OPINION
Published 1 hour ago
Cal Thomas: 10 questions Dems should have been asked in debates – But weren’t
The first poll after the debate spells trouble for Joe Biden
Joe Biden drops 10 points in a Morning Consult/FiveThirtyEight poll after his first 2020 p**********l debate.
The likelihood I would ever be invited to serve on a network panel questioning the Democratic p**********l candidates is equivalent to an invitation to take the next trip to the moon.
Still, as I tortured myself watching the two "debates," which were not really debates, but mostly a show of memorized sound bites, I thought of unasked questions that ought to have been put to them all.
Question 1: Some of you have, or had, the power to change many of the things you now say are wrong with America. Why didn’t you?
DOUG SCHOEN: FIRST NIGHT OF DEMOCRATIC DEBATE REVEALS TWO COMPETING DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
Question 2 (for Joe Biden): You and President Obama, for a time, had a Democratic majority in Congress. Why didn’t you reform i*********n l*ws and address homelessness? Your administration deported a lot of people who were in the country illegally, so why criticize President Trump for wanting to follow your example? Do our laws mean nothing?
Question 3: During the second debate, all of you raised your hands when asked if you would provide free health care to immigrants who are here illegally. Aren’t you inviting even more to come to America with such a policy, and wouldn’t that add to our already staggering debt? Follow-up: Trump said we should take care of Americans first. Why would you use American tax dollars to pay for people who break our laws?
Question 4: Is there anything Trump has done that you could praise? Many of you talk as if unemployment hasn’t declined — especially for minorities — and wages haven’t risen. Unemployment is at, or near, record lows and wages are up.
Question 5: Some of you think raising taxes again is a good idea, but with $22 trillion in federal debt and with record amounts of revenue already coming into Washington, isn’t the real problem uncontrolled spending? Follow-up: Are there any government programs you would cut or eliminate?
Question 6: Many of you have a lot of complaints about the United States. Is there anything positive you could say?
Question 7: Many of you have criticized President Trump for confronting Iran and withdrawing from the nuclear deal. Iran is a major sponsor of terrorism in the world and its leaders say they have a religious mandate to wipe out Israel and impose Islamic law on everyone. How would you negotiate with their leaders and what is your plan for fighting terrorism?
Question 8: Some of you say Russia is the greatest existential threat and others name China. Russia has been supporting the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad and the crumbling dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Russia has also sent a warship to Cuba. How would you oppose Russia’s adventurism and China’s expansionism? How would you deal with China spying on us?
Question 9 (for Sen. Kamala Harris): You attacked Joe Biden for working with segregationist senators during his time in the Senate. He (and Lyndon Johnson, who pushed through significant civil rights legislation in the ’60s) said it was necessary in order to accomplish anything. If you were in the Senate at that time, would you have refused to work with those senators, possibly scuttling significant legislation that has led to improvements in the lives of many Americans, including African-Americans?
Question 10: There have been 60 million a******ns in America since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than five times as likely as white women to have an a******n. Does this trouble you? Follow-up: Some states allow babies to die if they survive an a******n and some call that infanticide. Are you opposed to that practice?
These questions and others might have provided more useful information to the public than the ones tossed at the candidates. As I say, though, it is unlikely I will ever have a chance to ask them and the network stars won’t either.
no propaganda please wrote:
OPINION
Published 1 hour ago
Cal Thomas: 10 questions Dems should have been asked in debates – But weren’t
The first poll after the debate spells trouble for Joe Biden
Joe Biden drops 10 points in a Morning Consult/FiveThirtyEight poll after his first 2020 p**********l debate.
The likelihood I would ever be invited to serve on a network panel questioning the Democratic p**********l candidates is equivalent to an invitation to take the next trip to the moon.
Still, as I tortured myself watching the two "debates," which were not really debates, but mostly a show of memorized sound bites, I thought of unasked questions that ought to have been put to them all.
Question 1: Some of you have, or had, the power to change many of the things you now say are wrong with America. Why didn’t you?
