Since the fascinating YouTube Democratic debate I decided to submit a few questions for the Republican debate. I'm going to share them with you. I feel these are legitimate questions that are important today. Hopefully one will be picked:
1) Are you going to continue the war in Iraq or are you going to do what a majority of the American People, Iraqi People and Iraqi Government want and bring the troops home?
2) Why is Iraq linked to 9/11 when the 9/11 commission said they are not linked?
3) Sen. McCain on a recent trip to Bagdad, you were surrounded by troops, Black Hawk Helicopters and Snipers claiming how safe it was there. Do you regret that statement given how many people are being killed there?
4) Why do you continue to reject science with global warming as well as stem-cell research?
5) Why do you feel there should be a constitutional ban on gay marriage when that should be a state issue?
6) Why was the President allowed to run up such a deficit?
7) Why do you consider yourself to be the party of values when there are more Republicans under investigation/indictment for breaking laws and there are also more Republicans then Democrats involved in sex-scandels?
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RTM: My fellow Americans, My name is Rudolph Thompson McRomney and I am representing the Republican party.
Mod: Mr. McRomney, our next questioner is an Erik Weinberger from Woodland Hills, California.
RTM: Hello Erik. I'll bet you got a nice tan from all that California sunshine. Surf's up, dude! Did I say that right?
EW: Hello, no tan here. I tend to spend a lot of time at my computer and when I go out at night, I prefer dark bars where I can play trivia and perform karaoke. My first question is. Are you going to continue the war in Iraq or are you going to do what a majority of the American people, Iraqi people, and Iraqi Government want and bring the troops home?
RTM: The Iraq war is a mess and I do blame President Bush for a lack of thorough planning and strategies. However, it is important not to lose focus on what's important now. Iraq is of key importance to the interests of the United States in many ways. Econonomically and strategically, we must fulfill the promise of providing a stable government for the Iraqi people. To leave now would be breaking these promises and leaving Iraq in an even worse mess where Al Qaida and Iran will be free to carry out their plans of terror against the west. If we leave now, we'd probably have to go back in at some point where it would be much more perilous. This may not necessarily be the most popular answer, but I believe in all my heart it is the best one.
EW: I wonder how many more thousands of our troops and Iraqi citizenry are going to die before you give up this lost cause of keeping Halibur - ahem, the Iraqi nation secure? All right, let me get on with my next question. Why is Iraq linked to 9/11 when the 9/11 commission said they are not linked?
RTM: I think you are making an overstatement here. It depends on what you mean by "linked". No one is saying that Iraq is responsible for 9/11. However, it has always been accepted that many terrorist that are part of the Al Qaida network reside in Iraq. Today, they are a major supplier of bombs that are being used against our troops and the Iraqi people.
EW: I know I heard Bush say Iraq attacked us. I've posted this fact on my blog many times so that proves you are wrong. My next question is to Senator McCain. Senator McCain, on a recent trip to Baghdad, you were surrounded by troops, Black Hawk Helicopters and snipers claiming how safe it was there. Do you regret that statement given how many people are being killed there?
Mod: Senator McCain, do you want to respond?
JM: Err, I have no comment.
EW: What a shock! Okay, let me move along. Back to you, Mr. McRomney. Why do you continue to reject science with global warming as well as stem-cell research?
RTM: That's a pretty strong accusation, there. I don't know about rejecting science but I'll tell you this. Like all Americans, I am greatly concerned with the impact of global warming. I will work tirelessly with experts and come up with strategies to combat this threat to our planet. We must reduce our carbon output or we will all suffer the consequences. As for stem cell research, that's a trickier issue. Many Americans worry about opening a Pandora's box. Stem cell research opens up touchy subjects such as cloning and eugenics. We worry about people being able to breed "super babies". Hitler tried that sort of thing. I think we need to look at this some more before we plunge into anything we would later regret.
EW: (muttering to himself) You're the one who's a Nazi bastard.
RTM: I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear that.
EW: Oh nothing. Never mind. Why do you feel there should be a constitutional ban on gay marriage when that should be a state issue?
RTM: Actually, I think you'll find Republicans are divided on this issue. Those who feel gay
marriage is morally wrong, just like abortion, believe it should be the law of the land. Some, like Mr. Guiliani, are a little more, if you can excuse the term, ha ha, "liberal" about this.
EW: Why was the President allowed to run up such a deficit?
RTM: Deficits are an unfortunate by-product of being at war, but I believe President Bush did the right thing in incorporating his tax-cuts. Today, tax revenue is at an all-time high, even if you take inflation and an increased population into account, our expanded economy has repeatedly brought in more revenue than what the experts projected. There are articles in the New York Times that support this. The deficit, while there, isn't nearly as bad as some are saying.
EW: Well, it's still a deficit and I wonder if I'll ever be able to collect Social Security. I don't trust you and the reason I don't is that so many in your party are in legal trouble. Why do you consider yourself to be the "party of values" when there are more Republicans under investigation/indictment for breaking laws and there are also more Republicans then Democrats involved in sex-scandels?
RTM: I wonder where you get those statistics from. Isn't Woodland Hills part of Los Angeles where you've got a Democrat mayor who's in all sorts of trouble from scandals? Your City Attorney Degaglio, or something like that. He's got all sorts of problems, too, doesn't he? Look, if you are trying to say that Republicans are more corruptible than Democrats, that's really unfair. We're all human beings here. We all make mistakes. When Republicans like myself talk about values, we're talking about protecting children from the filth that Hollywood thinks is normal human behavior. We're talking about family unity and not trusting strangers, or even worse, television to raise children.
EW: I personally think you're throwing values out the window when you send our soldiers out to die for oil barons like Bush and Cheney. Anyways, thanks for answering my questions. Don't expect my vote though, you've only perpetuated my feelings that your party has no interest in the welfare of the American people.
RTM: You of course, are entitled to your opinion. That's what makes our country worth fighting for. Cowabunga dude! Did I say that right?
Mod: Wow, the switchboard is overloaded with callers who have a few things to say about your last questioner, none are very complimentary.
RTM: (laughing) Shocking!
These are questions that are going to be asked mine as well be by me.
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