It is debate season. The field narrows and every few days several fairly articulate and determined men stand on a stage and field questions from different cabals of news persons.
The interviewers ask about a wide range of things, from how to fix the economy to whether Iran having nuclear weapons might be a problem. But the media folks seem to be most focused on issues in the “gotcha” category:
- · How do you respond to these nasty things your former wife said about you?
- · How do you justify being rich and famous?
- · Is it true that you really agree with the teachings of the Catholic Church?
- · Do you, candidate A, agree with Candidate B that Candidate C is a dirty rotten scoundrel?
Perhaps there is a place for such questions, although they probably are better handled by the tabloid newspapers in the rack at the grocery store – the ones with the stories about three-headed aliens. But we live in an insane and immoral culture.
In a sane and moral culture, the first question any candidate would be asked would be something like this: “Mr. Candidate, several thousand unborn babies are murdered each day in the United States. As President, what would you do to halt the slaughter of the innocents?”
That is THE question.
