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Suggest a question for the upcoming Dec 10 Iowa debate, using this form provided by ABC News:
Perhaps, if they get enough demand, they finally will ask about the GOP’s hideously anti-science, anti-environment, anti-gay, anti-woman, pro-Ayn Rand positions.
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Bob Dillon Wed, Dec 7, 2011 8:56:16am |
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During recent presidential debates, moderators have asked mostly predictable questions and - except for some notable gaffes - have elicited mostly talking-point answers. But ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern says it’s time for citizens to put politicians on the spot with some more pointed questions.
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Ask Real Questions
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That’s what I’m going to try to do in the coming weeks and months. Here are three lines of questioning I think we might try to pursue with the candidates themselves. You may wish to try them out yourselves and/or devise your own. I include below the three questions, supplemented by background and potential lead-ins:
–Question 1:
Background: The aims of U.S. foreign policy in the post-World War II period were essentially to enforce a global system in which the Western powers under American leadership would maintain global dominance. This essentially meant being in control of the world’s resources at the expense of non-Western nations.
This fundamental objective of U.S. foreign policy in the post-war period shines through with bare-knuckled candor in a TOP SECRET policy document written by George Kennan in February 1948. He was head of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, and this was its first memorandum. Here is an excerpt:
“We have about 50 per cent of the world’s wealth, but only 6.3 per cent of its population. … Our real task in the coming period is to maintain this position of disparity. … To do so we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming. … We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford the luxury of altruism. … We should cease to talk about vague, unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we will have to deal in straight power concepts.”
Lead-in: Five years after approval of the basic policy aim of controlling more than our share of “the world’s wealth,” the policy was implemented by throwing millions of dollars at the CIA to overthrow the democratically elected leader of Iran. You see, Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh had the revolutionary, unacceptable notion that more of the profits from Iranian oil should stay in Iran for the Iranian people and not simply go to oil giants like the predecessor of British Petroleum (BP).
The Question: Do you think we had a right to overthrow the leader of Iran in 1953? And would you again give millions of dollars to the CIA to overthrow the Iranian government under your presidency?
–Question 2
Background: Further on Iran: During the Dec. 5, 2006, Senate hearing on the nomination of Robert Gates to be Secretary of Defense, he was questioned by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., about the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and the threat to Israel if it did. Gates said that he believed Iran was trying to acquire nuclear weapons and was lying when it said it wasn’t.
However, amazingly, Gates added that Iran’s motivation was largely self-defense. Sen. Graham asked: “Do you believe the Iranians would consider using that nuclear weapons capability against the nation of Israel?”
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Interesting Times Wed, Dec 7, 2011 9:00:05am |
re: #1 Bobibutu
Very nice. You should consider submitting some of these yourself, if you haven’t already (being Canadian, I doubt anything I submit would ever be considered)
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Dec 7, 2011 12:34:11pm |
Why did you stop taking your medication? Weren’t the doctor’s warnings clear enough? /
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jvic Wed, Dec 7, 2011 7:13:56pm |
You talk about reducing the size, budget and power of the federal government. Yet:
a. Republican President George H.W. Bush cavalierly broke the core taxation pledge which played a defining role in his election.
b. Republican President George W. Bush did not veto a single spending bill while his party controlled Congress. Though smaller in degree, his deficits were not different in kind from Obama’s.
c. The GOP attitude toward Big Government depends strongly on partisan context. (Give examples.)
So my question is: Why should principled conservatives and libertarians, whom you claim to represent, believe anything you people say; and why should centrists and independents take a chance on you?
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Michael McBacon Wed, Dec 7, 2011 7:48:11pm |
My question: How do you define small government?
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jvic Wed, Dec 7, 2011 8:11:17pm |
re: #6 UNIXon
My question: How do you define small government?
I’m not running for President, but I’ll take a whack:
1. Government budget as a fraction of private-sector economic output.
2. Regulatory compliance costs as a fraction of private-sector economic output. I’d prefer to use the total size of laws and regulations, but I can’t think of anything to scale it to.
I intend these as possible starting points for discussion, not as literal proposals.
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andres Wed, Dec 7, 2011 8:56:20pm |
My only question to all Republican Candidates: WTF are you doing???
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