Mar 25 2009

Tell Chuck Todd To Ask About Torture Next Time

Apparently the Toddster (who appears to be in a bit above his head in his new job as WH Correspondent) had a little ‘contest’ to help him ask his question as to what more Americans should sacrifice.

No, he didn’t ask what The Ruling Class should sacrifice….you know the people who once again have made a mess of things (to put it mildly) to the point where somebody (you, apparently) has to make some sacrifices. He didn’t ask what sacrifice the bankers and hedge fund mangers and the politicians who enabled them and the reporters who didn’t report should make. He asked what sacrifices you and I should make.

What should the screw-ees should sacrifice. Since we were the ones stupid enough to get screwed, apparently it is up to us to sacrifice….something. Got it……Chuck.

I guess that little contest didn’t work out so well.

So let’s help Chuck out with some real questions. Questions that nobody else seems to be asking our President. Heck, if we do this right, we could make Chuck the next Helen Thomas.

Hey Chuck, try this one next time!

Feel free to copy and paste this into an email to the Toddolator.


Dear Chuck, if you need a better question for the next Presidential press conference you might try this one…

“Mr. President, now that the International Red Cross report has been leaked, now that the UN is investigating the United States for torture, and with reports like the bi-partisan Senate report on torture says that Rumsfeld ordered torture, and Vice-President Cheney and President Bush have both admitted authorizing “interrogation techniques” that your own Attorney General says is torture…Mr. President, why, with all of this evidence, have you not ordered a Special Prosecutor to investigate torture under the Bush Administration?

You can mail Chuck here…

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  2. Mr. Todd,

    I became a fan of yours from your excellent political coverage on NBC and MSNBC this last election cycle. It is for this reason that I have to say I am greatly disappointed by the way that you used your single question and its follow up in President Obama’s press conference last night.

    I do understand that part of your job it to come at things from an interesting angle, so as to get a better share of the viewing audience, but sir you missed a massive opportunity! This press conference was nominally about the economy, and so you asked a question that conflated war and sacrifice as if the public were not already sacrificing in terms of lost jobs and lost homes. To say that it went over poorly is a massive understatement.

    I would like to recommend a topic that is not being asked directly to the president, and is of major concern, as well as being edgy and attention getting for your very next opportunity to ask the President a question; it even has a follow up. Here it is:

    Mr. President; Given the newly leaked ICRC report that definitively defines what the actions of the Bush Administration as torture of prisoners, and our legal obligations both under the United States Criminal Code and the International Conventions Against Torture, why have you and AG Holder failed to initiate, at the very least a full and independent investigation? If the subject is too hot for normal prosecutors, why not just appoint an independent prosecutor?

    The follow up question is as follows;

    Mr. President, as a sworn officer of the Court, which is most important the unimpeded process of the law, or political expediency?

    This would not only make a huge splash as the nation would be forced to face up to the actions of the prior Administration, it would also guarantee that you would be known as a choragus and active patriot. I recognize that you have a new job and it is one that many people would love to have, so there is a reticence to make waves, but that is not the way of the hero’s of journalism.

    If you have any doubts that this is the right course, I urge you to ask a hero of journalism with whom you share the briefing room on a daily basis, Helen Thomas. I am sure the Ms. Thomas will tell you that you should not be running from one of the most important issues of the day, and remind you that you are not there to serve NBC News division but the people of this nation. One word of caution though, if you ask Ms. Thomas about this do not wait too long to take her advice, as she is likely to ask the question if she is given the chance!

    Sincerely,

  3. Another good one would have been “What newspapers do ya read?”  

    Or, “What is the Bush Doctrine?”

    Or, “Can ya name a Supreme Court case?  Any case at all?”

    I’d like to see Mr. Socialism wriggle outta one of those hardball questions!

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