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by Frank Tankard
July 23, 2008 at 2:52 p.m.
What I Would Ask the Candidates
![][1]Yesterday, I [saw][2] in the Journal-World that my friend Rhonda LeValdo, a KU grad student in journalism and Haskell instructor, gets to ask Barack Obama and John McCain some questions as part of a panel with UNITY Journalists of Color Inc. (assuming both candidates can make it).Good for her...I suppose my invitation was lost in the mail (white, after all, is every color put together). Well, when my invitation arrives, here are the two questions I'll ask each candidate:Senator McCain, which of America's freedoms is your favorite, or do you kinda like 'em all?Hello, this question is addressed to Senator Barack Hussein Osama. I mean, Osama. Mr. Osama, if you were president, how would you capture Obama bin Laden? I mean, Obama bin Laden.Senator Obama, I am from Lawrence, Kansas, where the community is viciously divided over whether to save a mosquito-infested hunk of so-called "wetlands." Example infinitum of Indians swiping land from the hands of the hard-working white man. Pave over it already. (Note: This is not technically a question.)Senator McCain, what's with that Senator Hussein dude?Do you, reader, think that Barack Hussein Osama jokes are not funny? Well, perhaps you're not funny. Ever consider that scenario? [1]: http://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/r... [2]: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jul...
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PatrickJoseph (Patrick Giroux) says…
I like the style of your McCain drawing. It's Gumby meets Basquiat.
PatrickJoseph (Patrick Giroux) says…
Obama is appropriately "O" shaped. He seems to be pondering something; perhaps it's Frank's questions.
smerdyakov (anonymous) says…
You kid, but this seriously reminds me of the questions asked of Chief Justice Roberts at the Lied Center: "which of America's freedoms is your favorite, or do you kinda like 'em all?"Here's a couple...Sen. Obama, you don't have to answer this until after you're elected: Admit it, you guys had a big laugh about that New Yorker cover, didn't you?Sen. McCain, for the love of God, please refrain from selecting Mitt Romney as your running mate.