Short Quiz

[johnkarls]

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1. Is the title of our focus book, “Gardens of Democracy,” a metaphor comprising a simple plea for Americans (and, as a result, their national government) to pull together?

2. Who is Grover Nordquist?

3. How many Republican Congressmen, Senators and Presidential Candidates have signed his pledge?

4. How does Grover Nordquist enforce the pledges?

5. Who was Ross Perot?

6. Is Grover Nordquist the re-incarnation of Ross Perot? [Assuming a person can be re-incarnated before her/his demise.]

7. Who is David Boren?

8. Who is Christie Todd Whitman? Has she been importuned by David Boren?

9. Does David Boren, with the assistance of Christie Todd Whitman, aspire to be the Ralph Nader of 2012?

10. Is 2012 shaping up, at both the Presidential level and the Congressional level, to be a referendum on the Perot/Nordquist principle of no tax increases vs. the philosophy of the Democratic Party and “Gardens of Democracy” that more resources need to be devoted to governmental programs that will make our society more decent, particularly for the disadvantaged.

11. Is the American electorate likely to continue to exhibit its Jeckyll/Hyde propensity to divide control of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives?

12. If the Jeckyll/Hyde personality of the American electorate continues to prevail, will the United States go the way of Greece, Italy, Spain, etc., despite the pleas of our authors in “Gardens of Democracy”?