Lehrer didn't ask a SINGLE QUESTION about Kerry's Senate record.
There's a Senator, running for President of the United States.. A Senator for TWENTY YEARS!
And you don't question what he's done for the past 20 years that he thinks qualifies him to be president??
What a disgrace. The topic of conversation should immediately go to Lehrer's partisan questioning.
I think almost all of Lehrer's questions to Kerry were "Do you think the president has stopped beating his wife?" and his questions to Bush were "Mr. President, have you stopped beating your wife?"...
"Lehrer didn't ask a SINGLE QUESTION about Kerry's Senate record. "
Kerry has no record to ask about.
Excellent point.....Kerry should have been made to defend his record in the Senate. Lehrerdidn't do a good job.
At least Bush mentioned the vote against the 87 billion.
My 2 Cents:
This debate was similar to the Bush/Gore debates. Intially the pudits claimed Gore the winner. They were wrong. Bush clearly won on the facts and the steadfastness of his position. Anyone who read the main editorial in the WSJ today will note that Kerry's presentation was seriously fact flawed. Kerry made every mistake they warned against. Bush clearly won.
I'm wondering how Kerry seemed so prepared for every single question. Compare the way he answered Diane Sawyer yesterday morning to tonight's performance. I'm wondering if he might have gotten the questions ahead of time.
Hopefully that pertinent issue will be picked up by a moderator in the next debate(s) whose salary is not government funded.
Now that you mention it, Kerry wasn't asked once about his career record.
Kerry whined and complained more about Bush's record.
Thanks for perspective.
"Lehrer didn't ask a SINGLE QUESTION about Kerry's Senate record. "
EXACTLY -
Not a single question like -
Sen Kerry, what do you feel are the most important votes regarding foreign policy that you cast in the past 20 years ?
"Lehrer didn't ask a SINGLE QUESTION about Kerry's Senate record. "
EXACTLY -
Not a single question like -
Sen Kerry, what do you feel are the most important votes regarding foreign policy that you cast in the past 20 years ?
It wasn't a debate about his Senatorial career but about Foreign Policy.
Didn't matter anyway but Bush will not lose if this continues at a minimum. He won in my eyes.
Well, Bush should have made some sort of reference to Kerry's record in the Senate. He congratulated him on his 20 years in the Senate, which was a backhanded slap to me.
I agree about Lehrer. Why did they do away with the multi panel format? Then at least you had some good questioners like Fred Barnes and Mort Konracke. Mr Bush should have brought up Kerry's Senate record since the moderator did not.