[Rhodes22-list] Re spect

[David Bradley]

Along this thread, I was a registered Republican for over 20 years
until I felt the GOP stopped majoring on economics and started telling
me how to live.  Moving to NC when Jesse Helms was still running
things was a tipping point for me, and I haven't seen a reason to come
back since.

Herb, it looks like I over-stated your relative position but not by a
whole lot.  Did your scores surprise you?  Do you feel you represent
the middle of America, as asserted by Brad?  I truly have no issues
with the diversity on this list - it's what makes it interesting and
fun.  But I try to go into the discussions with a desire to understand
others' views as much as assert my own.  Just wanted to close the loop
on this.

Dave


On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> It's a very "special" kind of Republican.
>
> Good memory though, I had forgotten about that.
>
>
> pdgrand at nospam.wmis.net wrote:
>> Ben,
>>
>> I thought you stated somewhere earlier that you were a Republican except
>> for this election.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>> Took the test
>>>
>>> Non-fiscal issues- moderate liberal 34; fiscal issues-moderate liberal 33
>>>
>>> Ben C.
>>>
>>> hparsons wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a *Strong Conservative (94)*.
>>>> On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a *Moderate Conservative (72)*.
>>>>
>>>> Robert Skinner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No surprises here.
>>>>> On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (32).
>>>>> On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (27).
>>>>> /Robert
>>>>>
>>>>> David Bradley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The past day's exchange got me thinking about what does it mean to be
>>>>>> moderate and what does it mean to be extreme and who among us really
>>>>>> represents the "middle" of America (per your comment, Brad).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the stats would say the middle of America in political
>>>>>> spectrum terms is undecided at the moment on who to vote for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I did a quick search on "politcal spectrum test" and tried one of
>>>>>> the self-tests (not to be confused with the Asshole self-test).  I
>>>>>> have no idea how valid or invalid the methodology might be but I
>>>>>> thought it was interesting and it pegged me right where I see myself
>>>>>> (see the test output here):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (26).
>>>>>> On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Centrist (49).
>>>>>> Your score is on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being fully liberal and
>>>>>> 100 being fully conservative.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the link:  http://www.politicalbrew.com/politest.cgi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Give it a try.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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