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How progressive are you?
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/progressive_quiz.html ^

Posted on 12/30/2009 6:38:36 PM PST by Slyhunter

This thing was designed for liberals but I took it and scored "very conservative 104". It claims the average American is 209. I was wondering, if more folks from Free Republic took that quiz would the Average American score lower more?


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To: Slyhunter

My score was 53 out of 400 making me “extremely conservative.”


101 posted on 12/31/2009 7:16:26 AM PST by Little Ray (Madame President sounds really good to me...)
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To: Slyhunter

31!!! I score extremely conservative. Who’d a thunk it! Oh wait - someone’s knocking at my door.....


102 posted on 12/31/2009 7:24:41 AM PST by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy; Clemenza

I got a 61 (extremely conservative). I didn’t put down too many 0s or 10s, or else it would have been even lower (i.e., more conservative).

Some of the questions were quite loaded, though.


103 posted on 12/31/2009 8:32:39 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

Except for their support of blue laws in 1986. I loathe blue laws.

I guess they’re probably strongly for keeping Scotland in the Union. I’d say bye Scotland don’t let the door hit you. :D


104 posted on 12/31/2009 3:51:24 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: Slyhunter

I scored a 30. I’m not sure where I went wrong.


105 posted on 12/31/2009 3:59:10 PM PST by Redcloak ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Impy
I'm pretty much in agreement with everything the Cornerstone Conservatives talk about on their website (http://cornerstonegroup.wordpress.com/about/ ), except they appear to be big cheerleaders for the monarchy and “royalty” in general. Of course I'm an American and the quiz is intended for U.K. residents.

Edward Leigh, the leader of the Cornerstones, basically thinks David Cameron is a RINO out to sabotage conservative values:

http://m.democracyforum.co.uk/conservative-party/35892-strongest-criticism-so-far-cameron-head-cornerstone.html

And they're being called the “looney right” because the group wants to shut down the National Health Service and replace it with private health insurance:

http://www.cambriamagazine.com/index.php/Welsh-Politics/Clive-Betts2.html

106 posted on 12/31/2009 4:13:15 PM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Slyhunter

Website froze after ten questions-guess I was way too conservative and it gave up on me!


107 posted on 01/01/2010 7:45:13 PM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Inflation is for trying to fix broken bubbles, apparently)
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66 Some were ambivalent, as I am all for water boarding, but not taking away our civil liberties to fight terrorism. Typical Lib questioning.


108 posted on 01/01/2010 7:52:51 PM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Inflation is for trying to fix broken bubbles, apparently)
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To: Slyhunter

94 - I am extremely conservative. And I thought that I tempered some of my responses a bit.


109 posted on 01/01/2010 7:52:59 PM PST by meyer (Government health care = national strike.)
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To: meyer
94 - I am extremely conservative. And I thought that I tempered some of my responses a bit.
and they list 206.4 and down as HS education or less! Talk about propaganda!
110 posted on 01/01/2010 8:00:15 PM PST by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Inflation is for trying to fix broken bubbles, apparently)
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To: Slyhunter
I got an 81 which made me extremely conservative.
111 posted on 01/01/2010 8:02:22 PM PST by aruanan
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To: Slyhunter

I scored 86/400 Very Conservative.


112 posted on 01/01/2010 8:03:09 PM PST by Randy Larsen ( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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To: Slyhunter

151/400 - Conservative.


113 posted on 01/01/2010 8:13:48 PM PST by seoul62
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To: Slyhunter

70.

It’s a childish test and it’s laughable they think they know what the average American would score.


114 posted on 01/01/2010 8:13:50 PM PST by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Slyhunter

Hmmmmmmmm.......

Ideological score of 55/400 and extremely Conservative.

Like that’s a bad thing.


115 posted on 01/01/2010 8:23:48 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: BillyBoy

The UK is so screwed. One can only hope Cameron isn’t that bad. I’m not hopeful. His leadership opponent David Davis was probably a better choice. But then went and resigned and ran in the by-election for his own seat so he could raise a fuss about how detaining terrorists is wrong or something. Very lame.

If I were a UK voter I’d vote for my Conservative candidate if they were an actual conservative. Otherwise I’d vote UKIP.

The monarchy thing is part of the reason I would have been for the Whigs/Liberals prior to the point where they became “liberal” in the modern sense.

Chances for Australia eventually dumping the Queen look decent. Not so much for Canada or the UK itself.


116 posted on 01/02/2010 3:13:56 AM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: Slyhunter

63/400: Extremely Conservative.


117 posted on 01/02/2010 3:27:05 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Slyhunter

Gosh, I flunked miserably. Better get a copy of Das Kapital and study up.


118 posted on 01/02/2010 3:38:37 AM PST by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: Slyhunter

To many gotcha questions, especially the immigrant question. I score a rousing 49. :)


119 posted on 01/02/2010 7:59:48 AM PST by calex59
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To: Slyhunter

I scored a 115, but some of my answers would be regarded as more libertarian than conservative by some people.


120 posted on 01/02/2010 2:56:38 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Don't eat your dog; eat obnoxious, liberal humans to save the planet!)
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