Political quiz

Tonight at the annual holiday party for the Carbon County Democrats for Progress, party-goers took a political quiz.  The quiz had 14 questions, but I’ll only reprint five.  Answers in tomorrow’s post.

1.  John Kasich has proposed the creation of:

A.  a government agency to promote Judeo-Christian values.

B.  an EBay type auction site to sell surplus government equipment.

C.  a government bureau to catalog the birthplaces of blues musicians.

D.  a clearing house to test the strength of various strains of medical marijuana.

2.  Ted Cruz’s freshman roommate said of Cruz and the possibility of his presidency:

A.  I’ve never met a smarter guy.

B.  his praying before bed kept me awake.

C.  I always assumed he was gay.  Isn’t he?

D.  I would rather pick someone from the phone book.

3.  Asked about Cruz at a fund-raiser last spring, John Boehner responded by:

A.  turning orange.

B.  giving a thumbs up.

C.  raising his middle finger.

D.  saying, “that guy couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if directions were written on 

the heel.”

4.  For his senior business advisor to his real estate empire, Trump picked:

A.  Bernie Madoff

B.  his second wife.

C.  a man with known ties to a Mafia-linked stock fraud scheme.

D.  a economics professor from Princeton who preaches “supply side” economic 

theory.

5.  Which religious leader said he came to bring “not peace but the sword”?

A.  Muhammad, in the Quran.

B.  Moses, in the Book of Exodus.

C.  Jesus, in the Gospel of Matthew.

D.  Mike Huckabee, in a speech in Duluth.