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Hard Questions?

James Croft

Politics and Media

4/21/08


Journal 4: Hard Questions?


The day after the debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Philidelphia, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh praised the moderators for their “tough questions”. He exclaimed how it was about time that Obama faced some tough questions in this campaign, and that Hillary was getting what she deserved. But were the questions really all that tough? Were they even relevant?

So Hillary didn’t exactly dodge a bullet in Bosnia, who cares? I want to know about her health plan and how it will benefit myself, my daughter, and fiancé. So what if Obama doesn’t put his hand over his heart for “God Bless America” or wear a lapel pin of an American flag, I want to know his stance on plummeting housing markets and why real estate prices are still so high.

The questions asked were on trivial matters and not on actual substance and policies. They were questions based on images and personality directed for creating inaccurate and exaggerated caricatures of the presidential candidates. I don’t care about these image questions, I care about the changes these candidates want to make to my country and my life. Are they going to improve my situation? Are they going to improve my nation? They can be an inconsiderate, unattractive prude for all I care, but if they have policies that sound good and make sense to me then that’s who I want in office.

Those were not tough questions in that debate. Those were meaningless and irrelevant questions that had no bearing on the lives of the citizens in this country. America needs to get over all of this dramatization and image driven campaigns. We need to get down to substance, down to policies, and down to action.


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