the neo-con quiz says I'm Pat Buchanan

[liberalcapitalist]

http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/quiz/neoconQuiz.html

I think one area where liberals are losing the populace is on the issue of globalization. I believe in protecting the interests of Americans and American workers first-- though not at the expense of internationals. Our involvement is much of the cause of third-world suffering. So should I join up with Pat Buchanan's hate group?

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. if Democrats let Bush and the likes of Buchanan steal this issue

We'll never win elections. Buchanan uses the red meat rhetoric, but won't back it up, not to mention he's a racist, sexist, homophobic, reactionary religious fanatic.

No one is for blindly slapping tariffs on our trading partners, and there is no simple answer to Chinese economic power and the wage slavery, sweatshops, monopolies, mercenaries and violent union-busting that the multinational corporations support, but if the Democratic party won't do something about it, Bush will bamboozle Americans with some band aid protectionism and photo-ops.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Buchanan is actually a Good Thing for liberals

Buchanan's conservatism is far removed from Team Bush's PNAC neo-conservatism. The more attention Peejay gets, the better it is for us. He can be counted on to divide the Right even more reliably than Ralph Nader can be counted on to divide the Left. Which is why Buchanan had to be discredited by the neo-Con/PNAC cabal.

I'm not so sure he's the bogeyman we make him out to be. He has a bad case of "Dangerous Thinker Syndrome", but other than making oh-so-Politically-Incorrect remarks, the closest he comes to the modern KKK is as a Kirche-Kuche-Kinder traditionalist.

This isn't to say he's a "good guy" -- just that he comes in handy to separate the chaff from the chaff.

--bkl

[imax2268]

3. This is what it said about me...

It said that I am a "Isolationist"

The term isolationist is most often used negatively; few people who share its beliefs use it to describe their own foreign policy perspective. They believe in "America first." For them, national sovereignty trumps international relations. Many unions, libertarians, and anti-globalization protesters share isolationist tenets.

Isolationists…

Are wary of US involvement in the United Nations
Oppose international law, alliances, and agreements
Believe the US should not act as a global cop
Support trade practices that protect American workers
Oppose liberal immigration
Oppose American imperialism
Desire to preserve what they see as America's national identity and character
Historical isolationist: President Calvin Coolidge
Modern isolationist: Author/Commentator Pat Buchanan
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Really now...?

[liberalcapitalist]

14. right, me too

n/t

[neebob]

4. My alter egos Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter would say no

but if it makes you feel any better, with only ten questions and four possible results, you'd only have to agree with Buchanan what - three times? Like it says, it's not scientific.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Said I'm A Realist-Thank God...

Ike and Colin Powell are good company....

At least Colin Powell was good company till he let himself be cowed by the neocons....

[Bombtrack]

8. yeah, me too, I think people with either liberal or isolationist one's are

usually unreasonably and partisanly ideological.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. The answers are so obvious....

and so indicative of where you'll end up....


I am a multilateralist though I reserve the right for America as well as all nations to act independently when their vital interests are threatened...

But to act independently there must be IMHO a clear and pleasant danger which threatens a nation's vital interest and defining that gets thorny....

Also, I do support humanitarian intervention in certain circumstances....

[curse10]

6. I'm a liberal

not surprised :-)



Liberals…

Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy
Trace much of today's anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies.
Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions
Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises
Oppose American imperialism
Support international law, alliances, and agreements
Encourage US participation in the UN
Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world's poor
Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson

Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter

[Bombtrack]

7. You mean, your an isolationist?

I thought that's what it tested, whether you have a liberal, isolationist, realist, or neocon foriegn policy.

I have a realist one I'm proud to say

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

9. Love me, I'm a liberal

Must have been the UN questions.

[Mz Pip]

10. I'm a liberal

Duh.

MzPip
:dem:

[phaseolus]

12. "Based on your answers, you are most likely a liberal."

...and proud to be in wonderful company.

[Cheswick2.0]

13. liberal

Liberal

Liberals…

Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy
Trace much of today's anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies.
Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions
Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises
Oppose American imperialism
Support international law, alliances, and agreements
Encourage US participation in the UN
Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world's poor
Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson

Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter

[janx]

15. I'm not interested in taking the quiz, but I have to say that

this thread title is one of the funniest I've ever seen!

[liberalcapitalist]

16. thank you, sir

Is your dog voting for Lieberman?

[sandnsea]

17. I'm a liberal

But I actually agree with more of the realist ideas. There were a couple of questions that didn't have an answer I agreed with at all. Interesting. I don't want to be in charge, I tell you that.