My questions for Clinton and Obama

Politico (February 8) and ABC 7 (which looks to cover the general Washington DC area) are asking people to submit the questions they would like to see Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama asked. So I figured I would list some that are on my mind…

-Why have you not actively used your position as a member of the U.S. Senate to end the occupation of Iraq?

-Given that you support the death penalty, do you favor a law that turns a president lying in order to justify war into a crime punishable by death?

-What is your opinion of the Federal Communication Commission's enforcement of prohibitions against profane broadcasts?

-Why have you voted for the USA PATRIOT act?

As you can probably gather, I was not trying to be funny with these questions. I wanted them to be inquiries that I would like to hear Clinton and Obama's answers to and yet, while reasonable by the standards of mainstream political discourse, probably will not be asked. Save for one obvious exception, I believe my questions meet these criteria.

Also, if I asked the last question, I would be strongly tempted to add, I mean, why not just come out and say, "the Bush Administration is a fine group of trustworthy fellows?"