Was ABC Too Tough on the Black Guy?
I won’t run for president, but I ran for State Assembly in 2006. I’ve answered questions at political forums and speeches. I’ve testified in court and sworn depositions as an expert witness more than 500 times. I’ve been asked tough questions and answered them all.
Even on this blog, when someone coherently challenges something I’ve written, I always respond. I’ve found that the problem doesn’t stem from my answer, but from the questioner’s refusal to understand them.
Some questions are unfair. For example, “Do you still beat your wife?” is a “loaded question”. The NO-answer resolves the present allegation but leaves the implied past behavior.
During this week’s debate, BHO was asked about his pastor and both BHO and HRC were asked about their association with terrorists. The questions are not tough in an algebraic sense, but because their answers require an admission of guilt. And because they are true, our embarrassed Affirmative Action candidates have the audacity to blame the media for finally asking some uncomfortable questions about their morality, virtue, and patriotism.
Mark Twain said that “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” The candidates’ (and their supporters’) hostility stems not from media unfairness, but from what they don’t want to say and what their supporters don’t want to hear.
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April 19th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Everyone at some time or other has to answer questions they don’t want to.
Anyone who has had the experience of going to a board of inquiry, or an accident investigation, or any kind of military tribunal can tell you the simplest quetions can be the most incriminatng.
What color was the signal?
How far were you standing from the (whatever)?
How far are you supposed to stand?
If you cant answer a simple question about your job (or a job you’d like to have) or something that demonstrates you abilities to handle that job, maybe you in the wrong job to begin with.