Thursday - August 09, 2007

Republicans Should Say No to a You-Tube Debate 

We in Hell haven't particularly paid much attention to presidential debates so far.  First, who wants to listen 6 or 7 people who haven't a snowball's chance in Hell of becoming president?  It is simply a waste of time. Second, presidential elections aren't until November of 2008.  We have well over a year until the election.  Call us in Hell around this time next year, when we start to care.  Third, besides the comical aspect, watching the Democratic debates is painful.  The far left asking the far left, "How much will you care?" gets old quickly.

So, what does our view in Hell on presidential debates have to do with the CNN/YouTube debates?  We in Hell think that the CNN/YouTube debates demeans the dignity of the debates.  Yes, dignity, decorum, respect, and high standards are something that is apparently lost to this generation.  It is an exercise in the feel-good, self-absorbed parochial view of the far left.  

The Republican candidates should steer as far as they can from this trap. The questions that are asked are concerned with what the government can do for the individual.  Important issues of state are avoided, except where questions of defeat and anti-Americanism are concerned.

The only thing that a YouTube debate will do for the Republicans is to demean the process and make conservatives engage in the entitlement debate of the left.

Most importantly, Republicans should realize, that in any YouTube debate they participate in, the far left reporters are simply going to pick the questions that fit in their neo-communist world view. 

You think We in Hell are exaggerating? To make our point, the Satanic Source will list and respond to the questions put to the Democratic candidates at the CNN/YouTube debate in July to show how silly and unimportant most of them were.

QUESTION:  So my question is: We have a bunch of leaders who can't seem to do their job. And we pick people based on the issues they that they represent, but then they get in power and they don't do anything about it anyway.

You're going to spend this whole night talking about your views on issues, but the issues don't matter if when you get in power nothing's going to get done.

We have a Congress and a president with, like, a 30 percent approval rating, so clearly we don't think they're doing a good job. What's going to make you any more effectual, beyond all the platitudes and the stuff we're used to hearing? I mean, be honest with us. How are you going to be any different?

SATANIC SOURCE: Obviously, like most liberals, you haven't read the Constitution and your far left teachers in American History probably spent more time on crimes committed by the U.S. in Vietnam and how George Bush stole the 2001 election.

The Constitution, purposefully created a system of divided government and a system of checks and balances.  In the end, its aim is to make sure that government remains limited in its power and scope.  Thus, to an ignorant mind like yours, it seems nothing gets down, when in reality, our system of government was meant to be that way, to insure government cannot easily infringe upon our rights.

QUESTION:  Hello. My name is Davis Fleetwood. I'm from Groton, Massachusetts. My question is for Dennis Kucinich.

After watching the first several debates, which seemed more like conversations than actually debates, we're all clear out here that you Democrats are united. We get it.

But we have a very important decision to make coming up very soon, and Americans desperate for a change need to know: Congressman Kucinich, how would America be better off with you as president than we would be if either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama became president?

SATANIC SOURCE: Kuninich is borderline insane.  That you could imagine him as president simply shows how far left the Democratic Party has gone.  But then again, you people in Massachusetts keep sending Teddy Kennedy back to the Senate.  Now that's insanity!

QUESTION: Hi. My name is Rob Porter, and I'm from Irvine, California.

I have a question for Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Clinton, how would you define the word "liberal?"

And would you use this word to describe yourself?

Thank you.

SATANIC SOURCE:  How about socialist?  Any person who proposes national healthcare would fit that definition.  And Hillary falls into that category.  How about two-faced?  She voted for the Iraq War, now she acts almost if she never cast that vote.  How about carpet-bagger?  Isn't it odd, that for someone who lived much of their life in Arkansas, they now represent New York?  Of course opportunist also comes to mind....

QUESTION: Hello. This question is for all of the candidates. Partisanship played a major role in why nothing can be done in Washington today. All of you say you will be able to work with Republicans. Well, here's a test. If you had to pick any Republican member of Congress or Republican governor to be your running mate, who would it be?

SATANIC SOURCE: What a silly question.  Bipartisan ship only works when two groups share core values.  Most Republicans repudiate cowardice, murder, anti-Americanism, gay marriage, huge welfare programs, and higher taxes.  Secondly, the Democratic Party has moved so far left, that even a moderate Republican would offend your militant wings, whether they be anti-war, abortion, or gay oriented.

QUESTION:  Hello, America. Hello, presidential candidates. This is Will from Boston, Massachusetts. And I hope, you know, they put this question on. It's a question in the back of everybody's head. You know, in some people, it's further back than others, collecting cobwebs.

