Dream ticket

Por João Jesus Caetano | Arquivado em Estados Unidos, Política 
1 Fevereiro, 2008, 02:56 | 2 Comentários

O debate de hoje mostrou claramente qual é a prioridade máxima dos dois candidatos democratas: servir a causa pública e servi-la bem. Sozinhos, ou em conjunto - ideia que motivou o aplauso da noite -, não é difícil perceber que o farão muito melhor que os republicanos.

Debate interactivo

Por João Jesus Caetano | Arquivado em Estados Unidos, Política 
1 Fevereiro, 2008, 01:47 | 3 Comentários

O debate de hoje entre Hillary Clinton e Barack Obama é promovido pelo Los Angeles Times e pelo Politico. No site deste último, é possível votar nas questões que gostaríamos de ver colocadas aos candidatos. Estas foram as minhas escolhas:

Hillary Clinton

- How do you plan to deal with the growing economic and military influence of China, given the fact they hold such a large amount of U.S. debt?

- Before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, you could have voted for the Levin Amendment which required President Bush to report to Congress about the UN inspection before taking military action. Why did you vote against that amendment?

- You have claimed that your presidency would bring real change to America. I am 38 years old, and I have never had an opportunity to vote in a presidential election in which a Bush or a Clinton wasn’t on the ticket. How can you be an agent of change, when we have had the same two families running Washington for the last 30 years?

Barack Obama

- Senator Obama, you claim to place a high value on education, yet your education proposal is partially funded by delaying NASA’s Constellation program for five years, effectively destroying the very program that will inspire the next generation of American students to study math, science, and engineering. How will you resolve this discrepancy?

- Most Americans now believe the Iraq war, a pre-emptive and unprecedented in its magnitude, was a mistake. The question to all of you: Under what conditions, if any, is pre-emptive war appropriate?

- Mr. Obama, as a man who can appreciate the implications of the Civil Rights Movement, how can you be opposed to the current movement to provide homosexuals with equal benefits?

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