A Question for Obama on National Unity

by Heywood U. Reedmore -- April 24, 2008 at 11:42 am | In Questions We'd Like Answered | 1 Comment

Senator, according to a Gallup poll last month, 28% of Clinton supporters are so bitter over this nomination race they would rather cross party lines in November and vote for McCain than vote for you.  As your supporters try to force Clinton out of the race, this cut only seems to be getting deeper.  How can voters take seriously your promise to unite the country when you cannot even unite your own party?

A Question for Howard Dean: When Do Rules Matter?

by Heywood U. Reedmore -- April 23, 2008 at 9:56 am | In Questions We'd Like Answered | No Comments

Mr. Dean, in 2000 the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state of Florida to change the rules in the middle of an election.  You’ve often referred to that as a “stolen” election, promoting the belief that the Supreme Court should have allowed the rule change — even if it was going to lead to an unconstitutional application of the rules to some voters but not others via selective recounts.  Now, here you are facing a similar decision on whether or not to change the rules and allow the Florida and Michigan primaries to count.  Hillary has said recently that the race for the Democrat nomination will not be settled until that issue is resolved.  So the question is, what’s different this time?  Why aren’t you willing to change the rules and let those votes be counted?  Why do the rules matter to you now when they didn’t matter to you in 2000?

The Ayers Question for Obama

by Heywood U. Reedmore -- April 22, 2008 at 11:57 am | In Questions We'd Like Answered | No Comments

Senator, when you started your political career in Chicago you picked two unrepentant terrorists to host your coming out party, Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn.  Yes, you were just a kid when they declared war on the United States, bombed the Pentagon, the Capital and other buildings — as you pointed out in the last debate by way of trivializing their actions.  But you were an adult when Dohrn served time for refusing to testify in a criminal trial.  You were over forty when Ayers said he didn’t regret his terrorist acts and that his only regret was he didn’t bomb more.  You were over 40 when Ayers wrote a book so he could idealize and glory in his criminal past and profit off of those acts of terrorism.  So the question is, why doesn’t it bother you that Ayers has never renounced his terrorist past?  Doesn’t that say something about his character, his values?  Doesn’t your acceptance of him say something about yours?  After all, why did you go to two unrepentant terrorists to help you launch your political career?

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