I meet McCain on Monday - What should I ask him?

[KG4JYD]

Apparently I get to meet Senator John McCain on Monday and ask questions of him in a public forum.


I am looking for any questions from conservatives / libertarians / Constitutionalists.

Please list them below

[N2RJ]

"Why do you insist on pushing amnesty for illegal aliens?"

[N4VGB]

"Why do you insist on pushing amnesty for illegal aliens?"


Don't waste your time/question on that one! :rolleyes:

Dumbocrat plan: everything stays the same with the exception that all citizenship rights and benefits are extended to illegal aliens. Free ride!

Republican plan: fence/wall the Mexican border to stem the flow. All illegals have a specified time period to register as being an illegal alien. They then must pay all applicable taxes on income after registering. Then there is a specified time period for them to apply for and attain legal citizenship. If not completed, they're out.

Face it people, they're are too many illegal Mexican immigrants here already to round them up and deport them all. You don't have the number of enforcement officers to accomplish it and you can't afford to do it. :rolleyes:

[kc7jty]

ask him why he's a typical lying, two faced, flip flopper, expedient opportunist politician.
.......and for his wife: Anheuser Bush sucks!

[n2ize]

When are you going to end the corrupt war ?

How are you going to go about ending the wasteful and useless war on drugs ?

What are you going to do about the economy and employment ?

What are you going to do to improve education and make formal higher education more accessible to all who strive for it ?

When are you going to stop lying and BS'ing the American people and the people of the world ?

[W4DFW]

Apparently I get to meet Senator John McCain on Monday and ask questions of him in a public forum.


Has anyone alerted the authorities?? :confused:

[N9MOQ]

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[KU0DM]

You will be assigned and given a question card when you arrive. They don't let you ask your own questions.

I can see Matt now...

"Mr. McCain, why are you violating our right to free speech by making us use these question cards? My overlord Thomas Jefferson and Ron Paul frown upon that, are you oppressing us?"

;)

[N9XR]

Is asking random questions to a Republican presidential candidate even constitutional? I mean, exactly where is that spelled out?

[KG4JYD]

It was lame. He only took questions for about 45-50 minutes and took his damn sweet time answering each one of them. I was 2nd in line before he cut the entire thing off for a fund raiser he had to attend, and 3 other Ron Paul people were stacked in line behind me. Unfortunately we didn't get to ask him any questions because of his asininely short "town hall meeting".

Here is the question I had chosen to ask:


Senator McCain – I am a 26 year old conservative and most of my conservative friends, many of whom are much older than I, will NOT be voting for you in November. Your flip-flopping on abortion, your voting record on the 2nd Amendment, your flip-flopping on tax cuts, your ideas about global warming policy, your desire for open borders and amnesty, your intervention into the free market, and many other stances of yours have convinced me and my fellow conservatives that you are indeed not one of us, nor do you represent conservatism.

I would rather not vote in this upcoming election than vote for you and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of my fellow conservatives agree with me. This possibly means that the Republicans will lose.

68% of Republicans in Tennessee voted against you and overall 82% of voters in TN voted against you. Even James Dobson has said he can not support you.

Looking around I see that there are less people at this McCain event than there were at the Ron Paul event in October here in Nashville. In fact it looks like the house is just less than half full.

Would you be willing to pass on the nomination for the good of the party and for the good of the country in lieu of someone who is more conservative, can energize the base, and bring a victory to conservatives and the GOP?

[KG4JYD]

Is asking random questions to a Republican presidential candidate even constitutional? I mean, exactly where is that spelled out?It doesn't have to be. The Constitution doesn't say that the federal government can regulate campaigns... just elections.

[KG4JYD]

You will be assigned and given a question card when you arrive. They don't let you ask your own questions.Incorrect. McCain actually takes unscripted audience questions. And not only did he let people speak as long as possible before answering he also let them follow up and have dialog with them. I was actually amazed.

However because of this not many people got through in the 45-50 minute short period of questioning.

And he beautifully side-stepped a direct question on immigration and I think I was the ONLY person in the building who noticed that.

After he fumbled around with it he said: "I believe like the Founders that all men are created equal".

He also completely sidestepped a question about his faith.

[KG4JYD]

Here were other questions I had prepared for him:



IMMIGRATION:

If elected President will you promise to fully pardon wrongly Imprisoned and falsely convicted former Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean?


A 3-fold question
Is it smart to maintain an economy hinged on exploiting refuges from Mexico at substandard pay and subsidized with government entitlements? If not, how do you plan to stop the current invasion of illegal aliens, and how do you propose that we send the millions of illegals already here back to their country of origin?


