What we're looking for...
Wed, 10/18/2006 - 12:35am — admin
Many questions that MSM reporters ask can be answered with a politician's standard talking points, something that can be more easily obtained from their website.
This site wants the follow-up questions that point out problems and contradictions with the standard talking points.
And, we want to encourage anyone to call those politician's offices and ask them those difficult questions, or visit campaign appearances and try to ask them during a Q&A session.
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Democratic Iraq
The White House, Congress, and the media all insist that the new Iraqi government is democratic and that it does not take orders from the United States. In addition, President Bush has said repeatedly that if the US is asked by the Iraqi government to withdraw, we will do so. But despite the fact that large numbers of Iraqis want us to leave, their government has yet to make the request. Given this, do you really expect anyone to believe the government is independent and represents the will of the Iraqis? And if you still maintain that it is and it does, how do you explain the fact that none of the exit strategy discussions here in the US even bring up the possibility that the Iraqis will ask us to leave? The government seems awfully certain that they won't. And finally, can you reasonably expect any foreign government to believe that Iraq is free and independent when it's under military occupation?