DOUG SCHOEN: FIRST NIGHT OF DEMOCRATIC DEBATE REVEALS TWO COMPETING DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
Question 2 (for Joe Biden): You and President Obama, for a time, had a Democratic majority in Congress. Why didn’t you reform i*********n l*ws and address homelessness? Your administration deported a lot of people who were in the country illegally, so why criticize President Trump for wanting to follow your example? Do our laws mean nothing?
Question 3: During the second debate, all of you raised your hands when asked if you would provide free health care to immigrants who are here illegally. Aren’t you inviting even more to come to America with such a policy, and wouldn’t that add to our already staggering debt? Follow-up: Trump said we should take care of Americans first. Why would you use American tax dollars to pay for people who break our laws?
Question 4: Is there anything Trump has done that you could praise? Many of you talk as if unemployment hasn’t declined — especially for minorities — and wages haven’t risen. Unemployment is at, or near, record lows and wages are up.
Question 5: Some of you think raising taxes again is a good idea, but with $22 trillion in federal debt and with record amounts of revenue already coming into Washington, isn’t the real problem uncontrolled spending? Follow-up: Are there any government programs you would cut or eliminate?
Question 6: Many of you have a lot of complaints about the United States. Is there anything positive you could say?
Question 7: Many of you have criticized President Trump for confronting Iran and withdrawing from the nuclear deal. Iran is a major sponsor of terrorism in the world and its leaders say they have a religious mandate to wipe out Israel and impose Islamic law on everyone. How would you negotiate with their leaders and what is your plan for fighting terrorism?
Question 8: Some of you say Russia is the greatest existential threat and others name China. Russia has been supporting the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad and the crumbling dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Russia has also sent a warship to Cuba. How would you oppose Russia’s adventurism and China’s expansionism? How would you deal with China spying on us?
Question 9 (for Sen. Kamala Harris): You attacked Joe Biden for working with segregationist senators during his time in the Senate. He (and Lyndon Johnson, who pushed through significant civil rights legislation in the ’60s) said it was necessary in order to accomplish anything. If you were in the Senate at that time, would you have refused to work with those senators, possibly scuttling significant legislation that has led to improvements in the lives of many Americans, including African-Americans?
Question 10: There have been 60 million a******ns in America since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than five times as likely as white women to have an a******n. Does this trouble you? Follow-up: Some states allow babies to die if they survive an a******n and some call that infanticide. Are you opposed to that practice?
These questions and others might have provided more useful information to the public than the ones tossed at the candidates. As I say, though, it is unlikely I will ever have a chance to ask them and the network stars won’t either.
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Spot on!
You can bet that had Republicans been debating with the same moderators there, the questions would have been a lot tougher.
no propaganda please wrote:
Question 3: During the second debate, all of you raised your hands when asked if you would provide free health care to immigrants who are here illegally. Aren’t you inviting even more to come to America with such a policy, and wouldn’t that add to our already staggering debt? Follow-up: Trump said we should take care of Americans first. Why would you use American tax dollars to pay for people who break our laws?
Thanks to Ronald Reagan anyone coming into this country, legally or illegally, can't be turned away from our hospital ERs. It is far better and cheaper to treat people before they need the ER than after, so why not take the cheapest route?
no propaganda please wrote:
OPINION
Published 1 hour ago
Cal Thomas: 10 questions Dems should have been asked in debates – But weren’t
The first poll after the debate spells trouble for Joe Biden
Joe Biden drops 10 points in a Morning Consult/FiveThirtyEight poll after his first 2020 p**********l debate.
The likelihood I would ever be invited to serve on a network panel questioning the Democratic p**********l candidates is equivalent to an invitation to take the next trip to the moon.
Still, as I tortured myself watching the two "debates," which were not really debates, but mostly a show of memorized sound bites, I thought of unasked questions that ought to have been put to them all.
Question 1: Some of you have, or had, the power to change many of the things you now say are wrong with America. Why didn’t you?
DOUG SCHOEN: FIRST NIGHT OF DEMOCRATIC DEBATE REVEALS TWO COMPETING DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
Question 2 (for Joe Biden): You and President Obama, for a time, had a Democratic majority in Congress. Why didn’t you reform i*********n l*ws and address homelessness? Your administration deported a lot of people who were in the country illegally, so why criticize President Trump for wanting to follow your example? Do our laws mean nothing?
