding that the Aerows May 2013 #44

Silly. H2O Man May 2013 #37

LOL. Whatever. I'm a former Golden Gloves boxer Downtown Hound May 2013 #38

Right Wing Outlet Discovers Conservatives are Better Looking Marr May 2013 #41

Exactly Aerows May 2013 #45

they included all the great ape family in their study Enrique May 2013 #43

The Daily Mail is the UK's "National Enquirer" Matariki May 2013 #50

It wasn't really in earnest. HughBeaumont May 2013 #55

Oh I know! Matariki May 2013 #67

Mr. Apollo Octafish May 2013 #51

Yes I too am now two separate gorillas - Thanks for it all Viv!! byeya May 2013 #72

Look over walls and tease people. Octafish May 2013 #73

then why do RW-ers say they must have guns for protection? nt grasswire May 2013 #56

My experience is that bullies/intimidators are often right wingers. Hoyt May 2013 #61

So if I start working out, I may become a teabagger?? arcane1 May 2013 #63

LOL! smirkymonkey May 2013 #69

Ummm, Tea Party?! HELLO?! Earth_First May 2013 #65

I wonder if that earpiece leading to nowhere is really a defibulator . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #66

Original article: The highest degree of correlation in this test was 0.12 Buzz Clik May 2013 #68

I can do better than that by guessing BainsBane May 2013 #86

Bull--I've been a bricklayer all my life panader0 May 2013 #70

I'll take brains over brawn any day Shankapotomus May 2013 #71

You mean jocks are generally not the sharpest knives in the drawer? Uzair May 2013 #74

Some of the responses are almost as funny as the premise in question. n/t flvegan May 2013 #75

I make my living as a machinist, House of Roberts May 2013 #76

Interesting. Scientists are almost universally positive that neanderthals had massive upper body Zorra May 2013 #77

Either this is a pile of horseshit or Android3.14 May 2013 #78

Nothing funnier than when a trash rag let's you into their psyche. Rex May 2013 #79

This could be effect rather than cause... brooklynite May 2013 #81

The only RWer I can think of who is physically-fit Jamaal510 May 2013 #84