Posted on 09/07/2004 3:06:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Yes, you have a good point there.
I expect the debates to be a fight for the middle/undecided. If they turn-out to be anything more, I will be pleasantly surprised.
A bunch of liberals. All four mods that were picked are liberals. I think Jim Lehrer is one and Gwen whatever her name is from PBS too. Can't remember the others!
Hah! And he won't even recognize it! LOL!
I've watched the 1971 debate twice and am willing to concede that Kerry had technically superior debating skills. If you recall O'Neill repeatedly conceded the same thing by referring to Kerry's "polished phrases", etc.
But the truth is that O'Neill held up pretty well on the basis of his passion and on the facts. Kerry, I think, would have "lost" that debate were it not for the times and the support within the Cavett audience (which made Kerry look better than he actually was).
The point is that Kerry's technical debating skills will not be the only factor aaffecting who wins or loses. There are other intangibles that enter into the equation.
Plus, his wife sucks!
Well, in my estimation O'Neill provided much more information then Kerry did. Kerry simply ducked the issues and got through the debate without answering the questions. I didn't feel satisfied by Kerry's answers. Perhaps that is because we know more now then we did back then. When he offered up the vet who would give information about atrocities, no one knew that he had threatened Steven Pitkin and who knows how many others. I sure do hope that piece of information becomes more public now.
Bush: Before we get started, I got someone here I'd like y'all to meet. Could you guys bring Mr. Bin Laden out here please?
That's as close as anyone else here to what I was thinking ...
Everything will hinge on the question.
"Does you're mother know you're a thief?"
There's a word that describes that kind of 'logic' but I don't know what it is. Convoluted?
LIBERALS are so full of themselves. LOL. Reagan and Bush walk circles around them.
The debates bother me. Bush will look like a short little man next to lurch, and I hope it does not make him look like Dean did.
Schiefer.I think
Yer right...alll lefties...NO Hume!
Please read #31 and comment.
The writer needs to check his facts.
The Nixon-Kennedy Debates had zero to do with the election of Kennedy; voter fraud had everything to do with it in Cook County, ILL, and elsewhere. The debates were merely public perception and window dressing.
I think the only debate that really matters is the first debate. That's the one where the undecideds will get the chance to size up the candidates one on one. If Bush is seen as the winner or as holding his own, that's all that matters, IMO. The other debates will be anti-climactic.
Actually, I am looking forward more to the VP debate. Expecting some priceless Cheney quotes to come out of that one.
"To put it another way, I think most Americans today see anything and everything they view on TV as entertainment- it's all of equally little value, except for titillation or a laugh."
Totally disagree. Regardless of the outcome it will be the spinmeisters afterwards that will formulate peoples opinions. Kerry already won the debates. Just a question of by how much.
Interesting. Bush is much smaller than he is perceived to be, but I don't think he will appear so in the debates. Besides, there is nothing so great about the way Lurch looks. :)
I hope Bush just plays it straight and cool, but at the same time not too shy about hitting it pretty heavy on Kerry's inconsistency.
Bush needs to be prepared (while not getting dragged down into the details) for a severe attack on the economy, and be ready to point out the Clinton years having more unemployment, etc.
Algore was bigger than Dubya but it didn't help him--a sighing tree next to a man!
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