But is African-Americans ever going to get reparations for slavery?

I know you all are going to run around this question, dipping and dodging, so let's see how far you all can get.

SATANIC SOURCE: How many times can you say "you know" in a sentence?  Reparations is just another symptom of a party that is addicted to entitlements and group rights.  Everyone is a victim.  That is what is wrong with this nation.

QUESTION: Do you believe the response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina would have been different if the storm hit an affluent, predominantly white city? What roles do you believe race and class played in the storm's aftermath? And if you acknowledge that race and class affected the response efforts, what can you do to ensure that this won't happen in the future? And what can you do to ensure this nation's most needy people, in times of crisis and always, something will be done to help them too?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Obviously you realize that Katrina devastated other parts of the Gulf Coast?  Yet, did you see people in Alabama or MIssissippi stand in waste deep water and wait for someone to help them?  No, they helped themselves, they helped each other.  Years of liberal rule created a welfare state mentality in New Orleans, that paralyzed the population.  They could do nothing without the aid of government.

Yet, who let them down?  The Democratic, African-American mayor of New Orleans was one person who failed the people he lead.  He botched the evacuation plan.  The mostly African-American police force of New Orleans abandoned their posts en masse.  How about the Democratic governor of Louisiana?  She waited too long to call for Federal help.

So yes, let's acknowledge that liberal rule and liberal inaction and dependency upon government caused most of the problem in New Orleans.  Or you can keep blaming George Bush.

QUESTION: Hello. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am a student at K.U., from Coffeyville, Kansas.

This question is meant for Senator Obama and Senator Clinton.

Whenever I read an editorial about one of you, the author never fails to mention the issue of race or gender, respectively. Either one is not authentically black enough, or the other is not satisfactorily feminine.

How will you address these critics and their charges if one or both of you should end up on the Democratic ticket in '08?

SATANIC SOURCE:  And who is raising the issue of race and gender.  Obama isn't black enough.  Hillary isn't feminine enough.  It is the oh so tolerant left.  The left that is supposed to embrace black people, the left that is supposed to embrace women.  Yet, it seems the tolerant left is the group that has the most issues with race and gender.  Though I doubt the irony will be understood by most liberals.

QUESTION: Hi. My name is Mary.

QUESTION: And my name is Jen.

QUESTION: And we're from Brooklyn, New York.

If you were elected president of the United States, would you allow us to be married to each other?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Another silly question for people running for the presidency.  Presidents should not and cannot be concerned with your personal issues.  Presidents, by definition, have to deal with the macro issues that face our nation.  Another example of the self-absorbed left.

QUESTION: I'm Gabriel. And I'm Connie, from a refugee camp near Darfur.

Before you answer this question, imagine yourself the parent of one of these children.

What action do you commit to that will get these children back home to a safe Darfur and not letting it be yet another empty promise?

SATANIC SOURCE: Why do liberals have to personalize everything?  Why do I have to "imagine" that I'm a parent of one of these refugees?  I have a question for you, Gabriel?  Are you willing to do what it takes to deal with the Darfur problem?  Are you willing to admit that Islam, and its holy book, the Koran, as part of its fundamental teaching, views Christians as inferior human beings, who by definition have limited rights, like the right to life?  Are you willing to commit 200,000 American troops to defend the Christian south of the Sudan?  Are you willing to spend years occupying this land?  Are you willing to spend billions to feed, clothe, and rebuild this area?

QUESTION: Mitch from Philadelphia.

My question for all the candidates: How do we pull out now? And the follow-up, are we watching the same blankin' war? I certainly wasn't a big fan of the invasion/liberation. It sickens me to hear about soldiers wounded and getting killed daily, not to mention innocent Iraqis, but how do we pull out now? The government's shaky; bombs daily.

Don't you think if we pulled out now that would open it up for Iran and Syria, God knows who -- Russia -- how do we pull out now? And isn't it our responsibility to get these people up on their feet? I mean, do you leave a newborn baby to take care of himself? How do we pull out now?

SATANIC SOURCE: How did CNN let this question get by?  You mean the U.S. has responsibilities?  You might have to define that word for the left.

QUESTION: My name is Don. I'm from West Virginia.

My question is for Mike Gravel. In one of the previous debates you said something along the lines of the entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain.

How do you expect to win in a country where probably a pretty large chunk of the people voting disagree with that statement and might very well be offended by it?

