166. why is it that the gov.t can not do anything period, with a majority republican congress and senate ? nothing has been done with the exception of getting re elected // there should be mandatory term limit's . but it will never happen , the only way it may is for the top people in the govt. to get a taste of what the middle income and lower income people have been going through. then and only then will the population ban together and have another tea party/REVOLUTION

james duckworth at 8:34AM on Oct 26th 2006

167. Sam.. Don't you think it is time that religion itself should be examined, questioned, debated... its various foundations explored?

The concept of the supernatural evolved as man evolved. How did it arrive at its present, often deplorable, state?

Dick Swift at 8:35AM on Oct 26th 2006

168. "Mr. President" Donaldson,

Why have the citizens of these United States become so hardened on the most important issues? Does this NOT, imperically, lead to division?

Neil Hohmann at 8:50AM on Oct 26th 2006

169. MR. Donaldson,
With all the Media Attention given to the lives of our young lost in Iraq, WHY can't we give equal attention to AMERICAN KILLED IN AMERICA BY UNDER HOSTILE FIRE BY AMERICAN TERRIORIST? (Gangs)

Jim Shackelford at 9:02AM on Oct 26th 2006

170. Do you believe the comment by President Bush in his first State of the Union Address regarding North Korea being a part of the axis of evil, has re-enforced the paranoia of the North Korean leader when it comes to the United States, and by how much?

Rick Randall at 8:51AM on Oct 26th 2006

171. What is happening in Darfur is a global disgrace. The UN Human Rights Council is a farce, the African Union is helpless and the Developed Nations are absorbed in greed and self denial.


The Government of Khartoum should be replaced by force, if necessary. Where are the moderate Muslim nations? Why are none of them speaking out on this atrocity? This has all the earmarks of another Rwanda.

Has either party of the US congress shown any interest or concern over the plight of these people?

John Sterling at 8:50AM on Oct 26th 2006

172. No, I don't want to ask Sam Donaldson or any media big wig any question. I don't think they can answer most of our questions, anyway. If they had asked the right questions to Bush years ago we would not be in this mess. Poor American media!
My question to anyone who has any brains is - how can we reverse the hatred felt around the world against America by this government's stupid decisions? Let's forget for a moment the reasons for the Iraqui war, the fact is, most of the world - civilized or not - thinks it was wrong to invade an independent country and now see us as arrogant agressors. I just came back from Europe and South America, and they hate our guts. Some American tourists now travel as Canadians, to avoid being poorly treated abroad. Yes, we may have to close our borders, and not only for the poor people trying to come in, but also to avoid us going abroad and be a target of the hate the rest of the world feels agains us. America as an island, is that what we will end up being?

Maria at 8:52AM on Oct 26th 2006

173. I am greatly distressed about the condition of our country and the poor leadership. Has this president really studied cultures before embarking on this murderous mission. These cultures are entirely different then ours. Look at the various aspects of their belief system and you will soon know, we are not their to liberate, but to interfere with thousands of years old practices of their religion and lifestyles. How sad we have lost many of our bright young people. For what?? and will the stubborn nature of Bush ever admit maybe we made a mistake? If we leave, what are the con squences??will he be looked on as the baffoon of the century???

louise feak at 9:08AM on Oct 26th 2006

174. Why should the American people care about the president's press conference now when at one point he refused to answer questions about the war in Iraq?

nick at 9:00AM on Oct 26th 2006

175. The perennial question: what are the possibilities of peace in the Middle East? With burning issues such as the quasi civil war in Iraq, the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, Iran's quest for nuclear capability, Bin Laden still loose somewhere in the Afganistan/Pakistan border and our involvement in all four scenarios, when or how can we reach peace? What is your current assessment, Mr. Donaldson?

Aida Gonzalez-Jarrin at 9:04AM on Oct 26th 2006

176. I think its sad companies are permitted to eliminated retirement benefits(earned while working)leaving retired people to pay insurance out of income barely sufficient above poverty level. At the same time politician can work for 5-10 years and retire (at taxpayers expense) with the same benefits they permit companies to deny us.
At the same time, congress yearly raise amount to more than the average worker make or retiree get.
Also, Sam, the constitution says, "by the people for the people," then why are job going abroad leaving american with no jobs or jobs below family wage. Elected officials take office, began cutting jobs & benefits for working people, yet their salaries aren't touched and they retire with the very benefits they want to deny the working man?

martha washington at 9:29AM on Oct 26th 2006

177. are you able and willing to share with the reading/viewing audience the "who, what, when, where and why" of your particular religious "faith" and, if possible, reconcile it with the now common "fiction" of the first amendments "wall of separation of church and state"...

s rathjen (pen name: kevin lance) at 9:04AM on Oct 26th 2006

178. sam...the hair, let it go man. you look like a fool! stop the combover/toupee madness...

doug at 9:08AM on Oct 26th 2006

179. Suspicions about election tampering in 2000, 2004, and this year get minimal attention from the press considering the gravity of what's suspected. Is there any effective oversight going on by the press or anyone else to make the risk of tampering too great to contemplate? I regret to say that I do not put such crimes beyond some in high places, and I'd like to know they would likely be caught at it if they try it again.

Harry Pope at 9:13AM on Oct 26th 2006

180. The War on Terror is a "Holy War." I don't think the USA Military has the foggyist idea how to fight a "Holy War." Why aren't our scholers and 'think tanks' the leaders for Peace and Freedom? There is nothing "Holy" about the Military. The USA leadership is extremely misguided. What does a Military mind know of a "Holy War?"

Gerald Crockett at 9:13AM on Oct 26th 2006