Leading Questions
Some questions that I would like to hear in any future Republican presidential debate:
- Governor Romney, you have said that you thought that gay marriage in Massachusetts would harm the institution of marriage. As a longstanding Massachusetts resident, how has gay marriage hurt your marriage? Please be specific.
- Governor Huckabee, you are an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Why did you choose that denomination, whose very existence stems from a desire to continue slaveholding when some Baptists considered it to be an abomination?
- Congressman Paul, you have criticized the speed at which President Lincoln emancipated slaves in 1863. Do you think that the Confederate states were right to secede from the union? Would you have voted for the 15th amendment?
- Mayor Giuliani, why did you suggest that your term as mayor be extended into 2002? Should a president try the same thing?