newsweek:

President Barack Obama is hosting a Twitter town hall later this afternoon, and we’d like to use our Twitter account (1.4 mil followers!) to amplify one question from our Tumblr readers. This can be anything from gay marriage to Libya to the ongoing debt debate. Just submit yours by 1pm ET and we’ll select our favorite before the event starts at 2. Ready? Tell us: Do you have a question for Obama?

54 Notes

  1. suspendidongbulalakaw answered: what can you say about the issue regarding the ownership of the spratly island?
  2. thesinkingbelle answered: No
  3. delicadaflor answered: hi, where’re you?
  4. exoticwonderland answered: What is your main concern regarding America today and how do you intend on fixing it?
  5. supergau answered: What’s your opinion on Michael Jacksons dictatorship in libya?
  6. televisseur answered: I’d like to #askObama his plans to protect low-income safety net programs during #budget debates & work to #endhunger in US.
  7. eytancragg answered: what is he going to do about the neocon corporate tools and when d we get our government back from the superrich?
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  10. fuckingold answered: how do you plan to help the young in today’s job market and reward them for their loyalty?
  11. rickywathappend answered: how will you gain the trust of foreign investors so they could lend money to the u.s. while we try to rebuild the value of the dollar?
  12. gerutha answered: Why have you been silent about the war on women?
  13. nycmuller answered: How do you propose to resolve the looming student debt crisis?
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  16. sneezypb answered: The debt ceiling debate has lowered my confidence in the ability of Congress to manage the budget. How are you going to help restore it?
  17. tanya77 answered: What’s your justification for selling us out re: Net Neutrality on mobile devices?
  18. giomanach answered: Why is the GOP is waging a war against women, gays, unions and poor people through their recent (state & federal) legislations?
  19. the-mtblog answered: “You do realize that they will never compromise with you, and every piece of legislation you put up, they’ll vote no, right?”
  20. wallytheidol answered: how would you change federal funding towards R&D in technology in your second term, especially those relating to environmental conservation?
  21. melissmine answered: President Obama, is gay marriage (or just marriage as I call it) a state’s issue or an equal rights issue? Will you get involved?
  22. nerdpocalypse answered: Ask him from me, sincerely…”Hey uh….how ya doin?”
  23. maxistentialist answered: What are your views on Senate Bill S.968, the PROTECT IP Act?
  24. french-martinii answered: Why does the government not recognize the medical benefits of Cannabis, despite the numerous peer-reviewed scientific research?
  25. conbrochillsflow answered: what does obama want to acomplish before his firrst term ends ?
  26. thedaytripper89 answered: Not a question, but tell Obama to legalize Cannabis!!
  27. ponderpostbac answered: In light of the unemployment crisis affecting the youth graduate population, are there plans for youth service programs like FDR’s New Deal?
  28. rhapsodyingreen answered: What is your conclusion on the “war on drugs?” Would policy changes help steer us in a better direction?
  29. tellhertruly answered: Do you, honestly, believe that soldiers who have died by suicide have died by war, and if so why has it taken this long to reverse the law?
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  31. dubsoldier answered: Mr. President, without giving a politician’s answer, what are the step by step plans to get America working?
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  33. ocandrew1 answered: On what issues do you feel the Democrats and Republicans are close to a compromise? On which are they furthest apart? - Andrew Kang
  34. climateadaptation answered: Do tax cuts for the rich work? If not, why do you keep doing it?
  35. beepbeeprobot answered: My question for Obama: “Are you willing to be more than just the lesser of two evils?”
  36. 404errors answered: Do you know what Twitter is?
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  38. keepyourbsoutofmyuterus answered: Why has he failed to take a public stand against the outrageous and gigantic war against women in this country? Women would like to know.
  39. pikixtlaniman answered: where is the freedom, the honor and the quality of life in a country where you need war to “maintain” peace n´ ignorance to maintain control?
  40. le-damien answered: French question :
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  42. arkkon answered: Why did he change his mind about marijuana?
  43. unruled answered: What does he regret about his term as president?