Why does the US Congress and Administration continue to legislate and govern against the will of the citizens regarding illegal immigration?



Do you believe that we need immigration reform? And if so, why should we simply not just enforce the laws that have already been enacted?






LIBERALISM:

Would you please define conservatism? Are you a conservative? And other than foreign policy, how are you not a liberal?


What is your plan to overcome considerable lack of support by the conservative base of the GOP?


You claim to be a uniter and able to reach across the aisle much like President Bush claimed when he was running back in 2000. Why is it good that you can reach out to liberal Democrats but on issues of amnesty, illegal immigration, fiscal conservatism, and abortion you have more in common with liberals than you do with conservatives?


Perhaps you can explain why you were a chair to the Reform Institute which according to Dr Jerome Corsi was funded by donors such as Theresa Heinz Kerry, and George Soros, and also why your campaign and the institute employed Juan Hernandez a dual Mexican US citizen and former member of President Vicente Fox’s cabinet who is pro illegal immigration and pro amnesty?


Keeping in mind 68% of Tennessee Republicans participating in the primary voted against you and overall 82% of all Tennessee voters voting in the primary voted against you.. are you confident you don’t need the conservative base of the Republican Party to win in November? And if you do indeed need the conservative base, many of whom are NOT voting for you (especially in Nashville), would you be willing to decline the nomination in lieu of someone who is more conservative and can energize the base?


What , if any, are the key differences between the Bush administration and your administration policies on foreign and domestic policy issues? In other words how would a McCain Presidency differ from what we have seen in the last 7 years of President Bush?

"Senator, as part of the oath of office of the President a person swears to uphold the Constitution. In your opinion how well has President Bush upheld the Constitution and would you do a better job?"


If Congressman Ron Paul is the most honest man in Congress like you have said in the past, then will you work to ensure he gets an equal amount of speaking time at the convention in Minnesota?


Your website says: “the right of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is a fundamental, individual Constitutional right that we have a sacred duty to protect” but yet the Gun Owners of America, the second largest gun rights organization in the US (also called the only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington by one of your colleagues), has given you ratings of C’s, F’s, and a second amendment voting record of 27%. Why do you talk about the 2nd Amendment but yet do not have a voting record consistent with it?


Why have you flip-flop’d on Roe v Wade?



ECONOMY:
The Dollar has dropped so low against currencies such as the Euro and others that it's as if all of America is having a Fire Sale - but only for outsiders. People with other currencies are aggressively out-bidding dollar holders in markets from oil to grain and everything inbetween. What is the cause of the dollar’s fall and what will you do about it as President?

You have said "some greedy people" on Wall Street "perhaps need to be punished." Does this mean that you want to make greed a crime? Keep in mind your top 20 contributors include Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Bank of New York Mellon, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia Group, Blackstone Group and Bear Stearns. Are any contributions from these financial institutions so tainted by greed that you are going to return them?

Are the recent rises in gas and food prices related to inflation, and is that inflation because of the money we are printing to pay for the Iraq War? How do you plan to curve the inflation that private research firms estimate conservatively at 9.5%?

In a recent debate you were asked about the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, better known as the Plunge Protection Team. Now that you have had some time to research that organization do you still advocate a policy of full disclosure in it's proceedings, as you stated in that debate?

Regarding the so called mortgage / housing crises… Why don’t you encourage Congress to stop micromanaging the economy? Specifically why force taxpayers, including renters and more frugal homeowners (such as myself), to socialize the losses by those who made poor choices in the housing market? We should we be forced to pay for the mistakes of others.


How are you going to substantially cut spending while fighting the Iraq War? And how will you stop this borrow-and-spend crises without choosing to tax-and-spend?




GLOBAL WARMING:

You propose a "cap and trade" system to limit the carbon dioxide emitted. But is your idea an energy-rationing proposal akin to Bill Clinton's BTU tax? Also what are you personally doing to limit your carbon footprint?


Why should we as a nation spend time and effort on man made global warming, which is unproven, controversial, considered sudo-science by many and will cost us billions of dollars?


Senator McCain, why align yourself with global warming activism, considering all the good reasons we now have to change our policies on energy that do not include unproven sudo-science that is such a staple of Liberal Democratic policy? Those reasons include current gas prices and the instability of the national electrical grid. Why are these not reason enough?




