“MR. STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator, two questions. Number one, do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do? And number two, if you get the nomination, what will you do when those sermons are played on television again and again and again?”

Are you kidding me? This was on ABC? One of our main networks with supposedly a high reputation? What would Howard K. Smith have asked? The moderators, Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, must have received some recent training from The National Enquirer or even lower, Fox News. Also what on earth is George doing there as a supposedly impartial moderator? Doesn't anyone remember that he was once part of the Clinton team some years ago?

Why weren't the candidates asked questions like these:

"How is your healthcare proposal actually going to meaningfully lower health insurance rates without having to lower the comprehensiveness of coverage?" - to both candidates

"How on earth can you mandate the purchase of health insurance and compare it to auto and homeowner's insurance when the rates for health insurance are so much higher and this country hasn't seen a significant rise in real wages for so long?" - to Sen. Clinton

"How would you approach the Middle East situation especially in Iraq and Afghanistan in your first ninety days in office?" - to both

"What would you do to replenish and re-strengthen the condition of the US troops morale and ability to respond to other potential needs if we are still going to be in Iraq for at least 1-2 years before any withdrawal is even attempted?" - to both candidates

"Is the US government going to continue bailing out large financial entities who get into trouble and not thoroughly address the woes of regular people with their home mortgages?" - to both

"Because you are of a minority racial part of our populace, how can you address any fears that the majority might have regarding your showing any favoritism to that minority part to make up for biases they have endured?" - to Obama

"In your approach to taxes, are you going to commit to the idea that the middle class will not feel the brunt of any reversion to previous income tax rates and including estate taxes? How would you define the middle class economically?" - to both candidates

"How will you assuage the real estate home market and restore the goal of reasonable home ownership to the American people?" - to both

"Are you going to address the extremely high, some call usurious, interest rates that credit card companies and banks are charging even good customers? If so, what will you do?" - to both

"Regarding NAFTA, are you going to address the fact that corporations are given a tax break to export their job positions?" - to both

"What are you going to do to encourage the re-establishment of American manufacturing capability and does the American workplace have to take large wage losses to do it?" - to both

"Is it fair that hedge fund managers only have to pay capital gains tax instead of regular income tax?" - to both

"How are you going to re-strengthen Social Security and is the government going to keep dipping into the SS fund to make up for gaps in government revenues?" - to both

"Should corn be used primarily for food or for fuel? If for fuel, how are you going to address the rise in food prices caused in part by the change in primary use?" - to both

Do you see what I mean? Why can't we have questions like that instead of tabloid crap like we had the other night? No, silly me, we need to entertain instead of making a difference.

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