Comments on: A Solution To The Problem Of Roaring Mouths Saying Nothing

By: Gina De Franco

Gina De Franco — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:41:00 +0000

Kindly advise where we can send you a press release on Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Contact:kelly@ilmdefranco.com

By: Bob Daniel

Bob Daniel — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:29:00 +0000

But the questions that are being asked ARE important! I think this is a great idea, but I would submit to you the questions being asked often are slanted. The most important issue to consider is “How do we come up with the questions?” I think politicians in both parties are pretty good at just saying whatever the hell they want to, and not answering direct questions.

That being said, I’ll go on to say that neither party is going to save us, based on the way things are going. As long as we, the American public, keep getting distracted by picking a party brand, then we will not focus on the big issues. We’ll just all act like bad parents at a kids soccer game, yelling at the refs and each other, and accomplishing nothing (just like our congress!)

By: Robert P. Robertson

Robert P. Robertson — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:58:00 +0000

If Republicans are asked questions that stump them or that may pull the covers off of them, they will tell you directly “Kiss my ass!” There are man-eating Republicans out there, so moderators would be wise to bring along handlers.

By: Cleaning4Men

Cleaning4Men — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 06:59:00 +0000

And if the Republicans refuse to this format, then just go on without them. Please…

By: Landsende

Landsende — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:45:00 +0000

Wonderful idea. I don’t want to hear what you think the other candidate is doing. I want to hear what your plan is for the country and how you would carry it out and what the consequences would be from it. No equivocating. Just answer the question. Romney has said he will repeal the health care law but has not said if he will replace it with something else or just continue to let health care costs to rise. If he cuts taxes for the rich and corporations how will he make up the lost revenue. What is he going to do about climate change. Both candidates should be honest and not promise if elected they will do A, B and C because without the cooperation of congress they can’t make good on those promises.

By: anideafromseattle

anideafromseattle — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:54:00 +0000

Oh, How many times I have wished that a moderator would say, “that was a very nice speech Mr/Ms Candidate, but do you think you could answer the question I asked. If the moderator has to repeat it a half dozen times, maybe the voting public would realize that the “debates” on television are not debates, but rather political advertising. Unless you have a moderator who takes their journalistic credentials seriously, you just get talking points. There must be one ” journalist” out there that would be willing to put their reputation on the line and actually do what they were trained to do.

By: howa4x

howa4x — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:08:00 +0000

Great idea but that would mean getting the money out of politics fror attack adds and even the Supreme court dosen’t want that

By: Joan Maurer

Joan Maurer — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:52:00 +0000

What is wrong with this country is- when we allowed a member of Congress, in speaking on the floor of Congress to give false statistics and then say;”my statements were not intened to be factual.” Apparently factual statements are a unreasonable expectation.

By: Gary Graham

Gary Graham — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:08:00 +0000

I hope Mr. Kilmer’s crusade is not quixotic. His quest is on point. Our public discourse has become so fractured we no longer take particular note of non-replies to questions. Interviewers of high caliber such as Gwen Ifell are constrained by the current conventions so that they are not allowed to pursue until questions are answered. We all lose in this environment. We confuse mere quarrel with inquiry and argument.
This condition is symptomatic of a larger threat to our society, the privatization of our educational establishment and dumbing down of America. But that’s another story.

By: Nenny

Nenny — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:40:00 +0000

I just want to know when will Mitt Romney put before the American public his actual tenure at Bain; why was he getting paid there and signing documents; and, his tax information for more than one year he has given us? His duckings/dodgings and ubiquitous answers just don’t fit a man who really wants to be the American people’s president. Please, let people continuously ask him; because, I believe, he wants the American people to break and forget his past. If anyone ought to break, it should be Mitt Romney. Let him give us the answers we want–the informations concerning his background!