Introduction
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1-Cheryl
Otis
Senator Kerry, after talking with several co-workers and
family
and friends, I asked the ones who said they were not voting for you,
"Why?" They said that you were too wishy-washy.
Do you have a reply for
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2-Robin
Dahle
Mr. President, yesterday in a statement you admitted that
Iraq
did not have weapons of mass destruction, but justified the invasion by
stating, I quote, "He retained the knowledge, the materials, the means
and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction and could have
passed this knowledge to our terrorist enemies."
Do
you sincerely believe
this to be a reasonable justification for
invasion when this statement applies to so many other countries,
including North Korea?
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3-Anthony Baldi
Senator
Kerry, the U.S. is preparing a new Iraq government and will proceed to
withdraw U.S. troops.
Would you proceed with
the same plans as President Bush?
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4-Nikki
Washington
Mr. President, my mother
and sister traveled abroad this summer, and
when they got back they talked to us about how shocked they were at the
intensity of aggravation that other countries had with how we handled
the Iraq situation.
Diplomacy is obviously
something that we really have to really work on.
What is your plan to
repair relations with other countries given the current situation? |
5-Randee
Jacobs
Iran
sponsors terrorism
and has missiles capable of hitting Israel and
southern Europe. Iran will have nuclear weapons in two to three
years
time.
In the event that U.N.
sanctions don't stop this threat, what will you do as president? |
6-Daniel
Farley
Mr.
President, since we continue to police the world, how do
you intend to maintain our military presence without reinstituting a
draft? |
7-Ann Bronsing
Senator
Kerry, we have been fortunate that there have been no
further terrorist attacks on American soil since 9/11.
Why do you think
this is? And if elected, what will you do to assure our safety?
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8-John Horstman
Mr. President, why did you block the reimportation of
safer
and inexpensive drugs from Canada which would have cut 40 to 60 percent
off of the cost? |
9-Norma-Jean
Laurent
Senator
Kerry, you've stated your concern for the rising cost
of health care, yet you chose a vice presidential candidate who has
made millions of dollars successfully suing medical
professionals.
How
do you reconcile this with the voters?
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10-Matthew
O'Brien
Mr. President, you have enjoyed a Republican
majority in the
House and Senate for most of your presidency. In that time,
you've not
vetoed a single spending bill. Excluding $120 billion spent in
Iran and
-- I'm sorry, Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been $700 billion spent
and not paid for by taxes.
Please explain how the spending you have approved
and not paid for is better for the American people than the spending
proposed by your opponent.
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11-James Varner
Senator
Kerry, would you be willing to look directly into the camera
and, using simple and unequivocal language, give
the American people
your solemn pledge not to sign any legislation that will increase the
tax burden on families earning less than $200,000 a year during your
first term?
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12-James Hubb
Mr.
President, how would you rate yourself as an
environmentalist? What specifically has your administration done
to
improve the condition of our nation's air and water supply? |
13-Jane
Barrow
Senator
Kerry, how
can the U.S. be competitive in manufacturing
given -- in manufacturing, excuse me -- given the wage necessary and
comfortably accepted for American workers to maintain
the standard of
living that they expect?
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14-Rob
Fowler
President
Bush, 45 days after 9/11, Congress passed the Patriot
Act, which takes away checks on law enforcement and weakens American
citizens' rights and freedoms, especially Fourth Amendment rights.
With
expansions to the Patriot Act and Patriot Act II, my question to
you is, why
are my rights being watered down and my citizens' around
me? And what are the specific justifications for these reforms? |
15-Elizabeth
Long
Senator Kerry, thousands of people have already been
cured or
treated by the use of adult stem cells or umbilical cord stem
cells.
However, no one has been cured by using embryonic stem cells.
Wouldn't it be wise to use stem cells obtained without
the destruction of an embryo?
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16-Jonathan
Michaelson
Mr. President, if there were a vacancy in the Supreme
Court
and you had the opportunity to fill that position today, who would you
choose and why?
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17-Sarah
Degenhart
Senator Kerry, suppose you are speaking with a voter who
believed abortion is murder and the voter asked for reassurance that
his or her tax dollars would not go to support abortion, what would you
say to that person?
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18-Linda Grabel
President
Bush, during the last four years, you have made
thousands of decisions that have affected millions of lives.
Please
give three instances in which you came to realize you had made a wrong
decision, and what you did to correct it.
Thank you.
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Kerry
Closing Statement
Bush
Closing Statement
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