DAKOTA BEACON EXCLUSIVE: JOHN HOEVEN INTERVIEW - QUESTIONS TO DEFINE THE CANDIDATE
The Questions
What:
- What is your favorite movie?
- What is your favorite television show of all time?
- What kind of music do you listen to the most?
- What is your favorite book?
- What is the most important book you have ever read?
- What is your favorite song?
- What is your favorite leisure activity?
Who:
- Who is your favorite author?
- Who are your top 3 figures in world history?
- Who are your top 3 figures in U.S. history?
- Who are your two favorite U.S. Presidents?
- The economist who’s ideas most reflect your own is?
- Who are your three favorite U.S. Supreme Court Justices of all times?
- Who are the four most influential people on your life?
On a scale of 0 to 10:
- The U.S. Federal Government’s role in K-12 education is?
- The U.S. Federal Government’s role in College education is?
- The U.S. Federal Government’s health care regulation is?
- A flat tax is a good idea?
- The definition of marriage is that of the union of one man and one woman?
- Human activity is leading to climate change?
- The United States Constitution is a living, breathing document/national law?
- I agree with President Bush’s position on embryonic stem-cell research?
- The traditional national media is truthful and accurate.
- The emergent alternative media of bloggers and talk radio are truthful and accurate.
- The emergent alternative media of bloggers and talk radio effects politics and public policy.
- Popular culture is eroding the institution of the traditional two parent family.
If:
- If government support was withdrawn tomorrow corn ethanol would be economically viable.
- If no, how long until viability?
- If government support was withdrawn tomorrow, wind generated electricity would be economically viable?
- If no, how long until viability?
Misc:
- When is a human being a person?
- Will you make the following pledge: "I hereby pledge to the people of my district/state upon my election to the U.S. Senate, to sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government."
- If you'd been in the Senate at the time it was being considered, would you have voted for the TARP bailouts?
- If you'd been in the Senate at the time it was being considered, would you have voted for the "stimulus" spending?
- Given the national budgeting situation, with big deficits and debts, will you forgo so-called "earmarks" or other North Dakota-specific spending not related to necessary security and/or infrastructure needs?
- How would you approach deficit-reduction at the federal level?
- How would you treat your constituents differently than Byron Dorgan?
- Do you believe in Truth, Justice, and the American way?
- Do you believe in Liberty and Justice for all?