September 23, 2004

Personality and Presidents Study Take the quiz.

"This web page is designed to assess your personality, as well as the personalties of George W. Bush and John Kerry. You will be asked to rate 40 traits to describe yourself, Bush, and Kerry. When you are finished, the web page will tell you more about yourself and the personalities of these political figures. This personality quiz will take approximately 15 minutes to complete."
posted by Sullivan 20 years ago
  • Aw, fuck, I'm closer to Bush. *sigh*
  • 'Pakistanian'? WTF!
  • This seems to be targeted at honest people so I figure it can't say much about the candidates.
  • Oh my God! I think Kerry and I are the same person! This was a no-brainer, really.
  • I managed to have an exactly identical similarity between Bush and Kerry. Probably because I really fucking hate George Bush, I admire Kerry quite a lot, and I'm pretty much undecided on me. Interesting that they used the word "resolute", probably wouldn't have used it if it hadn't been hammered into the consciousness by Bush's aides desparate to ascribe a positive trait to him. At any rate I actually don't think he is very 'resolute'. Look how quickly he got bored with Afghanistan, saying that the war on terrorism probably wasn't winnable a few weeks ago. Scratching the surface shows a purely social creation, someone who lives to be what people want from him, or at least to appear that way, but doesn't believe in himself at all.
  • Hmmm, not sure how useful this test is. I found my answers were somewhat coloured by my (already existing) distaste for Bush. Which is more a comment on me than on the respective candidates. Plus I find I don't really know what I think of Kerry as a person. This, at least, is interesting I suppose. Still, I can't vote in the election anyway, so it's all moot on that score.
  • Candidate Dissimilarity score Bush 1.125 Kerry 0.75