Questions I'd like to hear Town Hall attendees ask Bush tonight

• You said you were opposed to nation-building and you are attempting to create a new regime in Iraq.
  
• You said you support the troops, yet you've made heavy cuts in veterans benefits.
  
• You said you would regulate carbon dioxide emissions, then you refused to do so.
  
• You said you were committed to getting first responders what they needed, then you rejected millions of dollars worth of grants for first responders.
  
• You said you were dedicated to port safety, then you vetoed the entire budget for container security
• You said fiscal responsibility was one of your priorities, then you threw us into the biggest budget deficit in history.

Would you call this giving the American people mixed messages?

If being president is such hard work, why have you spent 40% of your time at three presidential retreats?

When you were a candidate in 2000, you didn't know what the Taliban was, and you thought it was the executive branch's job to interpret the law. Have you attended any civics classes since then?

You said you would punish any nation that harbors terrorists. What type of punishment have you exacted on Saudi Arabia?

It is estimated that--because of your withholding money from the U.N. Population Fund, and your blocking attempts to use generic AIDS drugs in Third World countries--hundreds of thousands of fetuses have been aborted, thousands of women have committed suicide, and thousands of babies and children have died. Could you discuss this in terms of compassionate conservatism?

Iyad Allwi is said to have masterminded bombings that killed several children. Not long ago, he executed half a dozen prisoners. Why do you think he is a good choice to bring peace to Iraq?

You tried to shut down the Department of Labor's Network of Women's Bureaus, which informs women of their rights in the workplace. You have stated that gender discrimination isn't as serious as racial and ethnic discrimination. By withholding U.N. funds, you have contributed to the deaths--through disease and suicide--of thousands of Third World women. You sought to eliminate required contraceptive coverage for female federal employees. You appointed to the FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee a doctor who refuses to prescribe contraceptive drugs to unmarried women, and who prescribes prayer for the relief of menstrual pain. You have repeatedly appointed or tried to appoint federal judges whose agenda is to overturn Roe v. Wade. Could you please explain how "W is for Women"?

And finally...
Mr. President, I want to make sure you hear my question. Would you take that thing out of your ear?