Write your own debate question
 

It looks like there will NOT be a Presidential debate featuring an audience of only swing voters because of a genuine lack of proven swing voters.

Your challenge: write a compelling debate question that is generally non-partisan, contains no personal attacks, and will draw interesting information out of both sides.

Along the southern border of the US hundreds of people line up each night to cross into the US illegally. While we frequently hear talk about homeland security and protecting Americans at home, an increasing number of Arab nationals are found mixed in with the south american border crossers. What specific plans do you have to deal with the border problems, if you are elected?

Oh, is that why Bush is pulling out?

Given the high likelihood of the next President having the opportunity to nominate at least one new Justice to the Supreme Court, what role do you think the high court should have in interpreting the constitution in application to issues not conceived of by the framers?

I'm sure excuses will be made about the 2 debate limitation but the reality is that Bush can gain nothing in a debate forum. he is not a good impromptu speaker and he knows that the kerry camp and the media are waiting with bated breath for moer bushisms. the last thing his campaign needs is another example of him misspeaking as the favored soundbyte for the next 2 months.

With the realization that America's military is understrength in coping with the current deployment tempo, what specific plans do you have for a force restructure?

We've been hearing for months the rhetoric about lowering taxes vs raising taxes. what plans do you have for tax rates in the next 12-18 months?

Third Rail Question
 

With the impending retirement of millions of baby boomers the Social Security is in a very precarious position. There has been talk for some time of raising the SS retirement age again to compensate. If you are elected, are you prepared to address the issues inherent within the Social Security system? How?

I'm too young to vote, so I don't really care or know much about The Issues; whoever wins, I will have had no say in it. There seems to be little point in having an ulcer about it. But, I do enjoy a good laugh. What's your favorite joke?

That's the "Boxers or briefs" question of the new generation.

ok, we have a few questions. what time will Mr's Bush and Kerry be logging in to anwer? and what cellar names will they be adopting?

Great question lookout123. I want to know the same thing. If you look at 9/11 and how it happened, you'll see that terrorists sneaked into the coutry illegally, went to our pilot schools, and learned how to fly our planes. I would like to see all of our troops removed from Iraq and told that they do indeed have a mission, and that is, to line up on the border and stand there with guns in their hands.

They hate us over there because we constantly meddle in their business and back different coutries (i.e. Israel).

I'd like to know what Patriot III will entail. :eyebrow:

oh yeah! i love mel gibson movies.

The US has been using brute force methods for so long that they've forgotten that other things work.

Bruce, Ogden Nash is great. "Celery" is one of the greatest poems ever written in my humble opinion.

My question would be: We all know the American voter has become increasingly alienated from the entire election process because so many have come to feel that their elected representatives are unresponsive to the needs of the people. What steps would you take to help turn this back into a government of the people?

after looking him up--I, too, am now in love with Ogden Nash. V. good! :ivy:

I don't mind eels
except at meals
and the way they feels...

edit-fixed memory lapse

Similar to Mari:

For whatever reason, the country seems more harshly divided now than it has seemed in a long time. Do you agree that this is harmful in the long run? How can it be remedied?

Tomorrow's news today:

And from last night's Daily Show:

That is un-fucking-believable! Obviously reporters are going to prepare background information on an event that they know will occur in the future, but putting this out before the debates is amazing. And sad.

Here are some questions for Bush posted ONLINE

I'd add and whose intelligence did you rely on before invading Iraq?

Next Month's News Today

Mr. President, at this time noone has been charged in leaking the name of a CIA asset to columnist Robert Novak. Have you at this point stated under oath that you were not the individual who leaked that information? If not, are you willing to publicly state now that you were not the leak?