Current or modern politics in the United States

[Mad Koala Bear]

I get my regular updates on the abhorrent behaviour of much of the GOP and the Tea baggers of the Right from crooksandliars.com Nowhere better to see the take over of a once quite noble political party (the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower), by an extreme faction that has no respect for democracy nor decency.

[Mad Koala Bear]

As a relatively well informed UK citizen I scored 82%. I'm sure that had I been taking it for real I would have read up a bit more and probably have scored a lot better.

[Mal Hombre]

I clicked on the link and it showed the answers,I scored 100%

[Mad Koala Bear]

Originally Posted by Mal Hombre

I clicked on the link and it showed the answers,I scored 100%

I noticed that and went straight to the home page instead to find the quiz. I didn't look at the answers, honest, or I would have scored better.

[palo5]

I got 86/96 - what does that make me?

[blueballsdc]

Originally Posted by palo5

I got 86/96 - what does that make me?

It means you would probably make a better American Citizen than 90% of the Tea Party.

Come to the dark side comrade!

[palo5]

Originally Posted by blueballsdc

It means you would probably make a better American Citizen than 90% of the Tea Party...

You mean 10% would be better? Oh man!

On the other hand, some Americans are well-educated and have good values

Some time ago American students were asked where they thought this sentence came from:

"to each according to his needs from each according to his abilities"

... and many thought it came from the Bill of Rights

So there's hope

[otokonomidori]

I got 88% correct in the Citizen Test - and I wouldn't visit the USA, let alone become a citizen.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by begos

Palin speaks out after leaving Fox

The Republican National Committee gathered last week for its winter meeting, where several GOP leaders argued the party needed to make serious changes in messaging and outreach to become more inclusive. Last year's presidential election results show that President Barack Obama overwhelmingly won African Americans, Asians and Latinos.

Palin, however, said some in the party are being "skittish" because of the election results.

"They shouldn’t be. Conservatism didn’t lose. A moderate Republican candidate lost after he was perceived to alienate working class Reagan Democrat and independent voters who didn’t turn out for him as much as they did for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008,"

Mr Romney was a moderate? Presumably Mr Ryan was also a moderate? It sounds as though a further lurch to the right will solve the Republican Party's problems. Santorum/Palin for 2016, perhaps? When Mr Santorum has abolished the schools, the kids can play with real guns all day long; that's character-building.

[blueballsdc]

Originally Posted by fleetwood77

I got 88% correct in the Citizen Test - and I wouldn't visit the USA, let alone become a citizen.

According to the latest polls, 99% of Americans don't want you. However, there is a gentleman who goes by "Buffalo Bill" that would love to have you visit. He says that he will provide you with a place to stay and plenty of lotion.

Originally Posted by scoundrel

Mr Romney was a moderate? Presumably Mr Ryan was also a moderate? It sounds as though a further lurch to the right will solve the Republican Party's problems. Santorum/Palin for 2016, perhaps? When Mr Santorum has abolished the schools, the kids can play with real guns all day long; that's character-building.

If you follow Right Wing/Conservative politics and pundits then yes, Romney and Ryan are pretty moderate.

I think that Palin is a spent force right now. She is going to have to do a lot of very hard work to get herself back into a position of power and importance.

Santorum is clearly setting himself up to run again for 2016. However he will not be alone.

Senator Rand Paul is setting himself up for a run in 2016. He is the son of Ron Paul that ran in 2012. Wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul
Rand Paul is a christian conservative/libertarian. He has many of the same negatives that Santorum does. Mainly making wildy irrational statments, obstructing anybody that is trying to get work done, and rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.

Another is the current Governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell. Wiki link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_McDonnell
This is a man to watch out for. He is another christian conservative but doesn't carry many of the negatives of Santorum and Paul. He is handsome, pertly coiffed, has a lovely family, is a great public speaker, and tends to not make stupid statments that will get him ridiculed.