Dopey Questions by the Boston Globe

Today, the Boston Globe devoted almost its entire editorial page to the top three Democratic candidates for President so each could answer a question.

Sen. Barack Obama was asked, Have the baby boomers got it wrong?

Sen. John Edwards was asked, What did you learn from your loss in '04?

And, Sen. Hillary Clinton was asked, What difference would it make if a woman is President?

My letter:

Editor,

Instead of the three incredibly stupid questions the Boston Globe asked and allowed the top three Democratic candidates to answer, the Boston Globe could have asked any of the the following more helpful questions (One provocative question, December 12, A23):

To Sen. Barack Obama: Did you vote for former Ku Klux Klan member, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, to be President Pro Tempore of the Senate; did you take any positive action to keep Sen. Byrd from this post, why or why not?

To Sen. John Edwards: During a town hall meeting, you promised a questioner (we can play the videotape for you if you need proof of your promise) that you would look into the Bush Administration's involvement in bringing down World Trade Center Building #7, did you keep your promise and if so, what did you learn?

To Senator Hillary Clinton: If elected, would you fire Gen. David Petraeus? Or, did your husband cherry-pick intelligence information to justify his cruise-missile attack on Iraq beginning December 16, 1998 claiming that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program was a clear and present danger to the security of the United States? (End of letter.)