Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Town Hall Debate

Just don't hurt me!

Tonight is a Town Hall style debate between Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain. The moderator is Tom Brokaw, but the questions will come from 'undecided [planted] voters' in the audience. The candidates will have 2 minutes to respond, and 1 minute of discussion. Cross your fingers folks, John McCain has more experience in this format and hopefully he will come out on top! The biggest question for me is, will the questions and 'undecided voters' be blatantly prompted and planted, or will it be more discrete? If I was in the audience, I would LOVE to ask:

Because the United States Constitution enumerates your powers as an Executive, your understanding of the Constitution is vital. What do you believe is the most important part of the Constitution and needs the closest protection?

What would you ask?

2 comments:

Sara@iSass said...

Would you like to come for dinner? Seriuously. I'd like them to sit down for a meal with us and meet my family. Hear OUR daily struggles. I feel like politicians are out of touch. They "act" like they get middleclass. They do NOT. So I'm sticking with the Dinnr question...it would throw them off their "game" rattle 'em, maybe get to be HONEST. Because they'd have to be honest and say "That's a nice offer but I got a campian to run, lies to tell, facts to invent, distort and mislead. I'll take your vote though."

okbushmans said...

That is a great one! I'd bet they'd say, "I'd love to. And actually I had a conversation with someone just like yourself in [fill in po-dunk town] who was experiencing the same struggles. I promised them, and I will promise you now, I will do everything I can to help out those who are struggling by [fill in lie]."