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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject: What would you like to ask John McCain? |
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The media keep writing stories about Sarah Palin. Guess why? That's where the news is. And people, at least some people, want to know more about her.
On the other hand, there are people who think it would be best if the media stopped writing stories about Palin and stopped asking questions of her.
OK, that makes sense. You now know all you need to know about Palin to vote in November. After all, she has been the Republican nominee for vice president for more than two whole weeks now!
Hey media! How about asking John McCain some questions, real ones, not just how many houses do you own?
We, the public, will help you.
Here's a softball:
One year ago, a bridge over the Mississippi River on Interstate 35W collapsed, killing more than a dozen people. It was Minnesota's busiest bridge. It was classified as "structurally deficient" by state inspectors for at least 17 years. About 77,000 bridges in the United States are in the same classification.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR2007080200423.html
What did you do in your 22 years in the Senate to modernize America's bridges and prevent disasters like the collapse of the I35W bridge?
What have you done since the I35W bridge collapsed?
What will you do about this as President?
Where would you get the money to fund any projects you propose to address this problem? |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Senator McCain. What will you do with Guatanamo Bay, and the dozens of secret prisons we have around the globe? And how soon will you do it? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| 65 million Baby Boomers have started to retire. The gov't is $7 trillion in debt. The country's infrastructure is old, out-dated and beginning to fall apart. How does your economic plan solve all these problems without going further into debt? |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| Senator McCain. What will you do with Guatanamo Bay, and the dozens of secret prisons we have around the globe? And how soon will you do it? |
I dunno but he ought to add in to any answer that the US justice system isn't up to dealing with Al Qaeda.
Sandy Burger Bill Clintons' own national security more or less admitted it. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
| Senator McCain. What will you do with Guatanamo Bay, and the dozens of secret prisons we have around the globe? And how soon will you do it? |
I dunno but he ought to add in to any answer that the US justice system isn't up to dealing with Al Qaeda.
Sandy Burger Bill Clintons' own national security more or less admitted it. |
Oh, and I'm fine with that answer. If he wants to set up actual limited courts and prosecute detainees with a view towards finding out whether we should spend the time and effort detaining them or not, I'm all for it.
There've only been two, just two as Justice Scalia has noted, cases of American citizens detained. Hamdi and Jose Padilla. We can afford to give Americans full due process rights.
As for foreigners. Well, they get something less. Fine. But what we need to do for our own sakes is figure out what the people we have have done. This global kidnapping ring is costly and not necessarily helpful. I think a good standard would be a JAG-run tribunal where the prosecution first needs a prima facie showing of detainee guilt. Once that has been established, then the detainee and his counsel (JAG-appointed), have the the burden of showing by the preponderence of the evidence that the detainee is innocent.
Compare this standard with what a citizen gets: the prosecution must show that the accused committed the crime beyond all reasonable doubt. The citizen accused has a minimal burden of proof here. The detainee accused would have an open-aired process satisfying other nations that we are a land that does not simply kidnap individuals. The costs of trial would be limited, because there would be no jury (and thus none of the clunky evidence rules), a stream-lined procedural process, and we could structure the court on a civil law basis rather than a common law basis of precedent (this would mean less research of other cases by counsel, and more concentration on arguing the merits and facts of the detainee's case).
There are countless other arrangements which would be better than what we have now. But I am very curious as to what John McCain, and for that matter what Barack Obama, would have established. I mean, this is entirely under Congressional and Executive power right now for a number of reasons. I want to see that McCain has some sort of plan. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| What year is it? |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I would like to ask liberals why they were critical of McCain for saying that Iran was helping Al Qaeda. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you dial a telephone? |
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aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| Dude, why haven't you answered my email? |
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ytuque
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Location: I drink therefore I am!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| How do I get a hot rich woman? |
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