On the other hand, it is interesting to see that Kerry is consistent. He is a lying, pompous, dirty cheat, just as was 35 years ago.
Posted on 10/03/2004 10:31:18 AM PDT by conservativepoet
Caught on Video: Kerry Cheated by Using Notes Cards in Debate
I'll believe that when Ed Gillespie makes the accusation. That means he will have verified the video with outside experts.
Until that happens, all this does is help Drudge get listeners to his show.
Perceptions are important. While this one may not hurt much, another subpar performance by Bush, and the snowball rolls further down the hill.
First you get a ballpeen hammer....
I agree 100%.
Kerry bashed Bush on Kyoto.
Bush neglected to point out that Kerry voted AGAINST Kyoto in the Senate.
Kerry implied that Reagan would be one of his examples in foreign policy.
Bush neglected to point out that Kerry opposed everything Reagan did that brought the USSR down.
Kerry claimed Bush took troops from Afghanistan for the war in Iraq.
Bush neglected to point out that this was completely false.
The list goes on and on.
IMHO Kerry was a sitting duck and Bush could have easily taken him out in this debate.
It seems to me that Bush was really poorly prepared.
Yikes, Chris Wallace just showed the cuts from the debate again, where Bush is stuttering, getting lost in mid-sentence, blankly staring into space, grimacing, nervously fidgeting etc.
It's painful to watch.
I play a lot of chess. I'm convinced that President Bush's actions, reactions, and lack of the words we all wished he'd have said, is a strategy that will secure another four years.
It is the job of the president to be able to think on his feet before millions of people. Reagan did it well, so did Clinton. So does Rudy Guiliani, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Bush has done much better than this in the past, himself. He has no business making campaign stops on the day of the debate.
I have noticed your posts pretty much reflect my take on the debate. I think Bush did well based on the substance, and did not have the style that we in this house readily granted Kerry.
The extremes of one side or the other saying Bush gave a disastrous performance or saying Kerry outright won when that is impossible if one factors in what was said, just cannot hold up under scrutiny. And polls reflect yours and my sensible take on it.
Thanks for the link!
Are you sure it was not a pen?
I asked you why you only care to discuss Bush's performance. You have yet to answer the question.
You can attempt to ignore the discovered cheat if you like, but why no focus on Kerry's words? Why is your concentration only on the negatives for Bush and not the negatives for kerry?
He forced himself to bumble and stumble and look unprepared?
He may win another four years, and I hope he does, but allowing your opponent back in a race that you were on your way to winning is not a good strategy.
Certainly not a pen. Noticed that he uses
both hands to place the item on the podium.
One would not do that with a kleenex, package
of kleenex, pen, or even glasses. Typically
this would be done only if one intended to
view it later. Care was taken to place it in his
field of view.
Evidently, you never saw the first Reagan/Mondale debate. Reagan wasn't so "light on his feet" in that debate.
And, again, you are concentrated on Bush. When are you going to give some attention to Kerry?
That's a no. But the camera was not on Kerry durring the Presidents closing remarks. That would have provided a distraction.
Because it was just about as dreadful as it could possibly be.
Kerry's gaffe over "Global Test" and some others should be hammered on, for sure, but a golden opportunity to reinforce Kerry's incompetence and inconsistency was missed. And that's a real shame.
Thank you so much for checking...
On the other hand, it is interesting to see that Kerry is consistent. He is a lying, pompous, dirty cheat, just as was 35 years ago.
Yes, initial polls would indicate the American people sized up the debate in the same manner. I'm personally interested at the moment why a few seem so interested to make more of Bush's performance than they have of Kerry's, when their stated concerns would appear to have been partially relieved. If it were me, I'd be breathing a sigh of relief it doesn't seem to have had the intense backlash predicted against Bush.
Granted. Let's hope Friday equals Reagan's performance against Mondale in the second debate.
That is a weak argument. Kerry's own words reflect his inconsistency and incompetence.
I find it concerning you are so caught up in performance that you are incapable of understanding the seriousness of what Kerry proposed and how that is the real story here.
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