MISC

Senator McCain. Your fellow republican senator Lamar Alexander is introducing an amendment to block RealID implementation. As you may know the Department of Homeland Security has stated that citizens from states like Tennessee will have to have passports to go into federal buildings or even federal parks or else submit to intrusive pat down searches because our state has chosen to assert it's sovereignty against this intrusive and unfunded mandate. Are you willing today to take a pledge to support Senator Alexander and fight to block RealID? Better yet how about a pledge to work to have it repealed completely?"


What SPECIFIC, and yes I said SPECIFIC, goals or objectives would signal to you that the troops can be moved out of harm’s way and brought out of Iraq and back to the States?

[W8EFA]

I was 2nd in line before he cut the entire thing off for a fund raiser he had to attend,
and 3 other Ron Paul people were stacked in line behind me.

I guess McCain is smarter than I thought...

[W7WV]

Ask him what his plans are for border control with Mexico.
He said if elected that he has a plan.
I guess he can't bother with it as a senator from one of the worst states that have illegal immigration.

[N3ATS]

I would have asked him to do 10 jumping jacks! BAAA HAAAAA!!!!!

[KG4JYD]

I guess McCain is smarter than I thought...Yeah he is actually slicker than Slick Willy

[W8NSI]

Apparently I get to meet Senator John McCain on Monday and ask questions of him in a public forum.


I am looking for any questions from conservatives / libertarians / Constitutionalists.

Please list them below

Ask him if he REALLY believes that Algore blather about man made global warming especially since we have started into a cooling cycle. :eek:

It is all cyclic after all. ;)

[W8NSI]

Ask him what his plans are for border control with Mexico.
He said if elected that he has a plan.
I guess he can't bother with it as a senator from one of the worst states that have illegal immigration.

His plan is simple...

Make all sorts of gyrations to fool everyone into thinking that he is doing something about enforcement... meanwhile he will be engineering an amnesty to give all his real constituents citizenship or all the benefits. As far as the amnesty thing it will be just like having Bush still in office. :eek:

And if Teddy is still around, he will be in the thick of the amnesty planning.

[w2amr]

Apparently I get to meet Senator John McCain on Monday and ask questions of him in a public forum.


I am looking for any questions from conservatives / libertarians / Constitutionalists.

Please list them below
Were you around when they invented dirt?

[N9MOQ]

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[M3GNM]

You will be assigned and given a question card when you arrive. They don't let you ask your own questions.

There you go: Democracy in action. :D

[W5GA]

Were you around when they invented dirt?

Didn't you know...he was on the committee that named it!

[KU0DM]

Didn't you know...he was on the committee that named it!

I gotta admit, that was pretty good. :D

[KG4JYD]

Were you around when they invented dirt?"Senator McCain - where were you when you heard about the Louisiana Purchase? What was your reaction?" :D

[KG4JYD]

That's because this was not televised or broadcast. If it was on TV, you can be damn sure they would not let anyone ask questions that were not approved of before hand.

In fact, if you are not wearing the right type of shirt or campaign buttons, you will never get chosen to read a question off a card at all.

Incorrect again.

I work for the radio station that was there. A feed to one of the ABC StarGuide satellites was sent up. Our station re-ran McCain's part in it's entirety that evening.

[N4VGB]

There you go: Democracy in action. :D

LOL! You'll jump on anything to support the Socialist view, won't you old boy!? You handle England, we'll handle the U.S.!!! :D

[W5GA]

"Senator McCain - where were you when you heard about the Louisiana Purchase? What was your reaction?" :D

Naw, that's too new. If he was a ham, his first qsl would have been from Hammurabi on his dxpedition to Mesopotamia

[N4VGB]

If age, experience and wisdom are now to be reviled & rebuked as Presidential requirements for office, just go ahead and shoot yourself now. :p

[W5GA]

If age, experience and wisdom are now to be reviled & rebuked as Presidential requirements for office, just go ahead and shoot yourself now. :p

At least McCain exhibits one of those qualities.

[N9MOQ]

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[W8NSI]

were You Around When They Invented Dirt?

Roflmao :D

Makes ya wonder when he will start to disintegrate.:eek:

[W8NSI]

Originally Posted by N4VGB
If age, experience and wisdom are now to be reviled & rebuked as Presidential requirements for office, just go ahead and shoot yourself now.

At least McCain exhibits one of those qualities.

Yeah, he is old and very set in his ways, kinda like rigor mortis.

