Posted by Paul at August 4th, 2007
From the Huffington post:
Charlie Rose, armed with questions you have sent in, will have a conversation with each of the candidates. After the candidates have finished talking, the video will be coded and put at your disposal — empowering you to create the candidate mashups of your choosing. Want to see what all the candidates said about Iraq? It’s just a click away. Or maybe you just want to compare the answers of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Or perhaps health care is your primary concern and you want to see how John Edwards’ take on the issue compares to Joe Biden’s or Chris Dodd’s. The point is, you can watch what you want, when you want, and how you want. Focus on one candidate or one issue or mix and match. Then share your takes on what you see with your friends or other mashup users.
Here’s my question:
Bush/Cheney leaked phony Iraq WMD reports to the New York Times and even included some in a State of the Union speech. Although these fabrications were verified by the former head of the CIA and others, Bush/Cheney have not been held accountable. They also leaked the name of a CIA operative whose husband disagreed with their tactics, a blatantly treasonous act. It is common knowledge that the neocons Bush/Cheney shill for decided long ago that invading Iraq was a goal to establish a base for oil exploration, against the will of the American people. This seems to me to be the biggest debacle perpetrated by a White House in the history of our nation. My question to any of the candidates is this: What will you do to right these wrongs, to hold accountable Bush/Cheney for using their office to enrich oil and war contracting conglomerates at the expense of our future safety at home, the lives of soldiers and innocent civilians, billions in squandered taxpayer dollars, and our standing worldwide?
