The media have a new favorite question for Republican
presidential aspirants.
“You believe that a marriage should be between a man and a
woman, but if someone in your family or in your office happens
to be gay and they invite you to their wedding, would you go?”
Univision’s Jorge Ramos
asked 2016 GOP contender Marco Rubio Wednesday.
Since then, the question has spread like ISIS, replacing “do
you believe in evolution” as the hot query for media types
trying to make Republicans look like neanderthals. So far, Ted
Cruz, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker and John Kasich have all been
asked variations of the question. (For those keeping score, like
Rubio, Kasich and Walker said they would attend — in fact,
Walker said he has attended a gay marriage ceremony — while
Santorum said he would not. Cruz crafted his answer to say
nothing at all.)
You might complain that Ramos posed a “gotcha” question with
no relevance, but if you run for president, you should be
prepared to answer just about anything. Almost nothing is or
should be out of bounds. The real problem is similar questions
are not often asked of Democratic contenders.
When Rand Paul was recently asked about whether he believed
there should be any exceptions to his anti-abortion stance, like
in cases such as rape or incest, he fired back at the media for
failing to ask Democrats comparable questions on social issues
like abortion.
“Here’s the deal — we always seem to have the debate way over
here on what are the exact details of exemptions, or when it
starts,” he complained. “Why don’t we ask the DNC: Is it OK to
kill a seven-pound baby in the uterus? You go back and you ask
Debbie Wasserman Schultz if she’s OK with killing a seven-pound
baby that is not born yet. Ask her when life begins, and you ask
Debbie when it’s okay to protect life. When you get an answer
from Debbie, get back to me.”
In that spirit, here are 9 uncomfortable questions for
reporters to ask Hillary Clinton — that is, if she ever gets
around to submitting to an interview:
1.) What would you say if your daughter came out of the
closet as a born again Christian who opposes gay marriage?
2.) Should a Christian baker be forced under penalty of law
to bake a cake for a Satanist wedding ceremony?
3.) Do you oppose male only golf clubs? If so, do you also
oppose female only gyms, like Curves? If not, why not?
4.) What is the appropriate pay ratio for CEOs compared to
their workers? Should that ratio also apply to the Hollywood
actors who have donated to your campaign compared to the crew
that produce their movies?
5.) Speaking of greedy CEOs, is there a level of speaking fee
which we should consider rapacious? If so, is it more or less
than your speaking fee of $300,000?
6.) Would you accept the endorsement of someone who helped
spark an anti-Semitic riot like, say, Al Sharpton? Or do you
confine your association with him just to
friendly correspondence on his birthday?
7.) Do you believe that global warming is, as John Kerry has
said and as
you’ve intimated in the past, the greatest threat to
mankind? If so, explain in detail how you sought to curb
greenhouse gas emissions in your own life? Also, while
president, will you set an example by grounding Air Force One?
8.) Do you think a candidate should be disqualified from
running for president if they consider a former Ku Klux Klan
leader as their mentor? If so, how do you justify your continued
presence in the race
considering you called the late Sen. Robert Byrd, who once
served as a KKK recruiter, a “mentor” of yours?
9.) Do you believe that women should have the right to choose
a cosmetic
or sex-selective abortion?
http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/20/9-uncomfortable-questions-for-hillary-clinton/