Let’s play a game. I’ll name a year, and you name the first two ideas/concepts that come into your head. Are you ready? Here we go…
2000- 1. Butterfly ballot, 2. hanging chad
2001- 1. 9/11, 2. shark attacks
2002- 1. Color-coded terror charts, duct tape
2003- 1. Invasion of Iraq, 2. Valerie Plame
2004- 1. Abu Ghraib, 2. John Kerry
2005- 1. Beginning my blog, 2. Meeting CabinGirl.
2006- 1. The Yearly Kos conference in Las Vegas, 2. Winning the midterms
2007- 1. Barack Obama, 2. introduction of iPhone
2008- 1. Collateralized debt obligations 2. Sarah Palin
2009- 1. First black president, 2. rise of the Tea Party
2010- 1. Birth of my son 2. Affordable Care Act
2011- 1. Arab Spring 2. Death of Osama bin-Laden
2012- 1. Republican primary fiasco 2. the 47%
2013- 1. George Zimmerman acquittal, 2. government shutdown.
I’m sure your associations are different from mine.
Word association tests are commonly used in Psychology to assess personality types. I’m afraid tour associations confirm you as a hopeless liberal/progressive. Not quite enough to summon the men in white coats, but clinical supervision seems called for. Get better soon! 🙂
which year gave it away?
I think it was that Yearly Kos thing in 2006. That’s when you obviously had gone to the dark side.
You have a blog?!!
My world didn’t start until 2008, so it looks like this:
2008 1. Barack Obama 2.Barack Obama
2009 1. Too personal 2. discovered genealogy
2010 1. Field 2. GOTV (frustration)
2011 1. shrug
2012 1. Barack Obama 2.Barack Obama
2013 1. Field 2. WINNING
2014 1. Something brand new 2. reduce stress