I'd like to know if you plan to defend that statement, or if you're just going to flip-flop.

Thanks.

SATANIC SOURCE:  My question is, why on earth would you support a party, where about 96% of Democrats would agree with the sentiment behind this question?

QUESTION: My name is Tony Fuller from Wilson, Ohio, and I was wondering if the candidates feel women should register for the draft when they turn 18. Why or why not?

SATANIC SOURCE: Actually a decent question.

QUESTION: Hello, my name is John McAlpin (ph). I'm a proud serving member of the United States military. I'm serving overseas.

This question is to Senator Hillary Clinton. The Arab states, Muslim nations, believe it's women as being second-class citizens. If you're president of the United States, how do you feel that you would even be taken seriously by these states in any kind of talks, negotiations, or any other diplomatic relations? I feel that is a legitimate question.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Almost a good question, but obviously the guy is a liberal.  How can you tell?  He is concerned about what other nations might think of a female U.S. president.  America shouldn't care what they think.  Period.  

QUESTION: In 1982, Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel, a trip that resulted in a peace agreement that has lasted ever since.

In the spirit of that type of bold leadership, would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Another question asked by another liberal.  Carter could negotiate with Sadat and Begin because: a) the U.S. had a national interest, b) both leaders were friendly to the U.S., and c) both leaders will willing to bargain.  Does that sound like any of the leaders of the countries you mentioned?  

QUESTION: Dear Presidential Candidates, see those three flags over my shoulder? They covered the coffins of my grandfather, my father, and my oldest son.

Someday, mine will join them.

I do not want to see my youngest sons join them.

I have two questions. By what date after January 21st, 2009, will all U.S. troops be out of Iraq? And how many family members do you have serving in uniform?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Another touchy-feely question,  putting personal issues before the interests of the nation as a whole.  While we might sympathize with this person, basing foreign policy on her personal tragedies would be insane.  Maybe you should support Cindy Sheehan for Congress though....

QUESTION: Hi, my name is Sheena Currell. I'm from (inaudible), South Carolina.

My question is: Who was your favorite teacher and why?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Is this question worthy of a presidential debate?  Another example of the left substituting Oprah style talk show questions for issues that concern the ship of state.

QUESTION: Hey, I'm Mike Green from Lexington, South Carolina. And I was wanting to ask all the nominees whether they would send their kids to public school or private school.

SATANIC SOURCE: Another personal question.  These are wealthy candidates.  For the most part, they would have been or are insane if they send (sent) their children to most public schools.  By the way, you do realize that education is state and local issue?

QUESTION: Hi. My name is Anne, and I work at a Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania.

My question is, we here at Planned Parenthood support comprehensive sex education and I'd like to know if any of you as candidates have talked to your children about sex and used medically accurate and age-appropriate information?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Another personal question.  Did the Star pay for these questions?  Shouldn't some things remain personal?  Can I ask you a question?  How many babies did your clinic abort today?  Guess they will never get to have "this" discussion with their parents, huh?

QUESTION: Hey, there, my name's Jackie Broyles. And I'm Dunlap [2nd person on video]. We're from Red State Update. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This here question's for all you candidates. Mainstream media seems awfully interested in old Al Gore these days. Is he losing weight? What's it say in his book? Is he still worried about all the ice? They interpret all these as signs that he may or may not run. They really want to know if Al Gore's going to run again. Yes. Well, what we want to know is does that hurt you-all's feelings?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Here you have a chance to ask the future leaders of America an important question, and you choose to go the pop-culture route.  Dolt.

QUESTION: Hello, Democratic candidates. I've been growing concerned that global warming, the single most important issue to the snowmen of this country, is being neglected.

As president, what will you do to ensure that my son will live a full and happy life?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Are you people selfish?  What will you do for me, me, me, me....  First off, there is no such thing as global warming caused by man.  It is a political fad that seems to attract the mentally simple among us.  If you want to live a safe and happy life, unaffected by temperature, go live in a cave.

QUESTION: Hi, I'm Stephanie. We're in the Bay area, in my bathroom, because this is one of the places where I use compact fluorescent light bulbs. I use these to decrease my personal energy use, and I hear politicians talking about alternative energy to delay -- to decrease our energy impact as a whole.

So my question for you is, how is the United States going to decrease its energy consumption in the first place? In other words, how will your policies influence Americans, rather than just using special light bulbs, to do this?

