Interviewing a presidential candidate on 7/25...questions?

[dpakman91]

THe campaign of the following candidate contacted me, and i thought i could get some funny questions to ask him. he's a "super conservative" according to his staff and is a big "god" guy. Check out his website:

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[motivez]

Terror:

"Continue the WAR against terror, give General Petraeus a full and unfettered go ahead to fight terror anyway needed to WIN. Have him remove the gloves and allow NO TIME TABLE to get out of Iraq or any country that is a terror hot spot."

Does he believe that an Iraqi life is worth less than an American one? What does he mean by "gloves off"? Torture?

How does he respond to the fact that such a large percentage of those tortured in Abu Ghraib were innocent of any crimes?

Why should we abandon the moral high ground and principles this nation has stood on?

Why shouldn't we put pressure (through timetables) on the Iraqi government to accomplish certain tasks? Especially in light of the fact that they will be taking a vacation in August while our troops continue to put their lives on the line

Health Care:

"While the RICH of the world quite often come to the USA , for their medical attention."

Isn't that really a red herring? The rich go where the specialists are, and those are just as often in Europe, etc.

"Get insurance companies to pay for every single person to go to a GYM as part of their health plan to fight sickness and obesity."

What authority does he think he would have as President to compel the insurance companies to do such a thing?

How is this government intervention any better than what the Democrats propose?

Religion:

"Stop appeasing the few at the expense of the many. Fix the IN GOD WE TRUST and UNDER GOD debate because this nation was founded on that premise, this nation is predominantly christian."

Why should the many be able to force their beliefs on the few?

How does he respond to the fact that many of the founding fathers were not Christians, but Deists?

[David Octavius]

Ask him what chance does he think he has to win:

1) A snowball chance in hell

or






2) A snowball chance in hell

[motivez]

Oh, and I'd like to hear his response about the fact that 70% of the campaign money donated by members of the military have been to anti-Iraq war candidates.

[dpakman91]

this is all great stuff, a ton of it will definitely make it into the interview.

[ballz2wallz]

In as the first to vote 'maybe' on his poll of whether or not I'd vote for him. I'm 25% of the voters!