A new twist on Glenn Beck's Nolan chart

Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 12:40 AM

Larger Text

E-mail

11 Comments

RSS

Archives

Glenn Beck's Nolan chart has become the latest political fad in Tea Party and Libertarian circles.
Right after he mentioned it the site crashed and has stayed down -- which leaves me with an interesting dilemma.

I want to take the test but can't find what it is. I've done my best as a fellow Irish American to Mr. Nolan whoever he was to recreate the questions.I'll call it the Roberts chart.
For my liberal readers I also include the Kennedy chart.

Here are my ten questions.
1. Do you like Glenn Beck more than Bill O'Reilly?
If answer is yes, 4 points , no 0
2. Do you like Glenn Beck more than Sean Hannity?
Yes 4 points, No 0
3. Do you like Glenn Beck more than Rush Limbaugh?
Yes, 4 points, no 0
4. Do you think Rachel Maddow should wear a burka?
Yes 4 points, No 0
5. Should illegal immigrants be executed?
Yes 4 points No 0
6. Do you think Barack Obama is a Kenyan spy?
Yes 4 points No 0
7.Do you like St.Patrick's Day?
Yes 4 points, No 0
8.Is your favorite color red?
Yes 0 No 4 points
9. Do you think Mexico should be nuked?
yes 4 points No 0
10. Have you reached the end of this survey?
Yes 4 points No 0

Next up the Kennedy Test for liberals
1. Do you miss the Soviet Union
Yes 4 points, No 0
2. Red is your favorite color
Yes 4 points No 0
3. Ted Kennedy was our lost best president
Yes 4 points, No 0
4. Rush Limbaugh is retarded
Yes 4 points No 0
5. Much more government is needed
Yes 4 points No 0
6. Soviet style central planning works
Yes 4 points No 0
7. Single payer Health care works
Yes 4 points No 0
8. Barack Obama is Lincoln redux
Yes 4 points No 0
9. We should all move to Canada
Yes 4 points No 0
10. I have reached the end o the survey
Yes 4 points, No 0

E-mail

11 Comments

See all comments

liberty1776 | Sep 20, 2010, 03:52 PM EDT

Hi, Patrick! The ORIGINAL Nolan Chart is incorporated into the world-famous World's Smallest Political Quiz -- a fun way to find out where YOU fit on the political map! Give it a try here: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/quiz

Report abuse

dwbrown7375 | Mar 02, 2010, 12:57 PM EST

What does any of this have to do with Ireland?

Report abuse

2BorNot2B | Mar 01, 2010, 10:05 PM EST

Lame! If the above charts are the writer's attempt at humor, here's a piece of sound advice to you sir: Better work hard at keeping your day job! -- The clip IC uses to describe what qualifies you for garnering whatever attention passers by give you on this website is "Washington insider" would that perchanse be Congressional washroom attendant?

Report abuse

rcrdskpr@aol.com | Mar 01, 2010, 07:23 PM EST

the effete pseudointellectuals know what is best for us---they keep telling us so. they want to take care of us cradle to grave. and the super rich greedy corporations will pay for it, for awhile til the money runs out. they dont want us to think. we have become a nation of sheep. george orwell, we have met the enemy and he is us.

Report abuse

FastEddy | Mar 01, 2010, 12:32 PM EST

" ... 3 out of 5 find your chart ridiculous ..."

Report abuse

2BorNot2B | Mar 01, 2010, 12:01 PM EST

So far Mr Pat, 3 out of 5 find your chart ridiculous by giving a reasoned response. The other two employ either flippancy or imbecilic pre-packaged left-wing responses. Who then, is the intellectually superior demographic on this website? -- 0h, BTW, yes I do think Rachel Madcow should wear a burqua (but I bet she'd prefer the male tunic and checkered towel on the head), and so should Matthews. On the other hand Ed Schultz and Keith Olbermouth would both look much better in a straight-jacket.

Report abuse

seanomelbourne | Feb 28, 2010, 10:07 PM EST

Beck the hero of the bottom dwellers.

Report abuse

windrider48 | Feb 28, 2010, 05:24 PM EST

Just think now...if you have M&M's...you have one and eat it. Nothing left. But if you collect them, pretty soon you have a bag of M&M's. Rev. Wright is one M&M. Saul Alinksy is another M&M. Collect the rest of the M&M's and what do you have...Obama. Kenyan spy? No. Illegal alien? No. Communist? No. Socialist? Yes. The M&M's are all there.

Report abuse

windrider48 | Feb 28, 2010, 05:12 PM EST

Beck scares the ifreann out of people because he challengs us to do something we are uncomfortable doing...thinking. If a person makes us think he MUST be on of those right wing, smear merchant, conservative terrorist types.

Report abuse

TXBREWER | Feb 28, 2010, 10:20 AM EST

The hubris you display in your assessment of Beck and the Nolan Chart is laughable. The really funny part is that you believe you are intellectually superior to Beck or anyone that is conservative. That is indicative of lazy thinking. How about doing some soul searching? Or at least report the truth and speak it without fear. Or are you afraid the masses might just find the truth about their political selves to be more conservative than you would like?

Report abuse

reinkefj | Feb 28, 2010, 06:50 AM EST

Misses Beck's essential point is that most people mislabel themselves. And, we have been so screwed by the "progressives" that we may not survive the chaos that will result. Debt, deficit, public education, and unfunded crap may be insurmountable absticles for the next and future generations. He may be right!

Report abuse