Did someone say "wood?"
Posted on 10/08/2004 11:06:18 PM PDT by Mr.Atos
"Need some wood?" …If that doesn’t encapsulate the gist of the second presidential debate, nothing else does. That come-back can be ranked accordingly with "…Senator the first time I ever met you was when you walk on stage tonight!"… Compliments of Vice President Cheney in his debate.
How can you say it differently? President Bush commanded the field at tonight’s debate; forcefully challenging every point Kerry made and keeping him on the defensive by disputing his facts, repeatedly repudiating his Senate record, and exposing his amorphous political convictions. By the 70th minute, Kerry was angry, reeling, and fumbling for a coherent concept. He thought he found it, when he coughed up something about a father raping his daughter. But that will prove devastating in retrospect as both a revolting image solely associated with the Senator, and a rare condition at best to justify infanticide.
One couldn’t help but laugh at Kerry’s continuous reference to General Shinseki, as nearly every major news source has exposed that claim for the lie that it is. Remember General Erik "Turgidson" Shinseki, who wanted to issue black berets made in China to all U.S. forces. General Shinseki retired at the end of his term as planned. I was pleased to see the President reject the bait, leaving it instead for the subject of campaign commercials, editorials, and the pajamahadeen.
Kerry will raise taxes!… and he wants Americans to join him to support this effort, since no one in the audience ever got the Bush tax cut – so says Kerry. One had to wonder how many small business owners in the audience were wondering why Kerry was ignoring them as prospective taxpayers with regard to his admitted tax increase. Then there were those others remembering that they received a tax refund check several years in a row. Additionally, the President slammed home the point that the recession started under Clinton in the Summer of 2000 when the stock market took one of the largest dumps in history, indirectly condemning the same Clinton economic policies the Senator had just endorsed. This left the observer with the realization that the current state of the economy under President Bush’s policy overcame Clinton, recession, 911, and the War on terror to maintain a 5.4% unemployment rate… "and I got a tax CUT."
Did anyone else catch Kerry’s conceptual blunder? He made some point about his running mates Senate record in which he ‘tried to give Americans rights’ via his legislative authority. Senator Kerry, our rights are not yours to bestow nor eliminate. You might want to go back and study that one for Constitution 101. It’s listed on the syllabus under ‘inalienable.’
The President’s performance was superb. I only wish I had seen it as well as heard it. Kerry entered that arena puffed on MSM adulation for a previous debate performance that smelled like a clean toilet. He believed it was potable. The President played him like an Abilene card sharp - 19, 12, 15… 21, 21, 20,21. What I wouldn’t give to have seen a graphic display of Kerry’s mind after the first 10 minutes: Error: Denial of Service. He clearly knew he was I trouble as evidenced by his incomplete sentences, stumbling syntax and fumbling for words. Kerry capsized right after accusing President Bush of receiving kickbacks from his timber company. The turn was marked by brief stunned silence from both moderator and victim. The president then responded with a debate classic that will no doubt go down in history… "Need some wood?"
Indeed. For Kerry’s political coffin.
I'd like to see an endless loop of kerry's "uh..uh..uh..uh uh..uh..uh..uh.." rap after the stem cell question....:)
May those words be carved forever in stone, FRiend.
I think J f'n "flip-flop fop fake" Kerry was expecting to throw Bush off his pace....and didn't expect that classic response .....(see tag line)...
Early on in the debate, Kerry took almost an entire allotment to make the point that since Bush couldn't debate with his record, "so he's attacking me". He then proceeded to attack Bush first thing (before answering the question) in every response.
Also, did you get that last question? To Bush, the lady asked "name some mistakes you've made and how you fixed them", or something like that. Well, when it was Kerry's turn, he anwered the question "name some mistakes Bush has made...". The question should not have been asked.
That's my new tagline.
"card sharp" Is it card sharp or card shark?
Ok, NOW we know what the "W" in G."W" Bush stands for...
WOODY!!!!!
He slipped it to Kerry tonight...
LOL'
Another highlight was watching him spin himself into knots over the abortion and stem cell questions. At one point, Bush could be seen in the background making 'Is he speaking English' faces to the crowd.
Kerry won't be able to weather another debate like this.
Did someone say "wood?"
I noticed the same thing when Kerry immediately started to speak. I assumed that Kerry was supposed to comment on three mistakes that he himself had made and he totally missed the subject. It definitely was unfair the way it was worded.
Great tagline! Thank you for the complete quote. I was writing so fast I forgot to included any reference. I've updated the blog piece accordingly with a hat tip there to you.
So includeded.
Huh huh huh. Wood.
What was totally over the top was how audience reacted. On lady in the crowd was laughing so hard she nearly fell out of her chair.
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