in your record.
2.
William Ayershas stated that he believes that the goal of education should be to radicalize students politically. One of your most active leadership positions involved the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a foundation that was the brainchild of Ayers. While on the board for the CAC, you were responsible for distributing funds and you did so, to some community groups with fairly radical aims for education. Contrary to Ayers, I believe the goal of education should be to teach students academic fundamentals like reading and math. As president, you would be responsible for allocating government money towards education - doesn't this make your work with Ayers relevant to this campaign?
3. You mentioned in the debate that you would go into Pakistan and hunt down Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda if the Pakistani government resists doing so themselves. Yet, when asked if you would come to Israel's immediate aid (with troops) if Iran attacked, you seemed to avoid directly answering the question and instead spoke about changing Iran's "cost-benefit analysis". Why the difference?
4. It's come up a number of times that you liked voting "present" while in the state senate, and on
more than one occasion voted this way when all other senators supported a bill. Could you directlygive your reasons for voting present on one of these bills?
5. While in the Senate, you have been the
second-largest recipient of contributions from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. What gives?
6. You mentioned spending money to help the economies of former USSR states. While this idea may have the backing of good intentions, what about our own economy? Are you, as political analyst
Dick Morris puts it, planning to essentially put a " tax on water in the desert "? Can you explain exactly how your plan equals a "net spending cut"?Obama did a great job of presenting himself as "presidential"; I'm sure if nothing else, many undecided voters can better visualize him as our country's next Commander-in-Chief, since he was the winner on delivery, although they should still question his ability to act. As for me, McCain's content won out. I'm still waiting for some straight answers and a direct response to the question of rhetoric versus record from the first-term senator who has spent much of his congressional stint on the campaign trail rather than proposing or supporting legislation. And I'm still waiting for McCain to change the game - and ensure that George W. Bush does not once again determine his defeat.
