An Easy Test to Determine if Your Candidate encourages a Personality Cult

Torial Blog ^ | Dec 31, 2007 | Torial

[torial]

Answer Yes or No for the following questions:

1. Does the candidate attack those who bring up failings?
2. Does the candidate answer the questions dishonestly of those who critique him, or even sidestep them?
3. Does the candidate talk about his experience as part of a social group (religion, gender, ethnicity, race, cause) as guiding his experience?
4. If yes to 3, does the candidate often reference this social group in ads, or statements?
5. Do other supporters know of any of the candidates failings?
6. If yes to 5, is it ok to talk about the candiates failings and what he needs to do to improve?
7. Does the candidate try to redefine terms to suit his needs?
8. Is the candidate vague about how his experience allows his proposed plans to succeed?
9. Does the candidates experience contradict his proposed plans?
10. Does a member of the media claim to have received death threats from supporters of the candidate.

Each yes gets the candidate 1 point, except for #3 and #5, which yield 1/2 point.

Interpreting the results:
Run for cover if you answer higher than a 3, because your candidate is likely encouraging a Personality Cult.

[vbmoneyspender]

With the exception of Question No. 10, I think I am guilty of fostering my own personality cult.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Wow... RP and Shucks Huck both get an eight and a half.

[deport]

Welcome to FR....... 2008-01-01

Are you the first 2008 signup?

[Sidebar Moderator]

Strange - his born-on date is still, so, like, 2007, from what I can see. But he still might be skunky beer. Only time will tell.

[festus]

I thought cults were ok now ?

At least I keep getting told that on Mitt threads.

[deport]

GMT is what FR uses for signups, correct? There is some 6 hrs difference between GMT and CST, I think. So if’n he’s hanging out in IA that means he could have signed up as much as some 4 1//2 hrs ago to show a 2008 date....

Anyway have a good New Year.....

[torial]

Yes sir, hanging out in Iowa.

[torial]

Thanks for the welcome.

I signed up late New Years Eve...

Btw — does anyone have additional questions for making it better? Obviously not a “scientific” test, but still useful, I thought.