Are you a Neocon? Take the Quiz

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Took the test…scored as a liberal. 😉
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See, kinda neat, heh
 
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Took the test…scored as a liberal. 😉
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Me, too – I was surprised, though I’d rather be a lib than a noe-con any day. They threw in this:

Liberal

Liberals…
  • Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy
Ok, they got me there.
  • Trace much of today’s anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies.
Hmmmmm. True, though I hasten to make clear that I don’t think the US is responsible for all (or even most) of the evil in the world, as some folks do.
  • Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions
Well, duh!
  • Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises
Nope.
  • Oppose American imperialism
Yep.
  • Support international law, alliances, and agreements
No.
  • Encourage US participation in the UN
No, no, a thousand times no.
  • Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world’s poor
Well. I’d take a close look at those policies first to see what effect they are really having.
Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson

Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter

It’s a tossup which of those gentlemen I’d want to associate myself with. Carter, I guess.
 
Econocons and Theocons (among which their is much overlap) are the dominate forces in the GOP coalition. Neocons are the odd men out and somewhat resentful of that fact.

The week after the last election, in a candid admission, Paul Krugman lamented at a book fair in Miami that neocons were about to lose what little power they had in the Republican party. The extremists, Krugman warned, would now have free reign.

An odd speech by Krugman as the left tries to paint nearly all Republicans as “neocons.”
 
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Econocons and Theocons (among which their is much overlap) are the dominate forces in the GOP coalition. Neocons are the odd men out and somewhat resentful of that fact.

The week after the last election, in a candid admission, Paul Krugman lamented at a book fair in Miami that neocons were about to lose what little power they had in the Republican party. The extremists, Krugman warned, would now have free reign.

An odd speech by Krugman as the left tries to paint nearly all Republicans as “neocons.”
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Krugman first said the Republican party was being run by neocons, when it wasn’t. Now he says it will be run by extremists (aka Catholics and Evangelicals).
 
Realist

Realists…
  • Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision
  • Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa
  • Don’t want US policy options unduly limited by world Realist
Realists…
  • Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision
  • Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa
  • Don’t want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations
  • Believe strong alliances are important to US interests
  • Weigh the political costs of foreign action
  • Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest
Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell
opinion or ethical considerations
  • Believe strong alliances are important to US interests
  • Weigh the political costs of foreign action
  • Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest
Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell
 
Someone had to be a neoconservative though I hate the label and didn’t find the choices of all of the questions exactly how I feel. Regardless I am tickled to be in the company of two of three of my favorite Presidents (T. Roosevelt and Reagan, with Washington being the third in that group).
 
I answered honestly and I tried to be very fair, not a Bush hater or supporter. I answered in what I honestly thought was best, and was surprised to be a liberal. I actually thought I’d score more conservative.
 
The questions are okay, but the choice of answers is so loaded that if you accept a certain position, the reasoning behind it is assumed. The assumed reasons, for my answers, were wholly inappriopriate given my real opinions.
 
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Someone had to be a neoconservative though I hate the label and didn’t find the choices of all of the questions exactly how I feel. Regardless I am tickled to be in the company of two of three of my favorite Presidents (T. Roosevelt and Reagan, with Washington being the third in that group).
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here’s another one. proud to share the class with my fav presidents:thumbsup:
 
My result:

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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