I agree with your comment about President Bush, although he is “just” continuing a Big Brother trend that has been going on for years. I have a political site that is tracking the trend of government intervention into our private lives.
]]>I’m a small goverment person, but also understand the reasons the goverment thinks they need to invade our lives. While I don’t like it, what are we going to do? The trampling of civil liberties (the above reasons and others) in other countries is much worse than the US.
Since I’d love to be a spy, and write spy stories, I guess I’m a hypocrite.
How would you answer the questions if you were a candidate? (Even though you are too short. 
)
My fellow Americans. Knowing that I have a snowball’s chance in Satan’s sauna of getting elected President of these glorious United States, I have decided to level with you.
1) I would have pursued a dialog with Iran using the full force of diplomacy to discourage proliferation of nuclear weapons. I believe that the closer the relationship between our two nations becomes, the more moderate and peaceful our actions will become.
2) The Founding Fathers created a nation where we could exercise our right to freedom of conscience. They knew well the danger posed to that freedom by the combination of national and religious powers. We have forgotten the lessons learned long ago. I would have worked to shore up the failing wall between church and state by ending public funding for faith-based initiatives and otherwise requiring that my administration functioned in a secular way to protect the freedoms of conscience of all Americans.
3) If I had been elected, I would have immediately brought torture and warrantless spying on American soil to a halt. I would have brought our detainees to trial in civilian courts. The hysteria surrounding the 9/11 attacks has distracted us from what it means to be American. I would have worked to make America something worth fighting for again.
]]>