Question 3: During the second debate, all of you raised your hands when asked if you would provide free health care to immigrants who are here illegally. Aren’t you inviting even more to come to America with such a policy, and wouldn’t that add to our already staggering debt? Follow-up: Trump said we should take care of Americans first. Why would you use American tax dollars to pay for people who break our laws?
Question 4: Is there anything Trump has done that you could praise? Many of you talk as if unemployment hasn’t declined — especially for minorities — and wages haven’t risen. Unemployment is at, or near, record lows and wages are up.
Question 5: Some of you think raising taxes again is a good idea, but with $22 trillion in federal debt and with record amounts of revenue already coming into Washington, isn’t the real problem uncontrolled spending? Follow-up: Are there any government programs you would cut or eliminate?
Question 6: Many of you have a lot of complaints about the United States. Is there anything positive you could say?
Question 7: Many of you have criticized President Trump for confronting Iran and withdrawing from the nuclear deal. Iran is a major sponsor of terrorism in the world and its leaders say they have a religious mandate to wipe out Israel and impose Islamic law on everyone. How would you negotiate with their leaders and what is your plan for fighting terrorism?
Question 8: Some of you say Russia is the greatest existential threat and others name China. Russia has been supporting the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad and the crumbling dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Russia has also sent a warship to Cuba. How would you oppose Russia’s adventurism and China’s expansionism? How would you deal with China spying on us?
Question 9 (for Sen. Kamala Harris): You attacked Joe Biden for working with segregationist senators during his time in the Senate. He (and Lyndon Johnson, who pushed through significant civil rights legislation in the ’60s) said it was necessary in order to accomplish anything. If you were in the Senate at that time, would you have refused to work with those senators, possibly scuttling significant legislation that has led to improvements in the lives of many Americans, including African-Americans?
Question 10: There have been 60 million a******ns in America since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than five times as likely as white women to have an a******n. Does this trouble you? Follow-up: Some states allow babies to die if they survive an a******n and some call that infanticide. Are you opposed to that practice?
These questions and others might have provided more useful information to the public than the ones tossed at the candidates. As I say, though, it is unlikely I will ever have a chance to ask them and the network stars won’t either.
OPINION br Published 1 hour ago br Cal Thomas: 10 ... (
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First off when these debates start all should be given a large dose of sodium pentathlon and a .45 with a double stack magazine That way by the end of the debate, even the stupid would know they are all self serving criminal and all are dead.
no propaganda please wrote:
OPINION
Published 1 hour ago
Cal Thomas: 10 questions Dems should have been asked in debates – But weren’t
The first poll after the debate spells trouble for Joe Biden
Joe Biden drops 10 points in a Morning Consult/FiveThirtyEight poll after his first 2020 p**********l debate.
The likelihood I would ever be invited to serve on a network panel questioning the Democratic p**********l candidates is equivalent to an invitation to take the next trip to the moon.
Still, as I tortured myself watching the two "debates," which were not really debates, but mostly a show of memorized sound bites, I thought of unasked questions that ought to have been put to them all.
Question 1: Some of you have, or had, the power to change many of the things you now say are wrong with America. Why didn’t you?
DOUG SCHOEN: FIRST NIGHT OF DEMOCRATIC DEBATE REVEALS TWO COMPETING DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
Question 2 (for Joe Biden): You and President Obama, for a time, had a Democratic majority in Congress. Why didn’t you reform i*********n l*ws and address homelessness? Your administration deported a lot of people who were in the country illegally, so why criticize President Trump for wanting to follow your example? Do our laws mean nothing?
Question 3: During the second debate, all of you raised your hands when asked if you would provide free health care to immigrants who are here illegally. Aren’t you inviting even more to come to America with such a policy, and wouldn’t that add to our already staggering debt? Follow-up: Trump said we should take care of Americans first. Why would you use American tax dollars to pay for people who break our laws?
Question 4: Is there anything Trump has done that you could praise? Many of you talk as if unemployment hasn’t declined — especially for minorities — and wages haven’t risen. Unemployment is at, or near, record lows and wages are up.