SATANIC SOURCE: Congratulations Stephanie, by using fluorescent light bulbs, you are now increasing the pollution of the environment with deadly mercury.  Do you mean the green left hasn't mentioned this?  

QUESTION: Hi, my name is Shawn and I'm from Ann Arbor, Michigan. There is a scientific consensus for man-caused climate change, and I've heard each of you talk in previous debates about alternative energy sources like solar or wind, but I have not heard any of you speak your opinion on nuclear power. I believe that nuclear power is safer, cleaner, and provides a quicker avenue to energy independence than other alternatives.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Shawn, are you that simple to believe in global warming caused by man?  Science is not based on consensus.  It is based on facts and the facts do not support man-made global warming.  Though your support of nuclear power shows that you haven't lost your mind completely.  But do you really think the far left of your party would actually allow the building of nuclear power plants?

QUESTION: Hi, everyone. My name's Melissa and I'm from San Luis Obispo, California.

My question is for everyone: In recent years, there's been so much controversy regarding dangling chads, then no paper trail in electronic systems.

I know it costs money to amend things like that, but if I can go to any state and get the same triple grande, non-fat, no foam vanilla latte from Starbucks, why I can't I go to any state and vote the same way?

QUESTION: Don't you think that standardizing our voting practices will increase legitimacy, and possibly even voter turnout in our elections? What are you going to do to fix that? If you want, give me a call and I will make a standardized form for you.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Dear Melissa, have you ever heard of the term federalism?

QUESTION: And we're from Pennsylvania, and my question is to all the candidates, and it's regarding the national minimum wage. Congress seems to never have a problem when it comes time to give themselves a raise. But when it came time to increase the minimum wage, they had a problem.

My question to the candidates: If you're elected to serve, would you be willing to do this service for the next four years and be paid the national minimum wage?

SATANIC SOURCE: What a superbly stupid question.  You would actually want to pay the president minimum wage?  More to the point, why should government set minimum wages rather than the market?

QUESTION: We all know that Social Security is running out of money, but people who earn over $97,500 stop paying into Social Security. What is up with that?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Actually, a decent question.

QUESTION: What's the dirtiest little secret in Washington? The U.S. is going broke. With the retirement of the baby boomers, things are only going to get worse. Fed Chairman Bernanke has said Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security need to be radically changed to avoid this crisis, yet everything is business as usual in D.C.

There are two solutions, both of which are politically unpopular: Raise taxes or cut benefits. Which would you choose, and how would you convince the public to support you?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Cutting benefits would be the wise thing to do.  Raising taxes would be the liberal thing to do. What do you think a bunch a leftists are going to do?

QUESTION: This here is a two-part question.

(SINGING): Pay taxes on my clothes and food, pay taxes on my place, pay taxes on my moisturizer, I pay taxes on my weights. I pay taxes on my land. Every year, y'all make me pay. I pay tax on this guitar so I can sing for you today.

My taxes put some kids in college I can't afford to send myself. Now, tell me, if you were elected president, what would you do to help?

Also, I got a parking ticket last week. Could one of y'all pardon me?

SATANIC SOURCE: This might not be a bad question if it wasn't flippant and so inappropriate for a presidential debate.  Are all liberals brought up in a barn?

QUESTION: My name is Marcus Benson from Minneapolis. And I'd like to know, if the Democrats come into office, are my taxes going to rise like usually they do when a Democrats gets into office?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Decent question, notice only the lunatic from Ohio answered it?

QUESTION: Mark and Joel Strauss, Davenport, Iowa. Not every parent has the luxury of two loving sons to care for them during Alzheimer's.

QUESTION: My question for the candidates is, people like us -- the baby boomer generation -- is going to see a boom of Alzheimer's over the upcoming decades.

What are you prepared to do to fight this disease now?

SATANIC SOURCE:  So the President is now in charge of medical research?  Might not this question be better asked, say of a research hospital or university?  Another question of "What are you going to do for me personally."  Get a clue, not one candidate gives a damn whether you live or die.

QUESTION: Hi. These are my grandmothers. Both of them suffered from diabetes and ultimately died of massive heart attacks.

This is my mother. She suffers from diabetes and she's also had a heart attack.

The statistics for women with heart disease are staggering. What I'd like to know is, how do each of you plan on addressing chronic disease and preventative health in your health care plans? I would like my mother to be around to see her grandchildren.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Another liberal convinced that they are entitled to something and that someone else should care for them.  Do you have diabetes because you are fat?  Because you smoke?  Why would we want a national health care plan in the first place?  What is wrong with personal responsibility and paying for your own care?  Don't buy that TV or new car and instead by a year's worth of health insurance.

