by Lisa Davies

Created on: October 24, 2008

Should government candidates be required to hold press conferences and answer questions from the media and the public - Absolutely! OR, should they be allowed to disclose their positions in any fashion they prefer - Absolutely NOT! How could we as the public, Americans, the people, the voters, begin to answer these questions with any other response? You might as well blind us voters and spin us in a circle and play pin the tail on the donkey, where every we land our tail on is who we vote for. Surely we can't be that blind nor ignorant as Americans.

The frustration part of all this madness of this question is this - the media appears to ask a reformed, revised, and set list of questions that obviously all the candidates have had the chance to prior look over and come up with a reasonable answer, or at that the very least, have found a way to skirt around a subject that not only needed and deserved an answer but was a very necessary question to our country's future.

As we the public, sit down after a hard days work, and turn on our tv, channel suffering at first, and then landing one of the news channels, we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed with defeat before we even head to the pole. All the questions that need a "direct solution and answer", are either never asked, or perfectly planned out avoidance by the candidate.

Makes us wonder if the media is get slipped a little cash under the table, rather it be the democrats or republicans. Is this fair to the voters - again, absolutely not, but what choice have they left us with? We only know and hear what the media allows us to hear, and therefor that is the only information we have to base our vote. Not to mention the fact that our candidates are originally elected as running mates due to their financial wealth, and status among the wealthy.

So, of course we the public should have our time in the spot light with our potential leaders. Yes, we should be able to question them on OUR terms, and ask the questions that hit home with us, and not settle for unanswered questions, or skirting around the serious issues, and when a candidate chooses to try this unethical technique - she should have the right to back him in a corner till we get a straight answer. We the public should get devoted nation wide air time to do as such, especially when we don't have any control on who actually gets to run, when it is primarily based on money and status.

Maybe someday, with a lot of shove, and further push - we will be afforded this long needed and deserved opportunity.

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