With election day around the corner here in the states, what would you ask to a candidate if you had the chance?

Meesa questions:

How are you going to address welfare and unemployment abuse (like when people work for 6 months and then stay collect unemployment pension for 6 months and then repeat the cycle)?

What are your opinions of Star Wars?



I will probably think of more, later.

what are you going to do about rising health care costs?

which one of you is handing out the free stuff?

This question would be to any presidential candidate (Bush, Kerry, Nader, Cobb, etc.)

• What is the best solution you have come up with for the debacle in Iraq? (It IS a debacle, as repeated stories about insurgencies, bombings, and beheadings testify)
  
  I would be looking for an answer that involves laying out a NEW plan (not just claiming that the current progress is a job well done), and recognising just how serious of a problem it is.
  
• Which country is the next location to target in the War on Terror, and what rationale is there for this? (not necessarily invasion, but at least some form of major focus, preferably diplomacy)
  
  I would think about what "rationale" was provided, but also pay attention to what country was mentioned. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Sudan, Egypt, and especiall North Korea would be good answers. Iran, Syria, and Palistinian Lands would subtract points.

Do you realize how futile such a question would be? However, it would be quite effective if recorded, and then the general public (individually) heard it two or three times... That would drive the voting rate from my estimate of 54% of this year (a 3% increase) to mabye 20%.

You overestimate the people's intelligence.

Yep, we can't all be as bright as Flexor!

I would ask Kerry how[/u] he intends to bring 'allies' such as France and Germany into our coalition, or, more generally speaking, how he intends to rebuild the alliances he's always talking about. I'd also ask him why he assumes that whenever America is in conflict with another country, the burden is always on America. We can't convince France it has a stake in living up to its agreements in Afghanistan? Can't possibly be France's fault - it's ours for not convincing them! And so on. Why?

I'd ask em to play "rock, paper, scissors" to see if bush plays "rock." That would be comical.

After that I'd ask Bush what kind of dictionary he'd like for his birthday.

"What would you do for a Klondike Bar?"

Kerry would answer the question by talking about Iraq.

Bush would answer the question by talking about education.

what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen sparrow?

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A few more. If I do not list a candidate in the question, assume that any of them are fair game to be targetted by the question:

• Bush, were you really wearing a brassiere at the first debate?
• Kerry, just what the heck is that stupid grin for? WHY?!
• Who would win: Hulk, or Terminator?
• Are you SURE you're not having an affair?
• What's inside of Area 51?
• "Where would you like to go today?"
• Supporters of your party are known vandals and/or drug dealers. What do you have to say about them?
• How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootisie Pop?

I'll be adding more as I can think of them.:D

On this website younger people submitted 10 questions to Bush, Kerry, and Nader, and got them answered:

http://youthdebate.newvotersproject.org/

Pretty good find. I shall have to remember this site.

"Why do you guys suck to much?"

and

"Are you guys really the best that American politics has to offer?"

To Kerry: Sir, several Vietnam Veterans claiming to have served with or around you have made a point to dispute many of your actions in combat, criticized your meating with North Vietnamese officials in Paris before your congressional testimony, criticized you for being a war hero in the Vietnamese War Museum, and paraded ex-POWs who claim to have suffered additional torture as a result of your congressional testimony. How would you like to respond to these allegations?

To Bush: Sir, you have engaged our military in a war on terror that has included the liberation of a people oppressed by an inhumane dictator. At this time in several African countries, genocide of a scale far surpassing anything recently occuring in Iraq is taking place as we speak. What is your plan for dealing with this inhumanity?

Bush: How do you spell USA?

Tell me everything you know about your Skull and Bones Society.

What do we call those big bombs that we used in Japan?

Wrong question because Bush can (probably) pronounce "hydrogen"!

Ah yes yousa point is well seen. *slaps forehead*

Both: Have you two seen "This land is your land" ?

Can you hear me now?

Well, uh, then by protocol, I would respond to the candidate response with a "good."

Where is the rebel base?

How shall you address the increasing prison population and costs to build or expand facilities?

Very clever, very clever...

And you guys think I'm dum!



Yes, that was on purpose!
:p