Just in case the Democrats end up with canidate other than John Kerry, just fill in the name. Then go with the usual questions.
One blessing likely to result from __________ rapid clenching of the Democratic presidential nomination is that Democrats will finally be forced to give us their solutions for the nation's problems.
Up to this point, most of their candidates have fueled their campaign engines only with high-octane anti-Bush. Once ________ becomes the putative nominee -- assuming he isn't there already -- perhaps we'll begin to see a fleshing out of his alternative proposals, instead of merely his empty criticisms.
A few questions that I'd like to see __________ answer are:
-- Health Care:___________, Your party acts like it owns this issue, lamenting that we have over 40 million uninsured.___________ tell us, essentially, that your highest economic aspiration is to restore the Clinton economy, at which point we'll be able to provide health insurance for nearly everyone.
But______________ if you'll recall, after Bill Clinton shamelessly exploited this issue against the first President Bush, he barely made a dent in the problem despite the considerable economic prosperity that coincided with his tenure. How will____________ be able to do more with a Clinton economy than the master himself could?
-- National Defense:________________ In your incessant complaints about Iraq, you seem long on process and short on substance.___________ talks about the president's failure to build a sufficient international coalition through "multilateralism."
How many resolutions would Iraq have had to violate and for how long for__________ to believe American military action was warranted -- even without the participation of every nation whose blessings___________ seem to prefer over American security? Do you truly believe that any amount of persuasion would have convinced these intractable nations?
Let's put it in terms ____________ can better understand. Bush bent over backwards to set a new tone in trying to get along with your party, and__________ rebuffed him at every turn. If you Democrats won't go along with him, and often aren't even civil about it, what makes you think other nations with vastly different agendas would? And how in good conscience could____________ effectively entrust to other nations your constitutional duty of safeguarding America's interests?
Stated more bluntly, does _____________believe America should ever act unilaterally to protect its strategic interests, or would your presidency defer those decisions to the United Nations, as ____________suggested in the '70s and seem to be repeating today?
In retrospect, despite your bellyaching about multilateralism and weapons of mass destruction, can______________ bring yourself to admit Iraq is better off without Saddam Hussein? Was ousting him a moral cause?
-- War on Terror:____________ says that George Bush hasn't been effective in leading the war on terror and has diverted too many of our resources to Iraq. Does___________ base your claim on the fact that we routed the Taliban in short order despite your party's predictions of quagmire, that we've captured or killed some two-thirds of known al Qaeda members, or that we haven't been attacked again since Sept. 11, 2001? Or is it that you just have no confidence in our military and intelligence services?
-- Tax Populism: George Bush's tax cuts, despite your rhetoric, were skewed against the rich -- that is, the rich got a lesser percentage reduction. Why, then, does ___________ mischaracterize them as "tax cuts for the wealthy"?
-- Budget:_____________ complains about President Bush's budget imbalances, yet if your plans are implemented on "health care, education and the environment," not to mention others, Bush will look like a fiscal scrooge. Given that__________ tax increases are likely to retard the recovery, how is__________ going to balance the budget without dangerous reductions in defense spending?
-- Education: Since we have proof that throwing ever-increasing federal dollars at education doesn't improve the quality of education, at what point will____________ quit demanding more? Is there any amount of domestic liberalism that Bush could implement that would satisfy ______________?
-- Leadership: I've noticed a disturbing pattern in___________ approach to issues. _____________ have not only flip-flopped on the most important ones. ____________ has tried to "nuance" your way out of your reversals, always using the same template. You voted for: NAFTA, the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and the Iraq war resolution. On every one, _____________ refuses to own up to your vote and insist it was not the legislation that was objectionable but the way it has been implemented.
Doesn't presidential leadership require__________ to own up to your decisions? What part of Harry Truman's "the buck stops here" does ______________ not understand?
This should cover anybody to the left of Atilla The Hun.
wil.
One blessing likely to result from __________ rapid clenching of the Democratic presidential nomination is that Democrats will finally be forced to give us their solutions for the nation's problems.
Up to this point, most of their candidates have fueled their campaign engines only with high-octane anti-Bush. Once ________ becomes the putative nominee -- assuming he isn't there already -- perhaps we'll begin to see a fleshing out of his alternative proposals, instead of merely his empty criticisms.
A few questions that I'd like to see __________ answer are:
-- Health Care:___________, Your party acts like it owns this issue, lamenting that we have over 40 million uninsured.___________ tell us, essentially, that your highest economic aspiration is to restore the Clinton economy, at which point we'll be able to provide health insurance for nearly everyone.
But______________ if you'll recall, after Bill Clinton shamelessly exploited this issue against the first President Bush, he barely made a dent in the problem despite the considerable economic prosperity that coincided with his tenure. How will____________ be able to do more with a Clinton economy than the master himself could?
-- National Defense:________________ In your incessant complaints about Iraq, you seem long on process and short on substance.___________ talks about the president's failure to build a sufficient international coalition through "multilateralism."
How many resolutions would Iraq have had to violate and for how long for__________ to believe American military action was warranted -- even without the participation of every nation whose blessings___________ seem to prefer over American security? Do you truly believe that any amount of persuasion would have convinced these intractable nations?
Let's put it in terms ____________ can better understand. Bush bent over backwards to set a new tone in trying to get along with your party, and__________ rebuffed him at every turn. If you Democrats won't go along with him, and often aren't even civil about it, what makes you think other nations with vastly different agendas would? And how in good conscience could____________ effectively entrust to other nations your constitutional duty of safeguarding America's interests?
Stated more bluntly, does _____________believe America should ever act unilaterally to protect its strategic interests, or would your presidency defer those decisions to the United Nations, as ____________suggested in the '70s and seem to be repeating today?
In retrospect, despite your bellyaching about multilateralism and weapons of mass destruction, can______________ bring yourself to admit Iraq is better off without Saddam Hussein? Was ousting him a moral cause?
-- War on Terror:____________ says that George Bush hasn't been effective in leading the war on terror and has diverted too many of our resources to Iraq. Does___________ base your claim on the fact that we routed the Taliban in short order despite your party's predictions of quagmire, that we've captured or killed some two-thirds of known al Qaeda members, or that we haven't been attacked again since Sept. 11, 2001? Or is it that you just have no confidence in our military and intelligence services?
-- Tax Populism: George Bush's tax cuts, despite your rhetoric, were skewed against the rich -- that is, the rich got a lesser percentage reduction. Why, then, does ___________ mischaracterize them as "tax cuts for the wealthy"?
-- Budget:_____________ complains about President Bush's budget imbalances, yet if your plans are implemented on "health care, education and the environment," not to mention others, Bush will look like a fiscal scrooge. Given that__________ tax increases are likely to retard the recovery, how is__________ going to balance the budget without dangerous reductions in defense spending?
-- Education: Since we have proof that throwing ever-increasing federal dollars at education doesn't improve the quality of education, at what point will____________ quit demanding more? Is there any amount of domestic liberalism that Bush could implement that would satisfy ______________?
-- Leadership: I've noticed a disturbing pattern in___________ approach to issues. _____________ have not only flip-flopped on the most important ones. ____________ has tried to "nuance" your way out of your reversals, always using the same template. You voted for: NAFTA, the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and the Iraq war resolution. On every one, _____________ refuses to own up to your vote and insist it was not the legislation that was objectionable but the way it has been implemented.
Doesn't presidential leadership require__________ to own up to your decisions? What part of Harry Truman's "the buck stops here" does ______________ not understand?
This should cover anybody to the left of Atilla The Hun.
wil.