QUESTION: Hi. My name is Kim. I'm 36 years old and hope to be a future breast cancer survivor from Long Island. My chances for survivor aren't as good as they might be, however, because like millions of Americans, I've gone for years without health insurance that would have allowed me to take preventative medicine.

QUESTION: What would you as president do to make low-cost or free preventive medicine available for everybody in this country? Thank you.

SATANIC SOURCE: Another question based on the assumption society owes you something.  Another question based on what government can do for a particular individual.  If you answer in the negative, you look like a mean person.  What ever happened to personal responsibility?  Do you mean to tell me you couldn't afford x-rays?  Instead of buying a new computer or a television, or an iPod, you could have put money into an account for rainy day expenses like an illness.

QUESTION: Hi, this is Lucia Ballie (ph) for a group of friends on the east side of L.A. And our question is: Does your health care plan cover undocumented workers?

SATANIC SOURCE:  Why the Hell not?  If we can't afford the retiring baby boomers, then surely we can't afford illegal immigrants.  Undocumented my ass.

QUESTION: Hi. My name is Chris Nolan and I'm a Democratic precinct committeeman from Mundelein, Illinois. And my question is for Hillary Clinton.

With Bush, Clinton, and Bush again serving as the last three presidents, how would electing you, a Clinton, constitute the type of change in Washington so many people in the heartland are yearning for, and what your campaign has been talking about?

I was also wondering if any of the other candidates had a problem with the same two families being in charge of the executive branch of government for 28 consecutive years, if Hillary Clinton were to potentially be elected and then re-elected.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Decent question.  One Satan has raised himself, though this person is still willing to vote for a Democrat.

QUESTION: Hi, I'm Zenne Abraham in Oakland, California. The cathedral behind me is the perfect backdrop for this question. This quarter reads "United States of America." And when I turn it over, you find that it reads "liberty, in God we trust." What do those words mean to you? Thank you.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Another softball question.  Like the left really believes in God anyway.

QUESTION: Good evening. My name is Stephen Marsh of Thousand Oaks, California, proud citizen of the United States of America that does not believe in God. However, the former President Bush said this statement was an oxymoron.

Now, I am worried about the amount of time given to evangelical concerns while secular voters are more or less getting a snubbed -- the faith and politics forum.

So my question is this: Am I wrong in fearing a Democratic administration that may be lip service to the extremely religious as much as the current one? And if so, why? Thank you for your time.

SATANIC SOURCE:  I notice your disdain for those who believe in God.  Lose the attitude.  Obviously you don't understand the entire American political system, that is based upon the existence of a loving Creator.  A Creator who has endowed you with certain "Inalienable" rights.  Rights, that because they come from God, cannot be taken away by man.  So yes, not at least believing in a benevolent deity is an oxymoron in American politics.  Rights given to us by God cannot be taken away by men.  Rights given by men to other men are tenuous at best.

QUESTION: Good evening, America. My name is Jered Townsend from Clio, Michigan.

To all the candidates, tell me your position on gun control, as myself and other Americans really want to know if our babies are safe.

This is my baby, purchased under the 1994 gun ban. Please tell me your views.

Thank you.

SATANIC SOURCE:  Once again, is this type of question appropriate for a presidential debate?  Does everything in America need to be based on the lowest common denominator? 

QUESTION: My name is Jason Koop, and I am from Colorado Springs, Colorado. And my question is for all of the candidates, and it is intended to lighten up the mood a little bit.

I would like for each of you to look at the candidate to your left and tell the audience one thing you like and one thing you dislike about that particular candidate. And remember, be honest.

SATANIC SOURCE:  The only appropriate answer to this question would have been, "He knows the best strip clubs in town, but he always gips the strippers and puts quarters in their garters."  If this is the caliber of question that passes for a national presidential debate, the Republic is lost.

Republican candidates have nothing to gain from a CNN/YouTube debate.  Conservatives know that government cannot respond to the needs of every individual with a problem.  Yet, when a Republican tries to articulate the philosophy of self-reliance, they will be made to look like mean and uncaring oligarchs.  Additionally, some of the questions are just downright demeaning to even politicians and most of them do not address the macro issues of economics and foreign policy that are vital to our nation's well-being.  If Republicans want to pander to this narcissistic audience, they would do better to book an appearance on Oprah or some other do-gooder talk show.

Author: Satanic Source
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