If the questioning of the candidates in the last GOP debate were fair, I have some tough questions for Hillary!
Polling shows that members of the media are seen as less
trustworthy than bankers and auto mechanics, and about the same as
lawyers.
During the debate, Ben Carson was asked about his
questionable associations with a dietary supplement firm, while Marco Rubio was
probed about his personal finances. If these subjects are fair game, and if
journalists actually intend to “do it to Dems as well,” Hillary Clinton
should be worried.
The next Democratic debate is Iowa on November 14, hosted by
CBS. Here are a few suggestions for “tough, impertinent questions” for
moderator John Dickinson to ask.
1. Madam Secretary, you recently described the
Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA), which you supported and your husband
signed into law in 1996, as a “defensive action” designed to stall the
“political momentum to amend the Constitution” to formally define marriage as
between one man and one woman. BuzzFeed reporter Chris
Geidner, who has won awards for his coverage of the LGBT beat, thoroughly
examined the records of DOMA-related White House discussions at the time, and
found no evidence for your claim. Are you trying to rewrite history?
2. Madam Secretary, after struggling to make ends
meet upon leaving the White House, you and your husband have amassed an
eight-figure fortune. The two of you have earned a combined $230 million since
2001. That’s Mitt Romney money. However, according to an investigation of
publicly available records of your finances, there is about $50 million of the
$230 million that is simply unaccounted for. Financial experts are stumped. Can
you explain?
3. Madam Secretary, throughout your political
careers, both you and your husband have associated with an impressive array of
dubious individuals. Allow me to list a few examples:
- Your political ally and campaign bundler Jon Corzine oversaw the collapse of a $1.6 billion financial firm and was subsequently sued by the federal government for mishandling funds.
- Your former law partner, Webb Hubbell, pled guilty to federal corruption charges in 1994 and served time in prison.
- You campaign donor, Hassan Nemazee, is serving a 12-year sentence for defrauding banks out of nearly $300 million.
- Your campaign bundler, Sant Chatwal, pled guilty to federal charges of witness tampering and making illegal campaign contributions.
- Sheldon Silver, the former New York state assembly speaker who was an early backer of your 2000 Senate campaign, was arrested earlier this year for taking bribes.
- Your husband has on several occasions flown on a private jet affectionately nicknamed the “Lolita Express.” The owner of said jet, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, is a convicted pedophile who owns a private island known as “Orgy Island.”
- Your husband has also traveled frequently with Ron Burkle, his former adviser and campaign fundraiser, aboard a private jet affectionately nicknamed “Air Fuck One.”
Does this raise questions about your judgement?
4. Madam Secretary, your campaign has
suggested that one your greatest accomplishment as secretary of state
was agreeing to serve in the administration of “the man who defeated [you].”
You served in the position until early 2013. However, President Obama wanted you to continue serving as
his secretary of state for another year. But you didn’t. You chose to quit your
job, and spent the next couple of years making millions of dollars by giving
speeches to corporations and special interests groups. Did you need the money?
And what does this say about your commitment to service? One
of your early campaign ads includes the following statement: “When
your president calls, you serve.” Why didn’t you answer the president’s call?
5. Family members of the victims of the
Benghazi attack have called you a “serial liar,” and claim that in
private conversations you blamed the attack on a YouTube video, even
though emails indicate you knew that to be false. Are you calling the families
of dead heroes liars?
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