Obama Policy Agreement Test

This is actually something I wrote over a month ago and gave to a pro-Obama co-worker as a joke. A couple of people have heard about it and asked when I was going to post it...so here goes. Let me know your score! (And remember, some of the information may be a bit out of date.)


President Obama Policy Agreement Test
Got Hope?

1. Do you believe that the $787 billion Obama stimulus bill has been good for our country?
__Yes, I love a bill that is so filled with wasteful spending and that so balloons our national debt that it has a net negative impact on our economy.
__No. Only 12% of the spending in this bill can plausibly be considered to stimulate growth, which explains why it’s done little for our economy.

2. Do you support Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget, which triples the budget deficit in just one year?
__Of course. To hell with our children and grandchildren!
__No, our national debt is reaching alarming levels.

3. Do you support passage of Obama’s cap-and-trade energy legislation?
__I’ll pay whatever it takes to reduce global temperatures 1/10 of 1 degree by 2050!
__No thanks. I’d rather not have my utility bills go up 20-50% in just a few years.

4. Did you report any of your fellow citizens to the government by emailing flag@whitehouse.gov?
__Yes. It’s important for Obama to collect personal information on his enemies.
__Absolutely not. This could have a chilling effect on free speech and dissent.

5. Do you support Obama’s proposed "public option" when it means you will be paying higher taxes in order to fund someone else's health care?
__Yes. I support wealth redistribution and believe that my hard-earned money is better off in the government’s hands than in mine.
__No. I already pay enough in taxes and I am satisfied with my healthcare because I can see MY doctor when I need to. Government involvement will not improve efficiency or quality.

6. Do you agree with Obama that CIA agents who followed the law should be investigated by the Justice Department?
__Yes. It’s important to be nice to mass murderers, even if it destroys our ability to defend ourselves against terrorism in the future.
__No! Those agents are heroes who saved thousands of American lives.

7. Do you support the Obama administration’s plan to turn September 11th into a national celebration of "green" energy?
__Of course. What better way to commemorate the greatest attack on American soil than by discussing ethanol?
__No way! This cheapens and politicizes one of the most solemn remembrances in our nation’s history.

8. Do you share Obama’s opposition to amending his health care plan to prohibit taxpayer funding of abortion?
__Yes. Forcing a majority of Americans to fund with their tax dollars a procedure they find deeply immoral is excellent public policy.
__No. I prefer not to pay for a clinic to scald a baby to death with a saline solution.

9. Do you agree with Obama’s plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay?
__Yes. These unfortunate victims of American terrorism should be brought to America and deserve to have a good defense lawyer and an air-conditioned cell.
__Absolutely not. These terrorists should not set foot on American soil and do not deserve to be treated like American citizens.

10. Do you approve of Obama traveling to other countries and apologizing for the United States?
__Yes. It’s about time we had a president who admits America’s imperialism and tries to make amends for all the evil and violence we’ve done in the world.
__A thousand times no! I’m proud of my country and I want a president who defends our values and reputation to the world.

11. Do you support Obama’s appointment of the following individuals to TOP positions in his administration: Van Jones (self-described Communist who believes Bush caused 9/11), Cass Sunstein (supports outlawing hunting and phasing out meat consumption), and John Holdren (has advocated for forced abortions and mass sterilization)?
__Why not? I have no problem with those people making policy for our country.
__No. This just shows how radical and extreme Obama’s views really are.

12. Do you support Obama’s attempts to eliminate freedom of conscience provisions for medical practitioners?
__Sure. Any doctor who refuses to perform abortions should lose his right to practice medicine.
__No! Every medical practitioner should be able to decline to perform procedures that violate his conscience.

13. Do you support Obama’s attempts to control private companies by firing the CEO of General Motors and establishing a government office to dictate corporate executive compensation?
__Yes. It’s about time somebody reined in those evil corporations.
__No. The government does not have the constitutional authority to tell private companies how to run their businesses.

14. Do you agree with Obama’s attempts to politicize the Census Bureau by having it managed directly by the White House?
__Of course. It is vitally important for our president to use any means necessary to ensure Democratic majorities for decades to come.
__No. This is a brazen attempt to manipulate redistricting for political advantage

15. Do you agree with Obama that no one will lose their existing health coverage under his health care plan, even though the non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group estimate up to 114 million Americans will lose their existing coverage?
__Yes. I believe whatever Obama tells me, regardless of the facts.
__No. Proponents of government health care have said that Obama’s plan is a stepping stone to a single-payer system, and the statistics bear that out.

16. Do you agree with the provisions in Obama’s health care plan that slap all except the smallest businesses with a penalty tax of 8% of payroll for not providing "acceptable" employee health coverage and that create additional surtaxes on high-income taxpayers up to 5.4% of income?
__Yes. Rich people and evil corporations have a patriotic duty to send a lot more of their hard-earned money to the government.
__How stupid to significantly increase taxes on the wealthy entrepreneurs, business owners, and corporations that create new jobs for our economy!

17. Do you agree with Obama’s support for the radical government of Iran and their "right" to have nuclear weapons, while refusing to offer any support for democratic protestors in that country?
__Yes. Appeasement of dangerous totalitarian regimes is likely to work now, even though it has never worked historically.
__No. Obama’s position is both morally disgraceful and dangerous for our national security.

18. Do you support Obama’s policy of giving legitimacy to the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas through diplomacy, funding, and rhetoric, while trying to force our democratic ally Israel to withdraw from settlements when it could threaten their national security?
__Yes. It’s important to be nice to terrorists and to bully our friends.
__Are you kidding? Obama’s actions are emboldening terrorists around the world and putting our allies in danger.

19. Do you agree with Obama’s attempt to ram his health care bill through Congress without debate and his tacit approval of the smears his Democratic allies in Congress have made against American citizens participating in townhall meetings?
__Yes. Dissent is only patriotic when it is against Bush.
__It is shocking that Obama’s closest allies are calling concerned Americans Nazis, brownshirts, and "evil-mongers," and Obama does nothing to stop them.

20. Do you support Obama’s decision to drop all charges against two Black Panther members who intimidated white voters in Philadelphia and blocked the entrance to a polling station?
__Yes. Voter intimidation is only bad when white people do it against blacks.
__No. I thought Obama was supposed to transcend racial politics.


GRADE YOURSELF:
Each "Yes" answer is worth five points, for a maximum total score of 100 points.
100 – Congratulations, Comrade!
90-99 – You have excellent socialist credentials.
70-89 – Your loyalty to the Chosen One is imperfect.
40-69 – Your mind is not sufficiently muddled – try watching MSNBC primetime.
20-39 – You are smarter than the average dummy.
1-19 – You might be considered a domestic terrorist by the Justice Department.
0 – You have been awarded the Common Cents Blog Freedom Award!