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yikes I got 13%...im between bill and hilary clinton!
Free24
9:32:28 AM
5/16/03

13 for me too, Folks. W#hat I find interesting is that, in the results page, they say that on the first question, liberals tend to trust gov't more than conservatives. So, I find it ironic that the 'conveys' here at TT seem to have the viewpoint that no matter what this administration does, they are right and we should be damned in hell if we disagree...
Treebeard
9:34:59 AM
5/16/03

now that's just weird. i got a 13 too! freaky!
lyra
9:36:27 AM
5/16/03

My issue with these tests is they take complex issues and present them as a yes or no question. It's just a very poor and simpleminded way to look at a problem.

Waitaminute

Maybe the test is an accurate reflection of those who self label themselves as liberal and conservative after all.

Oh, 23.
humanpackmule
9:40:28 AM
5/16/03

i thought the same thing, HPM...sucky test! i don't call myself a liberal, or anything. however, i will take any online test you put in front of me. LOL!
lyra
9:41:11 AM
5/16/03

If nothing else it is entertainment.
humanpackmule
9:42:31 AM
5/16/03

My issue with these tests is they take complex issues and present them as a yes or no question. It's just a very poor and simpleminded way to look at a problem.

I agree wholeheartedly. I just thought it was interesting.
Mutt
9:45:04 AM
5/16/03

Just making an observation.
humanpackmule
9:46:10 AM
5/16/03

Nobody should take these things for more than entertainment and at face value anyway, right?
Treebeard
9:47:03 AM
5/16/03

I found that I could not answer the questions because there were no choices that I liked.
LyndyS
9:49:15 AM
5/16/03

TB
Yep.

Me too Lyndy. Especially the who do you trust section.
humanpackmule
9:50:59 AM
5/16/03

15- I'm more like Bill Clinton except I don't really like cigars all that much and I've never had a Hummer at work (I have a Subaru).
aero
9:53:33 AM
5/16/03

Surprise Surprise
UpUrs
9:56:32 AM
5/16/03

I got a 12.
Phaedrus
9:57:46 AM
5/16/03

25, go figure!!!
Chief
10:02:00 AM
5/16/03

15, though there were a few questions where I could have slipped to the left.
ynamiynami
10:04:00 AM
5/16/03

Hey UpUrs!
How'd you come out, Little Hitler?
aero
10:23:01 AM
5/16/03

I know where I stand I do not need to take a online test. Plus I know where most of you stand. So what is the point. Hitler?? Please!
UpUrs
10:27:21 AM
5/16/03

Lucky 13, even though there were a few questions where I might have slipped to the right.

Often, I just wasn't happy with any answer (I don't trust the pro-players any more or less than the owners)
pedxing
10:40:30 AM
5/16/03

See, Pedxing, if you don't like the choices and the test isn't going to get you a job, than don't answer the questions.
LyndyS
10:43:19 AM
5/16/03

Same for me, Ped.
Phaedrus
10:43:34 AM
5/16/03

OK, maybe a little too right...was Pat Buchanan up there?

I think you should take the quiz, UU; you'd probably discover you're a closet liberal!
aero
10:44:26 AM
5/16/03

42 the first time. Thinking it was an error I recalculated. The second time was a -4.

Of course any intelligent reader will recognize the wording of the questions makes this a push poll.
gordon
10:59:06 AM
5/16/03

I Don't think so Aero! Isn't there a protest you should be at?
UpUrs
11:03:44 AM
5/16/03

I'm right on par with Billary!
roseymonster
11:07:23 AM
5/16/03

I got 11.
But I don't want to come between that nice couple.
The-Naviguesser
6:48:47 PM
5/16/03

18 but there were a bunch I did not want to answer because they were stacked.
MaryPhyl
7:33:30 PM
5/16/03

A big fat 31 nestled between Jack Kemp and Bob Dole. Two awesome dudes if you ask me.
Rockman
7:47:18 PM
5/16/03

29.
ULTRAPecker
8:47:06 PM
5/16/03

6
stratdewd
9:35:28 PM
5/16/03

29, right next to Jack Kemp, more conservative than Bush The Father. Who would have thought?
Pathman
6:37:51 PM
5/17/03

Pretty diverse group...
Phaedrus
6:50:06 PM
5/17/03

yet we're all friends and we all have stuff in common.


i went camping and hiking with my brother and his friend last year. after the trip was almost over(we all had a killer time) my brother said....see? a conservative and a liberal CAN have a good time together...

i asked him later what he meant. he said his buddy was leary about going on the trip with me because i'm a conservative but the dood had a great time and was glad he came and that he was suprized that a conservative could be so cool(those were his exact words, i swear, lol)

the point is...backpacking rocks
stratdewd
12:33:18 AM
5/18/03

Good grief, StraT! Was this friend out of high school? Most of my friends I couldn't even tell you if they are liberal or conservative. Do people take this stuff too seriously?
LyndyS
8:21:53 PM
5/18/03

they are like late 20's. yeah, i agree, they take it too seriously....
stratdewd
7:15:50 AM
5/19/03

6?? You got a 6, Strat???!? Why you must be a closet flaming liberal then!!!! That's right up toward Jesse Jackson on their scale.

LMAO!!! I mean, I only had a 12. *sheepish grin*
lizs
7:52:47 AM
5/19/03

Strat
If you and I hike together, I will require you to wear a placard with a disclaimer on it saying that, "The viewpoints expressed within do not necessarily reflect the views of the management!"


j/k :)

Had to say that... lol
Treebeard
7:54:58 AM
5/19/03

I missed that. Strat got a six. No that can't be right. Are you sure that it wasn't 100 takeaway six?
Treebeard
7:56:09 AM
5/19/03

Stradewd's more liberal than I am!



Commie pinko hippy socialist freakshow athiest bleeding-heart wacko leftist nutjob!
Phaedrus
2:58:50 PM
5/19/03

I got a 29 and hiked and caroused with Treebeard. How's that for tolerance!
Pathman
3:17:28 PM
5/19/03

You are to be admired, Path!
treebeard
3:39:20 PM
5/19/03

23 - betwixt Bush I and Powell.
gojo
3:46:18 PM
5/19/03

I got a 7. This puts me right between Hillary and strat.

I'm frickin' dizzy.
ViOLiN
4:09:24 PM
5/19/03

LMFAOOOOO!
took ya'll long enough, geesh...

violin and pheaddy, you still claim that you're not "liberals'?

heh heh
stratdewd
11:00:06 PM
5/19/03

14...

I'm not Half the Liberal Strat is.
Tilt
11:57:35 PM
5/19/03

23. i must be a gojo troll.
baume 66
1:56:55 AM
5/20/03

I got the high score so far "35" but like most of you, I wasn't excited about the choice of answers.
Dunk
2:29:41 AM
5/20/03

Dunk - We tied.
Phil
2:35:38 AM
5/20/03

I knew I could count on you Phil!
Dunk
2:49:59 AM
5/20/03

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