US Presidential Debate #1 (1 Viewer)

[pete]

From CNN:

Who do you think won the first U.S. presidential debate?

President George W. Bush 18% 42239 votes

Sen. John Kerry 78% 180847 votes

Evenly matched 4% 10118 votes

Total: 233204 votes

If only it meant anything.

 

[Bag'o'cans]

It was hilarious, a slaughter, but bush was talking so slow and repeating the same lowest common denominator mantras he probably did reach out to gung ho america.

 

[Pantone247]

"They also agreed nuclear proliferation was the greatest threat facing the US." - BBC news

That's right, remember when they flew those two nuclear war heads into the world tra.... uh hang on a second...


Sometimes I wonder is Kerry just as big a schmuck as Bush. One things for sure the Clinton days feel like a far off Golden Age right now.

 

[Latex lizzie]

Clinton was as much a cocksmoker as any of the above mentioned. I really fail to see why people get so misty eyed over him. He was just a better speaker but his politics were nearly as nasty. He just hid it better that's all.

 

[Latex lizzie]

http://www.zpub.com/un/un-bc.html

Interesting.

 

[Dixer]

From CNN:


If only it meant anything.

It's good cop/bad cop politics. Democrats and Republicans might as well be in cahoots.

 

[It Will Never Last]

It's good cop/bad cop politics. Democrats and Republicans might as well be in cahoots.

I seems that even if people thought Kerry won the debate, it did little to alter the perception that Kerry is indecisive, and thats what will drag him down the most.

Sample quote:

One of Mr. Bush's supporters, Brandon Glen, an 18-year-old freshman from Wyoming, agreed that Mr. Kerry performed better. He quickly added that he didn't care.

"President Bush isn't really great at debating," Mr. Glen said. "He's not the best at thinking on his feet. But in theory and in practice, he's a great leader and commander in chief, and that's what this country needs now."

Bush a great commander in chief? If you count 1000+ dead US troops, 13000+ dead Iraqi civilians, chaos in Iraqi society, and the presence of terrorists in Iraq (for the first time Mr. Bush, seeing as they were nowhere near Iraq pre-war) as successful, then yeah he's a great CiC.

 

[Pantone247]

True, I'll never forget him bombing Iraq the day of his impeachment hearing...

At the same time the Kerry v's Bush race has become a game of 'who's arab ass are they going to kick' and 'how hard are we going to kick it'... I think Clintons world view was a little borader then Johnny and Georgies

Clinton was as much a cocksmoker as any of the above mentioned. I really fail to see why people get so misty eyed over him. He was just a better speaker but his politics were nearly as nasty. He just hid it better that's all.

 

[It Will Never Last]

and the presence of terrorists in Iraq (for the first time Mr. Bush, seeing as they were nowhere near Iraq pre-war)

This got me thinking. Bush's pre-emptive strike on Iraq was a bit like that priest in Father Ted who wrecked the parochial house, kicking in doors and pulling down book cases, all the while saying stuff like:

"shoddy workmanship Ted" and "sure you'd talk that down".

End result? House wrecked, hence he was right all along...

 

[pete]

Who do you think won the first U.S. presidential debate?

President George W. Bush 21% 105463 votes

Sen. John Kerry 72% 351649 votes

Evenly matched 7% 34413 votes
Total: 491525 votes

Same poll. be interesting to see how it looks tomorrow.

 

[ann post]

Same poll. be interesting to see how it looks tomorrow.

i'm in the states for this -

most of the locals are giving it grudgingly to senor kerrry.

 

[pete]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/debates/press.pundits/results.html

 

[ann post]

more importantly though... its my birfday. and this is happening.
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