If you didn’t like the moderators or the questions in the first presidential debate and/or the vice presidential face-off, tonight you can blame voters. This second presidential debate in Nashville will have a town hall format where citizens get to ask the questions of John McCain and Barack Obama.
If you were going to tonight’s debate and had a chance to submit a question, what would you ask?
And check out Total Buzz tonight as Martin Wisckol moderates our own version of a debate. He’ll be blogging the thoughts of some Orange County voters as the the debate proceeds.
Do you believe that campaign ads that attack your opponent are more effective than ads that promote yourself? Why or why not?
What are your plans for the economy, War, illegal immigration?
Given the recent day on Wall Street, do you think it’s a good idea to allow individuals to move their Social Security money into the stock market?
Would you put a blanket guarantee on all deposits in the US?
What are you trying to hide from the American public by not revealing ALL your academic records (Obama) and military records (McCain)?
Q. What does Barac Obama have in common with Osama bin-Laden?
A. They both know someone who bombed the Pentagon.
As a single parent who works two jobs, I would like to know what are your specific actions to ensure that the people who earn between 40-80% of the median income can make ends meet and make sure that their children have food on the table?
For McCain: Tell us the truth, wouldn’t you really like to drop the “bimbo”? Come on John, tell us the truth. We thank you for allowing us more reasons to vote for Obama.
Lynn Lyons of Orange sent me this possible question for Senator McCain. Thanks for the comment Lynn.:
“When the Senate Passed the Obama-Hagel (Chuck Hagel-R) Provision Aimed at Preventing Nuclear Terrorism in September 2007, why didn’t you at the time proclaim Senator Obama to be a friend of terrorists and dangerous, and challenge his leadership with Sen. Lugar on this provision?
“The Lugar-Obama bill would increase by $25 million funding available for the elimination of conventional weapons and MANPADS and by $50 million funding to assist countries in improving their ability to detect and interdict materials and weapons of mass destruction. This offers a potent but flexible tool to build a robust international network to stop proliferation.
Senators Lugar (R) and Obama (D) traveled together to Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan in August 06 to oversee a number of Nunn-Lugar projects. In Ukraine they saw a conventional weapons facility that is typical of the focus of the new legislation.”
Are we in Iraq for the oil? If yes, then we cant leave can we???
I would ask what would be necessary for politicians to tell the truth. Do they need a lie detector machine strapped to them every where they go? I just assume that everything out of their pie hole is a lie.
They only way to know the truth about these clowns is to look at their voting record and who they associate with. Everything else is baloney.
Question for McCain: When did you lose your once-valued dignity and honor and become so morally corrupt?
“Sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have much of a vision for the future, or you’re not ready to articulate it.” –John McCain, 2000
How true your words are, John McCain, how true they are.
“As I was walking up the stair/I met a maverick who wasn’t there/
He wasn’t there again today/
I wish, I wish he’d go away.” -Hughes Mearns
I would ask Obama how he would feel if one of his daughters had a partial birth abortion.
…As heartless as he is towards all the other innocent lives in America…or is there a double standard when it comes to family?
I would ask Senator McCain why he put a muzzle instead of lipstick on his attack dog?
Mr. Obama, Why would you associate with people who would harm our Country?
Mr. McCain,
Why did you only allow your medical records to be viewed for one hour by a select few? What are you hiding in regards to your health?
Q: Senator McCain, can you please explain why you thought the fundamentals of our economy were sound and strong one week before our country’s financial meltdown??
Mr. Obama, Why would you be involved in something like Acorn to intimidate banks to give loans to the lower income families?
To Obama: How come you’re promising Universal Health Care when we cannot afford it?
Senator McCain, given your harrowing experience as a POW:
Does such an individual return from such a horrific experience in the same mental health he entered it with? How does the residue of such a horrific experience, hidden from view, express itself? How does the residue of such a horrific experience currently influence this individual”s world view? This individual”s thinking process?
Is this individual prone to erratic behavior? Is this individual prone to impulsive behavior? What is the likelihood, under duress, this individual could, would, act in a self-destructive manner bringing down all those around him?
Is this an individual prepared to lead hundreds of millions of human beings? Over see a fragile national economy? Command the largest national armed forces on earth? Be a rational guardian of a nuclear arsenal?
Mr. Obama why don’t they have any record of you being at Harvard?
I would ask John McCain why he chose a totally unqualified fool from Alaska as a running mate. As for Obama, I think he should have chosen Hillary Clinton for his running mate. And to respond to the rest of the people - There seems to be an element of ignorance that seems to smell very Republican! The opinion of the ignorant Orange County Right aside, we all know that Obama will win California - “hands down”, but nice try “Idiots”. Maybe some of you real good Evangelical Christians should pray about it!!!!!!
Senator McCain, why did you only allow your medical records to be viewed by a hand-picked group of journalists? Only three hours to review thousands of documents? What are you hiding regarding your health??
Two Questions for both Candidates
Q: What would you do if members of your Administration were known to have met with a key Financier of the 9/11 attacks during the week of and on the day of 9/11/2001?
Q: Do you support a Financial Monopoly controlling the issue and interest rates at which money is lent to the United States?
McCain, how will you lead us out of this financial quagmire if you don’t know all that much about economics??
When you question your opponent’s character, how do you justify leaving your disabled first wife for a younger, “prettier” rich wife?
Why on earth would you want to take over what Dubya has left? What could you get out of this besides a share of the blame if you can’t right the ship?
Why are you the same on 95% of the issues?
What is discussed at the Council on Foreign Relations meetings?
Why did you both vote on teh bailout if supposedly you are from opposite spectrum’s?
Mr. McCain, why did you sell out the US and your fellow soldiers in Vietnam?
Can you explain the “Keating Five” Mr. McCain?
Mr. Obama, how many States are there? You earlier stated their were 57?
Can Obama legally be president of the united states? I understand he is not really an American citizen.
Obama: How do you respond to critics who call your ideas for the country as “socialist?”
Obama why does your name rhyme with Osama?
Sadly, I owe approx. $10,000.00 in back taxes. Living expenses are so high, that I have to claim M9 on my paycheck in order to make ends meet. Can you give me a “One Time Bail Out”?
And lower taxes on people who are poor?
I feel like I’m ready to die now, because I see no light at the end of my tunnel. A Bail Out would really help.
I am serious.
How much money, did each of you recieve, in campaign contibutions from “Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae” Is it true that Senator Obama recieved $126,000. from one of them?
Senator Obama, aside from running for President, what actual experience do you have? Congress currently has a 17% approval rating. You and Senator McCain are part of that Congress, .Are you proud that you have sponsored so little legislation, during your short time in the Senate?
I keep hearing “Change that we can believe in” . Change what? income redistribution? Higher taxes to pay for socialists programs?
How many illegal immigrants, in your opinion, will be enough [for the USA to give amnesty to]?
After that amnesty, how many more “undocumented” must we accept?
Mr. Obama, Why haven’t you given back the $126,000 along with interest that you received from Wall Street for your 2008 campaign?
Mr. McCain, how can you be objective in regards to financial bailouts when one of your chief aids earned $460,00 as a lobbyist for Freddie Mac? (Washington Post)
Mr McCain, is it patriotic to be a part of a radical group that wants the state of Alaska to succeed from the United States?
McCain, how could you, in the first debate, claim that you will not and would not support any new legislation with earmarks and pork — then turn around a few days later and sign the bailout bill with 140 billion dollars worth of earmarks?? How do you sleep at night??
Why can’t congress vote on one item at a time? Why does legislation
have anything attached to them?