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Andrew_Writer Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:31 PM
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Questions Conservatives won't answer -- add some!

I am making a web site "50 Questions Conservatives" won't answer to support my forthcoming book about Conservatives. They will get a chance to answer these questions on my site but I'm almost sure will resort to their usual evasions.

I have a list of about 30 so far that I've written -- does anyone have any suggestions for question?
Here is a sample of mine.

1. Did GW Bush's tax cuts for the super wealth trickle down to the middle class and poor?

2. Why don't conservatives ever talk about what the non-ideological scientists say about global warming
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:34 PM
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1. Why are corporations more important than people?
Why is war better for the economy than peace?
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obliviously Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:34 PM
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2. You said 30
you are shy 28.
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:38 PM
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3. I'm a feisty 44
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LonePirate Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:38 PM
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4. What are we going to do about those activist Supreme Court justices who redefined personhood?
Edited on Wed Oct-26-11 09:42 PM by LonePirate
Citizens United was a product of activist judges. Aren't activist judges mortal enemies for Republicans?
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Takket Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:39 PM
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5. suggestion:
WTF is wrong with you? No, seriously, WTF is wrong with you?

I guess that's actually 2 questions.

I would like to know if conservatives were making more money in 2008 when bush left then they were in 2000 when shrub came in. and i'm NOT talking about some $10 a week tax cut. i mean, ALL of it. your income minus ALL your expendatures. i know bush's policies sent everything through the roof from gas prices to medical costs to food prices, let's see if a rethug will acknowledge it.
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:40 PM
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6. Why are you so opposed to Stem Cell research until
Edited on Wed Oct-26-11 09:40 PM by catabryna
you lose a loved one?
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:41 PM
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8. Delete, wrong place. nt
Edited on Wed Oct-26-11 09:41 PM by catabryna
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:40 PM
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7. I sometimes hear "Through hard work, anyone can be wealthy."
Does this mean that anyone who is not wealthy is lazy and does not work hard?
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:41 PM
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9. Where are all those weapons of mass destruction? n/t
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:42 PM
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10. Why do you support tort reform until someone you know has been harmed? nt
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:46 PM
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11. How come proprietary software electronic vote flipping always favors Republicans? nt
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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:48 PM
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12. If the Bush Tax Cuts were going to create jobs...
If the Bush Tax Cut for the wealthiest 1% was to create jobs, where are they?
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:53 PM
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13. Why must they lie? n/t
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:54 PM
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14. When a corporation exhibits all the characteristics of psychopathy ...
... does that not make them a prototypical psychopath?

- Callous unconcern for the feelings of others
- Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships
- Reckless disregard for the safety of others
- Deceitfulness: repeated lying and conning others for profit
- Incapacity to experience guilt
- Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors
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NCarolinawoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 09:56 PM
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15. Are you (conservatives) aware that Reagan raised taxes 11 times? n/t
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 10:10 PM
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16. Mine
Hey, how great is it that President Barack Obama got/killed Osama Bin Laden? Isn't it fantastic that thanks to President Barack Obama, that scumbag has paid for his crimes and will never threaten anyone again? Seriously, what words of praise would you offer President Barack Obama about ridding the world of this dangerous madman if he were standing here right now?

There are a number of prominent conservatives who have homosexual children (list some like Schaffly), but also according to conservatives, homosexuality is not genetic but something learned and chosen; it's not nature but nurture. What would you tell these conservatives that they did wrong in raising their children?

This isn't a "won't" answer and more of a "can't" answer.
Name your closest Black/gay/Hispanic/Muslim friend.

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At the beginning of the campaign season, I came up with some debate questions - some specific to a candidate, some not.

Who are you again? (Pawlentry)

Regarding your concession speech when you lost your Senate seat... have you started dressing your kids normal yet? (Santorum)

If you don't get the president or vice nomination or you do then you lose the general election, will you be mad at God for telling you He wanted you to win? (Bachmann)

Follow-up: If you do get the nomination and lose the election, are you then willing to say He changed His mind and decided He wanted Obama? (Bachmann)

If you're Alaskan, where the hell did the Minnesotan accent come from? (Palin)

Can you honestly point to anything Ayn Rand or Jesus said that the other would agree with? (general)

Are you wearing magic underwear right now? (Romney)

Can I see it? (Romney)

C'moooooooon! Let me see it! (Romney)

Would you like to quit this interview halfway through? (Palin)

I remember getting cool Batman and Captain Marvel drinking glasses from Godfather's Pizza when I was a kid. Have any left? (Cain)

Want to blow off this interview and go to a nudie club? (Newt)

A lot of the other candidates are fundamentalist Christians who worry a lot about the anti-Christ and the end times. As president, would you have a plan in place in case Xenu attacks? (Romney)

Follow-up: I know that's Scientology, but really... Mormonism, Scientology... Six of one, half a dozen of the other, am I right? (Romney)

Do you have your long form birth certificate on you? (general)

Why do you want to be in charge of a government that you hate so much? (general)

If you decided to have another kid, which of these names would you mostly likely name it: Fireplug, Cornstarch, Keyfob, Bucket, or Landmine? (Palin)

We've had 10 years of the Bush tax cuts for the mega-wealthy, which the vast majority of economists blame for the deficit and sluggish economy yet according to you and your party, such tax cuts should have eliminated the deficit and vanquished unemployment. Do you wish to renounce the idea that tax cuts are the perfect tool for any economic situation, or are you an idiot? (general)

You're claiming that President Obama doesn't listen to the American people yet you're supporting an overhaul to Social Security and Medicare that the vast majority of Americans are against. Can you explain how that's different without looking like a hypocrite? (general)

You are on record as saying the Bible is the inerrant word of God and cite that as your opposition to rights for homosexuals. Are you opposed to people eating shellfish, and if not, can you explain why that part of the inerrant word of God is okay to ignore while other parts aren't without looking like a hypocrite? (general)

Are you in fact able to not look like a hypocrite? (general)

TlalocW
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NCarolinawoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 10:25 PM
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17. Why do you (conservatives) enjoy drinking polluted water?
Does your water really taste better with gasoline, mercury, herbicides, pesticides, and farm run-off added? Do you think it's more nutritious?

Bottom line: Why is the issue of having NO REGULATIONS so important to you when it leads to your water tasting like crap, and to the possibility of it giving you cancer or an auto-immune disease.
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socialist_n_TN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-26-11 10:32 PM
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18. I've got a couple that they are NEVER able to answer
But I can only think of one right now (I'm tired :)):

Why does anybody who doesn't believe in government want a job in government?

Another one that just popped into my head:

If the private sector is such hot shit, why do they think they can't compete with government services? Public option?
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