Questions I would ask President Barack Obama
Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 3 months ago to The Gulch: General
I have no training in journalism and I have been critical of the press for not asking the President tougher questions. These are some of the things I would ask if I were given an opportunity to interview the President. Let me know what you think and please add your own.
1- Mr. President you have repeatedly stated that you inherited a terrible economy. Other Presidents have inherited similar economies---Warren Harding(1920), Franklin Roosevelt(1932) and Ronald Reagan(1980). I am wondering why you chose to govern like the one who failed?
2- Can you give us an example of one free market reform you initiated since becoming President?
3- If 9 trillion dollars in debt was "Un-American" when you were Senator then how do you justify personally increasing the debt by more than 9 trillion dollars?
4- Who is your favorite Founding Father and why?
5- You have expressed recently that Christians have done some terrible things throughout history in the name of Christ. The current problem we have is radical Islam. Can you explain which Muslim groups are a threat to the US and which ones are not a threat?
6- The IRS has clearly been targeting individuals and groups that don't follow a certain ideology. How do we stop and then prevent the IRS from being used as a political weapon?
7- If Iran develops a nuclear weapon do you think they would use it without provocation?
1- Mr. President you have repeatedly stated that you inherited a terrible economy. Other Presidents have inherited similar economies---Warren Harding(1920), Franklin Roosevelt(1932) and Ronald Reagan(1980). I am wondering why you chose to govern like the one who failed?
2- Can you give us an example of one free market reform you initiated since becoming President?
3- If 9 trillion dollars in debt was "Un-American" when you were Senator then how do you justify personally increasing the debt by more than 9 trillion dollars?
4- Who is your favorite Founding Father and why?
5- You have expressed recently that Christians have done some terrible things throughout history in the name of Christ. The current problem we have is radical Islam. Can you explain which Muslim groups are a threat to the US and which ones are not a threat?
6- The IRS has clearly been targeting individuals and groups that don't follow a certain ideology. How do we stop and then prevent the IRS from being used as a political weapon?
7- If Iran develops a nuclear weapon do you think they would use it without provocation?
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Then I'd watch him smile as he lies some more.
Why aren't your educational records released for public review?
How about both daughters birth certificates?
Which brand of islam do you ascribe to?
1. Actually I am borrowing heavily from Roosevelt and Reagan who both realized it would be necessary to deficit spend to prime the pump for recovery. Fortunately, it has worked. We have added blah blah blah jobs, the stock market is up, blah blah blah. We need to do more, blah blah blah.
2. While it is not perfect, Dodd Frank has helped reform the markets. We need to do more, blah blah blah. The Federal Reserve has also helped control the markets. Elizabeth Warren is great. Unrestrained markets are dangerous. See the depression and the great recession, both caused by out of control markets. We need more control. Republicans are obstructionists.
3. Because of the Bush recession. Bush made all this spending necessary. The Republicans have caused the deficits by refusing to consider raising more revenue. What's wrong with them anyway?
4. I love them all, but admire Hamilton in particular for his understanding of the responsibilities of the federal government when it comes to the national economy. Washington was cool too.
5. Mainstream Islam is a religion of peace. The terrorist groups are only pretending to be muslim. They are hijacking a peaceful religion. Shame on them.
6. We should be ever vigilant in ensuring that no political groups or the left or right are targeted Nixon-like for unfair treatment. At the same time, we must ensure that everyone pays their fair share of taxes and that means groups who claim to be tax exempt because they have an educational not political purpose actually adhere to the regulations. We need new regulations that make this distinction clearer. And some people (not me) need to be fired.
7. They might, which is why the ongoing negotiations are so important and why Republican posturing designed to scuttle those talks are so dangerous.
See how easy this is? By the way, don't shoot the messenger. These are Obama's answers, not mine.
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