American Chronicle
Questions for Candidates
David Swanson
May 14, 2007
If, like General Electric and Fox News, ordinary citizens were permitted to ask questions of candidates for U.S. President, these are a few of the questions I think they might ask:
If you are elected president, which of the new presidential powers assumed by the Bush-Cheney administration will you use? Which will you leave available in case you decide to use them? Which will you issue orders banning the use of?
Will you ever spy on Americans in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or the Fourth Amendment?
If you ever believe that the safety of Americans requires altering the law, will you work with Congress to try to change the law, or will you violate it?
Will you ever use signing statements to claim the power to ignore laws?
Really? Then why are you not supporting impeachment now?
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David Swanson is a co-founder of After Downing Street, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA.