January 22, 2007
Scoring Low
In preparation for the State of the Union Address tomorrow. I took "The Republican Loyalty Quiz -- 10 Questions to Test Your Allegiance to the GOP".
Here's my score, and, honestly, I was trying NOT to choose inflammatory answers.
"Your score is 0 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a pure, unabashed, die-hard Democratic loyalist. You are appalled by the way Republicans are transforming America into a theocratic, corpo-fascist police state, and you'd walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit if it meant casting a deciding vote for a Democratic president. In your view, there is no higher form of patriotism than defending America against the Republican Party and every intolerant, puritanical, imperialistic greed-mongering, Constitution-shredding ideal for which it stands."
Guess they have my number.
If you too scored 5 or below, you might be interested in following the Scooter Libby trial. So far they've had a terrible time selecting the jury. They can't find anyone in DC who scores 5 or below.
The best place to follow the blow by blow is at Firedoglake -- scroll down to find the entries. Thanks to Arianna Huffington, the Firedoglakers secured one of the limited press passes. Sadly, Jane Hamsher, a key contributor to the blog, had cancer surgery last week, and will miss some of the proceedings.
And finally, in the takes-one-to-know-one department, when asked about passing problems on to future Presidents by USA Today's David Jackson Bush said:
The war on terror will be a problem for the next president. Presidents after me will be confronting with this, with an enemy that would like to strike the United States again, an enemy that is interested in spreading their vision -- I call it a totalitarian vision of governance -- an enemy that will kill innocent people to achieve their objectives and an enemy that would like to acquire weapons that could do serious damage. . . .
Projection at its finest.
Photo note: Shot in Kennebunkport, Maine
Posted by Dakota at January 22, 2007 08:41 PMMy score:
Your score is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a solid Democrat. You are not as fiercely ideological or uncompromising as others in the party, but nonetheless remain a reliable supporter. If you could have your way, you'd like to see Democrats leaders take a slightly more accommodating approach on certain issues – and dial down some of their nakedly partisan and bitterly divisive rhetoric.
Posted by: Herman with American flag at January 24, 2007 01:21 AMMy score on the Democratic Loyalty Quiz:
Your score is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a solid Democrat. You are not as fiercely ideological or uncompromising as others in the party, but nonetheless remain a reliable supporter. If you could have your way, you'd like to see Democrats leaders take a slightly more accommodating approach on certain issues – and dial down some of their nakedly partisan and bitterly divisive rhetoric.
And at last:
The George W. Bush Loyalty Quiz
10 Questions to Test Your Allegiance to President Bush
Your score is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. You hate Bush with a writhing passion. You think he is an idiot, a liar, and a warmonger who has been an utterly incompetent, miserable failure of a president. Nothing would give you greater pleasure than seeing him impeached and run out of the White House, except maybe seeing him dragged away in handcuffs.
I don't think that American customs will let me in anymore despite by life long visum (issued in the eighties).
Plan to visit USA in one of the next few years but guess have to wait until the majority of the Americans comes to their senses again.....
Hi Herman -
Thanks for taking the test so many times for us-- I liked the 7 myself -- "you are a solid Democrat", my eye.
After the State of the Union, Bush's approval ratings dropped to 28%. Most of us simply cannot imagine who that 28% could possibly be. Perhaps they live in compounds and work for Fox News.
So do come and visit, most of us are sick to death of this administration, and you will be in good company.
Always lovely to hear from you. Aren't you glad you chose South Africa?
Best D
Posted by: Dakota at January 24, 2007 07:35 AM