Question 5: Some of you think raising taxes again is a good idea, but with $22 trillion in federal debt and with record amounts of revenue already coming into Washington, isn’t the real problem uncontrolled spending? Follow-up: Are there any government programs you would cut or eliminate?
Question 6: Many of you have a lot of complaints about the United States. Is there anything positive you could say?
Question 7: Many of you have criticized President Trump for confronting Iran and withdrawing from the nuclear deal. Iran is a major sponsor of terrorism in the world and its leaders say they have a religious mandate to wipe out Israel and impose Islamic law on everyone. How would you negotiate with their leaders and what is your plan for fighting terrorism?
Question 8: Some of you say Russia is the greatest existential threat and others name China. Russia has been supporting the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad and the crumbling dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Russia has also sent a warship to Cuba. How would you oppose Russia’s adventurism and China’s expansionism? How would you deal with China spying on us?
Question 9 (for Sen. Kamala Harris): You attacked Joe Biden for working with segregationist senators during his time in the Senate. He (and Lyndon Johnson, who pushed through significant civil rights legislation in the ’60s) said it was necessary in order to accomplish anything. If you were in the Senate at that time, would you have refused to work with those senators, possibly scuttling significant legislation that has led to improvements in the lives of many Americans, including African-Americans?
Question 10: There have been 60 million a******ns in America since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than five times as likely as white women to have an a******n. Does this trouble you? Follow-up: Some states allow babies to die if they survive an a******n and some call that infanticide. Are you opposed to that practice?
These questions and others might have provided more useful information to the public than the ones tossed at the candidates. As I say, though, it is unlikely I will ever have a chance to ask them and the network stars won’t either.
OPINION br Published 1 hour ago br Cal Thomas: 10 ... (
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Those questions would have been way to embarrassing for
an answer from any one of them.
The so-called debates showed none of them are worthy of being president. A lot of the 20 are auditioning for vice president.
Even worse, the debates show the so- called media isn't worthy of a few country and that the major media has murdered the concept of a free press and journalism in general.
I couldn't take but a few minutes of either of these 2 alleged debates, however, I equated this Clown Show that could have been one of the best group of representatives that could have been sent to America by a totally c*******t country to provide a "How To A Government Should Work For The People"....[at least for the ones that would fall for their BS rhetoris]
Not many "real qualifying questions" being asked were they?? I remember Trump's first debate between Hillary, they started with one question that was marked to be "off-limits" but he survived!! lol
So far the debates are playing the media's game in the 2016 GOP pre convention debates...k**l off the candidates the media doesn't want.
So the attack on Biden and praising Harris. Watch for the 2nd set of debates.
PeterS wrote:
Thanks to Ronald Reagan anyone coming into this country, legally or illegally, can't be turned away from our hospital ERs. It is far better and cheaper to treat people before they need the ER than after, so why not take the cheapest route?
Excellent suggestion! Build the wall! Problem solved via cheapest solution!
The "absolute most" the new style Wall could cost is around $14 billion ~~ Latest numbers for healthcare for i******s already in America was reported last week at $18 Billion JUST SO FAR THIS YEAR...
Democrats Don't oppose the wall over money
EXACTLY...
#1. The majority of the Dems oppose any type of wall or real border security because it was one of the main issues of Trump's initial campaign promises!! [lower level politicians usually have to do as the Senior/primary party leaders tell them to do or their next campaign funds will be cut and diverted to some new replacement]
#2. Some select politicians have been getting millions from the infamous Drug Lord El Chapo [as he testified in his trial that he had been giving millions per month to US politicians & a few media executives to have them suppress the massive drug smuggling across our southern borders....
#3. Of course the one in "easy to r******r to v**e states" want to be known for openly promote I******s of any country or any criminal backgrounds in hopes of maintaining the political positions...
#4. Then we have the child trafficking that is a multi-billion dollar per year business and if the present evidence is not squashed/redacted then several ex & present politicals will be implicated in these inhumane s**ms...
#5. Then we have the Big Business "US Chamber of Commerce" [one of the largest lobbyist groups in DC] that promote i*****l i*********n to help some of their largest donors for "cheaper labor"...
Using the "Money Opposition" argument is a "good cover story" for many other various schemes & s**ms of MONEY FOR CORRUPT POLITICIANS....lol
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