"How I would have answered the UFO question"

[babylonsister]

How I would have answered the UFO question

To be fair, it’s always easy to come up with the perfect response to a question after the fact. But even with that conceded, I think the other Democratic candidates (as opposed to Dennis Kucinich himself), missed a bet in responding to Tim Russert’s inane UFO question to Kucinich. They should have given an answer something like this:

“I’ll tell you what I think, Tim. Anyone who snickers at another person who’s had an experience in life that person can’t explain is far too sure of him or herself, and takes a far too narrow view of the wonder of this life. There’s still a lot of mystery left in this world.

“But to be honest, what really strikes me here, Tim, is this question: why in the name of God did you decide to ask that question? In fact, why do you keep asking all of those gotcha questions, which are more about you than about the candidates, you’re so fond of? I’m sorry, but this isn’t supposed to be about you, or about how clever you can be. This is supposed to be about helping the people of the United States decide who will lead this country in an incredibly important time.

“People are hurting in this country. We have a disastrous war going on that was started on the basis of a lie . . . a lie that people like you, Tim, had a lot to do with spreading. We’re hemorrhaging both blood and money in Iraq . . . lives and money we can’t afford to lose. Ordinary Americans are hurting. They can’t pay their bills let alone put their kids through college. This nation is now more unequal in the distribution of wealth and income than it has been at any time since the Great Depression. We just went through a long period of strong economic growth and yet average Americans didn’t benefit from it one iota. All the money went to the richest of the rich.

“There are things fundamentally wrong in this country, Tim. Things that need to be debated and changed. And what do you do? You ask Dennis about UFO’s.

“Shame on you, Tim. Shame on you”

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[Blashyrkh]

1. They're assuming Tim isn't given a list of questions to read.

[babylonsister]

2. I didn't write it; I just liked the response. And hindsight is 20/20 so

anyone can be a quarterback.

[Blashyrkh]

4. Corrected.

[zalinda]

3. I would have said

I saw something, it was flying and I didn't know what it was. End of story.

zalinda

[QueenOfCalifornia]

5. I would have reminded the asshat

that the sainted Ronald Reagan claimed to have seen a UFO...

I would have told the fucktard that Stephen hawking and Albert Einstein believed that UFOS are real.

I would have cited Sen. Barry Goldwater as saying: "I certainly believe in aliens in space, and that they are indeed visiting our planet. They may not look like us, but I have very strong feelings that they have advanced beyond our mental capabilities."

I would have reminded him that Gerald Ford believed in UFOS to the point that he publicly stated he wanted formal investigations into them.

I would have invoked the name of Scott Carpenter who said: "At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone: there was a constant surveillance by UFOs."

If I was really on the ball I would have included "The nations of the world will have to unite, for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of the earth must someday make a common front against attack by people from other planets."
---General Douglas MacArthur- Oct. 8, 1955

At least, I hope I would have been able to come up with something to put a stop to such an arrogant question from someone who is supposed to be unbiased.

[2rth2pwr]

6. Obama answered the question just fine. nt

[woodsprite]

7. I'd say the same thing I told my mother who saw her

deceased brother the night before she died. I said "Mom, I don't see him, but I'm not going to tell you that you don't see him."