Before I get to the main point of this entry, I suppose I should start with a little information about myself.
My political leanings are on the conservative side. I suspect that Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity would all say that I am to the left of them, but I also suspect that they would not find any differences of opinion worth that much of a quibble.
With that out of the way, let us proceed to the meat of this entry.
During some recent explorations of the blogosphere, I encountered several entries that posted the results of a quiz that determined the blogger's political identity. The results I encountered stated, "My Liberal Identity Is . . . ," but I was curious enough to click the link to About.com. I saw that they had a companion quiz to determine one's conservative identity, I decided to indluge my curiosity, and I took the quiz.
What were my results? Well, I believe the correct phrase at this point is, "Drumroll, please":
<div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;border:1px solid rgb(133,143,174);background-color: rgb(250,241,218);width: 200px;"> <div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;background-color: rgb(12,12,132);overflow:auto"><div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;float:left;display:inline;width:50px;margin-right:5px;"> <a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="padding:0px;margin;0px;" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/G/3/conservative-results-pic.jpg" alt="Quiz: What Kind of Conservative Are You?" width="50" height="50" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin;0px;" /></a></div> <h1 style="font-family: 'Georgia';font-size:16px;color:white;padding-top:3px;margin-top:3px; margin-left: 8px;margin-bottom:2px;">My Conservative Identity:</h1></div> <div style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif;padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;color:black;"> <p>You are an <em> <strong>Anti-government Gunslinger</strong></em>, also known as a libertarian conservative or Tea Partier. You believe in smaller government, states’ rights, gun rights, and that, as Reagan once said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’"</p> </div> <div style="padding: 0px;background-color: white;"> <p style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif; padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:10px;color:black;">Take the quiz at
<a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="color:blue;" rel="nofollow">About.com Political Humor</a></p></div></div>
I must confess that on a few of the questions, I could have gone with more than one answer. for instance, one question asks, "If you could time-travel to any historical event and bring one thing with you, what would you choose?" My answer was "September 10, 2001 -- with a no-fly list," but I could have just as easily answered "The beginning of the 1990s bull market -- with today's stock quotes" or "Ronald Reagan's inauguration -- with a cloning device." On the other hand, when asked, "If you were a candidate for political office, what would your theme song be?", the only answer that was right for me was The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again."
I took the quiz a second time, giving mostly other answers to see what my results would be. This second time, the results were as follows:
<div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;border:1px solid rgb(133,143,174);background-color: rgb(250,241,218);width: 200px;"> <div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;background-color: rgb(12,12,132);overflow:auto"><div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;float:left;display:inline;width:50px;margin-right:5px;"> <a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="padding:0px;margin;0px;"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/G/3/conservative-results-pic.jpg" alt="Quiz: What Kind of Conservative Are You?" width="50" height="50" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin;0px;" /></a></div> <h1 style="font-family: 'Georgia';font-size:16px;color:white;padding-top:3px;margin-top:3px; margin-left: 8px;margin-bottom:2px;">My Conservative Identity:</h1></div> <div style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif;padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;color:black;"> <p>You are a <em> <strong>Free Marketeer</strong></em>, also known as a fiscal conservative. You believe in free-market capitalism, tax cuts, and protecting your hard-earned cash from pick-pocketing liberal socialists.</p> </div> <div style="padding: 0px;background-color: white;"> <p style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif; padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:10px;color:black;">Take the quiz at <br /><a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="color:blue;">About.com Political Humor</a></p></div></div>
I suspect that more than likely, I fall somewhere between those two particular conservative examples.
I am also a little disappointed that there were not different images for the different results.
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