January 20, 2004Who's Your Prez?Found via Jeff Jarvis, a semi-amusing Presidential preference quiz. Jeff is correct, of course, that quizzes such as this are meaningless...after all, if you need the results of this quiz to determine which Presidential candidate is best "aligned" with your ideals, well...maybe you probably shouldn't be voting anyway. And, as JJ points out, there is one section of the quiz that pairs "Education/Crime" as primary issues, while holding that "The Economy/The Environment" are also inextricably linked. While both contentions are open to debate, it is almost certain most people do NOT rate Education as high as Crime on their list of priorities, and most people do NOT rate The Economy as high as The Environment -- or vice-versa, in either case. And something strange about the results: I indicated that Military Service is preferable - not mandatory - in my Presidential candidate, and according to the quiz, the candidate that is best aligned with my ideals turns out to be George Bush. But the results indicate that he did not serve in the military -- which is patently untrue. WTF? I understand that some people have questioned his service -- how he got in, his quick admission to flight school, etc -- but it's simply not possible to state (with a straight face or without sneering) that President Bush never served in the military. Posted at January 20, 2004 08:48 PM | TrackBackCOMMENTS!
I believe that education and crime are linked because the more money spent on education, especially early childhood education, the fewer crimes will be committed by the resultant grown up children. That having been said, economy and environment are not linked at all, or linked by such a tenuous thread it's nearly invisible. And perhaps they mean only continuous active duty military service....... Posted by: bonkrood at January 21, 2004 07:19 PMPost a comment
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