The First Question to Ask Each and Every 2016 Presidential Candidate

Because "how someone answers tells you far more about who they really are than the actual answer itself."

Exactly.

The Canary
Jim Wright, Stonekettle Station
May 22, 2015

Are gay people born gay?

Or is sexual orientation a choice?

Well? What do you think? Which one is it?

That question, that one right there, is the first question I want asked of each and every candidate for President of the United States in 2016. I want this question put to every candidate and put to them hard. No evasion, no dissembling, no moving the goalposts, no changing the subject.

So why do I think this particular question should be first on the agenda?

Well, take a minute and think about it.

Think about it in the context of rights and liberty, in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of government, in the context of society and individuals and where the line between the two is drawn.

Why?

Why this question?

Because it’s the perfect test.

Soooo, you guys didn't read the whole post?

With the exception of FH, all of you are missing the point. I'm not sure if it's because you didn't want to read the long article of Jim's, you didn't want to spend the brain power thinking about what he was trying to say (I get that, it's a holiday weekend), or you don't agree and just don't want to say so, but you are off by a mile. It's not a dumb post BB. Any Libertarian reading this should be agreeing with what he has to say: you want the government to stay out of people's lives and defend the Constitution, period. Asking the question he posed and waiting to see how they answer tells you everything you need to know about that candidate and what choices they will make in office.

Jim Wright wrote: And that takes us right back around to where we began.

Sexual orientation. Are you born that way or is it a choice? Well, what is your answer?

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Whether we are born the way we are or whether we choose it is a bullshit question.

But the answer does matter.

In the context of rights and liberty, in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of government, in the context of society and individuals and where the line between the two is drawn, among the ongoing issues of war and conflict, energy, climate, education, trade, resources, technology, immigration, it is imperative that we not lose sight of who we are and what our country is supposed to be.

Just like the question put to Jeb Bush up above, how someone answers tells you far more about who they really are than the actual answer itself. It tells you whether they will stand up for liberty, for freedom, for justice, for all Americans, for all human beings, regardless, or if they are slaves to dogma and ideology.

Because I am not allowed to quote as much as I would like, go read what he wrote that I snipped out for the full context. Tell me you disagree. Tell me the media shouldn't be asking harder questions and, more importantly, that the American Public shouldn't be listening harder. Tell me we wouldn't get a better government if that question was asked, and the answer actually mean something in terms of making or breaking a candidate's chances of being elected.

Go ahead. Tell me.