I don't know why, but I have this insatiable thirst to understand myself. It sounds a little odd, as I read that back...but, whatever! In the political sphere, I suppose we all need reassurance from time to time as to where we fall and why. After getting no sleep last night, I was sitting here this morning contemplating what to write about. I must have gotten bored surfing the internet and found myself on openpolitics.ca. I decided to take their test and find out where I am on the spectrum, from their opinion. So, I answered all 60 questions in trying to figure out where my ever "evolving" point of view now lies on the political spectrum.
To my sheer terror, my result came up that I am an Independence Democrat! What??? I am SO far off from a Democrat. Just seeing that word appear sent a shiver up my spine; had I been Chris Wallace, it would have been up my leg... I about fell out of my chair. I also contemplated throwing my computer out the window, but I like my Mac so I decided against it. I was just about to close out the browser when the thought occurred to me; maybe I should read all the other crap, and not just the label given. After all, in today's world, we have a LOT of political terms misused; God knows, I misuse them in the traditional sense. Hmmm, another idea to write about....but, I digress. As I began to read about being an Independence Democrat, I realized that it was pretty close to what I thought of myself.
