Well, it appears that G.M. and I are both middle-of-the-road. I guess you would call us "compassionate conservatives."

Conservative / Liberal

Overall: 80% / 20%

Social Issues: 100% / 0%
Personal Responsibility: 75% / 25%
Fiscal Issues: 75% / 25%
Ethics: 50% / 50%
Defense and Crime: 100% / 0%

Now, I'm going to have to reassess 20% of my life.

Posted by Woody at June 7, 2005 08:26 AM

Hah! And I only need to reassess 15%. Jim who provided us with the Democrats secret gobble-de-gook values will probably need to reassess 90% before he joins us.

Posted by GMRoper at June 7, 2005 09:17 AM

I beg your pardon, sir!

Overall: 55% Conservative, 45% Liberal
Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

I passed on 3 and 4: they were oversimplistic.

The funny result for me is the ethics question, as I am probalbly the most ethical person I ever met, besides ny dad. Probably was weighted toward the Iraq question, and if so makes the validity of this test highly suspect.

Personal responsibilty is also something I consider extremely important, so I question the benchmarks used.

The most humorous question was the one about reducing the deficit and national debt. Pop quiz: name the only administration to have actually done
this in the last 25 years.

Posted by jim hitchcock at June 7, 2005 10:03 AM

I have to wonder how much of the personal responsibilty category was weighted toward the gun question. I've never been big on living in fear. During the '91 riots (civil unrest, my fanny!) I worked less than a mile and a half from where it all started (Florence and Normandie). I'm a big guy, and never felt personally threatened at all. If I was a lady who had to walk two blocks to her car at night, I might've feel different. As it stands, the fact that gunshot victims are six times as likely to get shot by SOMEONE THEY KNOW speaks volumns to me.

Posted by jim hitchcock at June 7, 2005 10:18 AM

Updated. Whew, I feel a little better now:

Overall: 40% Conservative, 60% Liberal
Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Posted by jim hitchcock at June 7, 2005 10:37 AM

Jim, you crack me up.... and you're funny too!

Posted by G M Roper at June 7, 2005 06:13 PM

Hmmmm.... no wonder I keep coming back here:

Overall: 85% Conservative, 15% Liberal
Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal
Ethics: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Posted by too many steves at June 8, 2005 04:40 AM