Debate Questions Corporate Media Won’t Ask

[babylonsister]

Maybe we should send this list to the media whores who conduct these farces. This is quite a list; I'll pick a few...

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kent_wel_070505_debate_questions_cor.htm

Debate Questions Corporate Media Won’t Ask

The Corporate-media sponsored Republican and Democratic presidential candidate debates are a well-constructed farce, designed to keep real issues from public cognizance and discusssion. After all, they own the ‘weapons of Mass Distraction’ and clearly intend to use them against We, The People. Any list of real, relevant and significant questions for "our" presidential candidates would include the following:

1. How do you campaign for months on end and still represent your constituents? Are you not AWOL as a legislator or Governor?


15. Do you accept the judgement of thousands of independent scientists regarding global warming, or prefer oil-company sponsored "science" on the matter?


16. Are you a better-safe-than-sorry Conservative following a precautionary principle, or, are you willing to risk your own children’s world, and mine, due to your ignorance of climate science, and a willingness to place economic growth above planetary survival?



25. Do you believe that George Bush actually won the election in 2000 or 2004? Do you think it was appropriate for the Supreme court to anoint a president, in a "just this once" decision, rather than see the voting process completed fairly?


26. Do you believe 5 men should control the major media corporations thru their perogative to hire and fire their editors – therby reflecting the views of the few as opposed to having public imput on the hiring and firing of major media editors.

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[dsc]

1. I think question 1 is stupid

I certainly don't think people should abandon their posts to campaign but people do have to campaign for the job. Incidently the GOP front runners would greatly benefit from this standard since two of them are currently unemployed versus only one of ours.

[babylonsister]

2. So I guess you think this is stupid, too:

http://www.statepress.com/issues/2007/04/12/news/700784

McCain's voting record 2nd worst in Senate
by Matt Stone

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has been busy on the campaign trail - so busy he's missed the 2nd most votes in the U.S. Senate.

McCain has missed about 33 percent of the 126 votes in the Senate this session, according to The Washington Post's Vote Database.

Only Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. has missed more, after suffering a brain hemorrhage in December.

[dsc]

3. Given that he missed more than the others it should matter

but I am willing to cut some slack for an occasional missed vote.

[babylonsister]

4. That's special. There's 38 questions; all you can do is criticize?

And that's besides the whole point of the article.