In 2006 just before the midterm elections, he visited our county GOP office on his way to a private fund raiser. Three local tv stations were present and I got to ask him about his position on amnesty for illegals. He says that selling amnesty for the low []price/[]fine of $2000 is not amnesty. It was fun getting to confront him on it before the cameras. The questions before that were softballs lobbed by his supporters. His Michigan campaign chair is from my area.

[N4VGB]

Yeah, he is old and very set in his ways, kinda like rigor mortis.

In 2006 just before the midterm elections, he visited our county GOP office on his way to a private fund raiser. Three local tv stations were present and I got to ask him about his position on amnesty for illegals. He says that selling amnesty for the low []price/[]fine of $2000 is not amnesty. It was fun getting to confront him on it before the cameras. The questions before that were softballs lobbed by his supporters. His Michigan campaign chair is from my area.

So you prefer the current Democratic Party plan of business as usual but extend citizenship rights and benefits to the illegal aliens!? Interesting! :eek:

[W8NSI]

So you prefer the current Democratic Party plan of business as usual but extend citizenship rights and benefits to the illegal aliens!? Interesting! :eek:

NOPE... I think that they are all equally bad. The three still standing are three stooges as far as I am concerned (Moebama, HilLarry, and CurleyCain).

During the past two years (the 2006 and 2007 legislative years)of the McCain-Kennedy amnesty attempts (S.2611, S.1348 morphing into S.1639) and then the incremental attempts since then to slip amnesty by us, it is patently clear that both parties have a vested interest in legalizing millions of illegal alien criminals. S.2611 passed the US Senate with 23 so called conservative Republicans and 39 Democrat Senators. Of the Democrats only Byrd (D-WV), Dorgan (D-ND), Nelson (D-NE), and Stabenow (D-MI) voted against it and Rockefeller (D-WV) and Salazar (D-CO) not voting.

Senator Frist (majority leader at the time) from your state of Tennessee was one of those who helped pass S.2611. :eek:

The US Senate is insulated from the voting constituency with 6 year terms so they develop an imperial point of view. Fortunately, the House of Representatives is a little more closely aligned to the voters back at home.

[N4VGB]

Fortunately, the House of Representatives is a little more closely aligned to the voters back at home.


Would that be the same House of Representatives that just narrowly passed a bill to extend full Social Security and other benefits to Mexican immigrants??? :rolleyes:

[KG4JYD]

You miss the point. And possibly missed the news reports of the prepared questions given to selected members of the audience for televised "town hall meetings" that had a large nationwide viewing audience.

I just don't want other people reading here to get confused and think this doesn't happen, when in fact it does.
Oh I know it happens. And there may have been plants at this event.

However there was nothing stopping non-planted people from getting to the mics before planted people did. In other words ANYONE who made it to the mics quick enough could ask questions.

I put on concerts and corporate events for a living (I am an audio engineer). Please trust me on this one.


I didn't mean for this to be an attack on McCain either, Hillary and Obama do it too. They all work for the same company.TRUST ME I understand that which is why none of the 3 are getting my vote.

[N9MOQ]

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[w2amr]

Roflmao :D

Makes ya wonder when he will start to disintegrate.:eek:
Judging from what I have seen, it's already started.

[W8NSI]

Would that be the same House of Representatives that just narrowly passed a bill to extend full Social Security and other benefits to Mexican immigrants??? :rolleyes:

What house or senate bill was this? Or was it tucked in as a rider on an appropriations bill? Has Bush signed it into law? I cant imagine him not doing so if this has passed both the house and senate. :eek:

[N4VGB]

What house or senate bill was this? Or was it tucked in as a rider on an appropriations bill? Has Bush signed it into law? I cant imagine him not doing so if this has passed both the house and senate. :eek:

Don't recall the bill number but it has only passed the House and was tagged onto a farm bill. May be overturned in a rules violation hearing, the original vote time closed but was reopened for Pelosi to cast her vote in favor and pass it by one vote. Most Republicans walked out of the session in protest. It was a hoot watching the video, reminded me of sessions of the British Parliament with all the shouting and fist shaking! :)

[w2amr]

[QUOTE=KG4JYD;1242140]Oh I know it happens. And there may have been plants at this event.

However there was nothing stopping non-planted people from getting to the mics before planted people did. QUOTE]

Plant people, Has anyone told Greg about this? :eek:

[W7WV]

Tell him that Hillary will take a VP position! :D

[N7RJD]

Apparently I get to meet Senator John McCain on Monday and ask questions of him in a public forum.


I am looking for any questions from conservatives / libertarians / Constitutionalists.

Please list them below

Ask him to endorse Ron Paul and then remember he is laughing at you and not with you.