Bush should NOT Debate Kerry

Simple, he's not qualified to come to the debate at all...he is not qualified to be president...so why allow him to debate?

41 posted on 09/19/2004 1:34:13 PM PDT by Tribemike (Here is the text of the article....)

To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Precisely.

Plus in a debate, he acts like he's at the Yale Debating club; he will come off as condescending and an elitist.

He's not a likeable person and it will show on TV.

42 posted on 09/19/2004 1:35:15 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)

There's a Kerry ad on FoxNews right now. He's moaning that Bush has decided to go it alone in Iraq. So how does he explain the 70-nation coalition? Bring him on right now.

43 posted on 09/19/2004 1:36:22 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Gun-control is leftist mind-control.)

The American people should know how GW will respond in such a dialog.

44 posted on 09/19/2004 1:37:26 PM PDT by risk

Ah, I see. I can answer. Because he is qualified to be the president. He's native born and over 35. Everything else is up for the electorate to decide. All the things you mentioned can be used againt Kerry in the debates. Let Kerry face those awkward moments in front of the camera when he has to try to explain them away.

45 posted on 09/19/2004 1:37:31 PM PDT by Melas

I disagree. Bush should debate.

46 posted on 09/19/2004 1:37:44 PM PDT by KantianBurke

To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

An even better question is how does he plan to deal with those countries that he is completely dismissing as our "allies?"

47 posted on 09/19/2004 1:38:33 PM PDT by Howlin (What's the Font Spacing, Kenneth?)

True the debates could be a trap.. an amBUSH.. BUT it could also be entrapMENT... too..

48 posted on 09/19/2004 1:38:36 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)

His Senate Experience is a zero. He sponsored no bills; coasted; and demonstrated no leadership. This is Kerry's opinion of his own Senate experience as well. He spent not 70 seconds but just 70 WORDS on his entire 2-decade senate career in his acceptance speech.

It will take at least one debate to make sure the voters understand this. Not having at least one debate could/would set President Bush back, especially with this current bit with his National Guard duty. Some voters might think he had something to hide.

49 posted on 09/19/2004 1:38:36 PM PDT by swheats

Disagree. If Bush doesn't debate, he's viewed as a chicken. That's the worst thing possible, even for him. That's the biggest thing he has over Kerry right now. He's viewed as tough and decisive. Kerry isn't.

Instead of playing PREVENT DEFENSE, he needs to go for the knockout. Bush actually is not a bad debater. Kerry isn't either from what I've heard(Albeit, by Massachusetts standards).

Time to finish him off.

50 posted on 09/19/2004 1:38:45 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (A gun owner voting for John Kerry is like a chicken voting for Col. Saunders. (bye bye .30-30))

I agree with your article. However, I still want to see them go on only because Bush will KO Kerry and make his relection sure.

51 posted on 09/19/2004 1:39:18 PM PDT by bethelgrad (for God, country, the Marine Corps, and now the Navy Chaplain Corps OOH RAH!)

About to post the same thing. A newbie with a vanity post.

52 posted on 09/19/2004 1:39:55 PM PDT by dawn53

To: Psycho_Bunny

We can only hope Tribemike is not an adviser to the president.

53 posted on 09/19/2004 1:40:07 PM PDT by swheats

I agree. Traditionally, the clear favorite NEVER agrees to a debate. You might lose and that'll hurt you at the polls. OTOH, if you win, what have you gained? You were already winning. So why expose yourself to that risk? OTOH, the underdog ALWAYS demands a debate for precisely that reason. This debate is a bad idea.

54 posted on 09/19/2004 1:41:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker (It is the black heart of Islam, not its black face, to which millions object)

But Bush is not applying for CEO at IBM, Is he?

The people of the USA are used to seeing Presidential debates. If the POTUS does not debate his challenger, the media will think that the Pres. is hiding something. They will not let it go and Pres. Bush may lose some voters. It is not worth the risk to take that chance.

Bush did well in debates against Gore. He will do even better against Kerry.

55 posted on 09/19/2004 1:42:53 PM PDT by GWfan

Debate time makes me a bit nervouse. First, though I believe, (PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG), both debaters are giving the Agenda (what issues will be debated), BUT are the ACTUAL QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE POSED GIVEN IN ADVANCE TO EACH candidate?
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME ON THIS ONE?

Ok, one person made a quote to the effect ....Bush cleaned up on Gore in their debate. Yea, and look what happened.
It was one of the closest ties in recent memory. Right?

Kerry will be couched to make comments and interject very clever half truths and or lies designed to cloud those voters not solidly grounded on issues and on the character of each canditate. Usual stuff right?
Our Dear president is no angel and the Rep. Party is not perfect, far from it, hey they (Republican Party) let Big John Kerry get away with treason for many years without calling him on it and making it a national debate.
Surely most of us readers can envision how he can use certain phrases and key words, that can sway the feeble minded and those that simply do not follow politics and do not have the capability to carefully discern issues on Iraq and the general war on terrorism etc..
Do understand, that BJkerry can make some carefully crafted statement that sticks in the voters minds, and GW can talk if they let him for two hours on each point and defend most quite likely his position on the issue, and still lose the debate because of what gets planted in the voters' minds by snake man.
We must understand for all practicle purposes, Big John Kerry has survived all these years on his special quality carefully perfected to lie and get away with it most of the time.
So in closing.............I for one would not get to cocky folks. This is not going to be the cake walk you hope for.
Not finding masses of WMD's, the Iraq war in general, etc., can easily cloud the debate. It is not like we are at peace and either candidate can hoodwink the voters on a set of domestic issues.

May the good Lord bless George W. Bush and give him both
wisdom and strength to carefully choose what his advisors suggest he say and what not to say and how to re-buff Kerry
on important issues during those up coming debates.

56 posted on 09/19/2004 1:45:07 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle

kerry is toast, the debates will be G.W.'s knockout blow, Kerry will crumble like a cookie left out in the rain.

57 posted on 09/19/2004 1:45:30 PM PDT by John Lenin

Jim Baker should begin from a position of NO debates.

If Baker pulled a stunt like that it would make Bush look like he was afraid of Kerry

Don't worry about the Debates .. President Bush will do just fine

58 posted on 09/19/2004 1:47:34 PM PDT by Mo1 (Why is the MSM calling the Vietnam Vets and POW's a suspected group??)

To: The Hound Passer

I agree and there is simply no way for Bush to refuse to debate without his refusal becoming the new focal point of the campaign.

The one thing I think SHOULD change is the traditional practice of letting all liberal media and voter's organizations set the debates up and run them. This time, Bush should not have to endure the usual built in bias that always seeks to give the Democrat the advantage. I hope he insists on a more level playing field for a change. While it would have been hard to make one before, the recent network news scandal and the alternative news choices means we don't have to keep playing the same one sided games with these people.

59 posted on 09/19/2004 1:49:33 PM PDT by Route66 (America's Mainstreet)

You are wrong. Kerry will be forced to take a position on real issues if he debates the Pres. Every time Kerry attempts to define his position on issues, his numbers go down.

Kerry does not connect with the American people. This will be glaringly obvious in a debate.

60 posted on 09/19/2004 1:49:47 PM PDT by GWfan

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