UPDATED - PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WORDS COME FROM THE GAME - THEY ARE NOT MY WORDS!
Or for that matter, what kind of person are you?
I often play an election simulation game called
President Forever, in which you can play any of the pre-programmed candidates such as Bushboy and Kerry, or create your own from scratch.
By far, one of the most interesting aspects of the game is your platform - basically you rate yourself on a sliding scale, on 18 different issues/philosophies, prior to beginning the game. Needless to say, how you rate yourself will have a major effect on how effective a candidate you are.
So just what kind of Democrat are you?
1. ABORTION
a) LEFT - Unrestricted access to abortions
b) CENTER-LEFT - Legal abortions in the first 2 trimesters for the mother's health
c) CENTER - Legal abortions in the first trimester for the mother's health
d) CENTER-RIGHT - No legal abortions, except to save the mother's life or rape
e) RIGHT - No legal abortions
3 more categories on the flip side, and for the record, I'm an ABCB kind of guy...
2. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
a) LEFT - Make all federal agencies follow strict quotas
b) CENTER-LEFT - Diversity is a compelling reason for affirmative action
c) CENTER - The benefits of diversity can justify affirmative action
d) CENTER-RIGHT - Affirmative action programs only in certain cases
e) RIGHT - Abolish all federal affirmative action programs
3. TERRORISM
a) LEFT - We should surrender to the terrorists
b) CENTER-LEFT - We need to fight the cause of terrorism, economic and social injustice
c) CENTER - Focus on better foreign policy, but use military force if we must
d) CENTER-RIGHT - We should not hesitate to use military force against terrorism
e) RIGHT - Terrorism can only be stopped one way - military force
4. PERSONAL TAX
a) LEFT - Increase income tax for everyone
b) CENTER-LEFT - Increase for the rich
c) CENTER - Reduce for lower and middle-class tax brackets
d) CENTER-RIGHT - Reduce across the board
e) RIGHT - Reduce for the rich
Thanks for taking the time to read/respond, and I'll post 5 more categories tomorrow if enough people are interested.
John