Over and over, for years and years, those of us who are really paying attention to politics have seen that the current administration is guilty of crimes. They have, for instance, admitted to torturing prisoners in the custody of the people of the United States. They have, further, freely admitted to tapping the phones and emails of our fellow Americans without warrant. The evidence has shown that the cause for war in Iraq was nothing but lies. The "facts and intelligence are being fixed around the policy." This is the level of duplicity that we are dealing with.
On the second presidential debate, it has been agreed that the candidates will hold a "town hall" style debate. The questions will be asked only by the audience menbers and via the intertubes. This should make us feel much much better about the objectivity of the corporate media. Heh. It doesn't. Of course they will control the questions, and, to some extent, even the answers.
The small difference between what's happening now, and what's been happening until now, is that the corporate media is starting to pay attention to us. Not just youtube. Not just Huffington Post. Not just any of the other myriad blogs and tubesites out there, but US. Kossacks.
Hell, after all, I've looked everywhere and haven't found a better, more enlightened community. And the quality of the writing...Oy...
What I'm getting at is that we Kossacks need to frame the debate during the "town hall" We need to make sure that at least ONE stumper of a question (and there are hundreds to choose from) is asked at that debate.
I don't know shit about the law, except that when the common man comes into contact with it, he is likely to suffer greatly in his spirit and purse.
What I do know is that, for the first time in a long time, the common man ("person" for those who are too PC) will have a voice that is stronger and more immediate than what he has had before. This is the power of the intertubes. This is the power of the netroots, and especially dkos.
In this spirit, I offer the first question that I would like asked of the presidential candidates. It is a question of morality. It is a question of policy. It is a question of the candidate's vision of the future. The question is: It is well established that persons in the current administration are guilty of crimes. What will you do to prosecute the criminals?
Feel free to ask your own questions of the candidates in this practice round.