It was embarassing, all right.
Guess I have to vote for Kerry now.
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I thought it was so nice to see a politician's kids who didn't act like a politician's kids.
They're great. typical young women enjoying themselves.
I get the feeling the parents wrote the script for the twins.
I didn't think they should have been up there, but 'Oh well'.
But it did not 'embarrass' George and Laura. That's ridiculous.
I was BEGGING for someone to cue the orchestra music to usher them out, like at the Oscars ...
the one on the right could lose a couple pounds. oops....wait, I forgot, we can only talk about kerry's daughters that way. my bad.
...hey, the question is would you rather see Bush's twins act like twits or (Vanessa) Kerry show her ugly ti...(oh, never mind)?
The Kerri campaign could try to use this gaffe as a pivot point to surge ahead of Bush. I'm sure his advisors are thinking about it. They now have the "Twins-gate" and "Bandaid-gate". Look for a big surge in Kerri's poll numbers.
I just watched the intro for the first time. They're not comically gifted. So what? Everyone in the press has been crowing about how uncomfortable everyone was on the floor. I didn't see it.
The Bush twins weren't pretending to be something they're not. They're young adults who did the same things we did in college and are probably not quite ready for prime time speaking. I wasn't offended and I wasn't surprised, either. Like most political offspring, they don't have an interest in politics after years of getting blanketed by the Secret Service.
I would rather they just introduced their dad and said less, but that's the chance you take...........you can't have it both ways. They don't pretend to be politicians or have the gift of public speaking.
Look at it this way, from now on, their performances can only get better. I'm sure no one feels worse about than they do.
*Note the kinds of idiotic things John Kerry said when he was "young" too. 27 YEARS OLD!! And today, John Kerry, who REALLY embarrassed himself before the county when he lied before the US Senate, is one election away from being the president of the United States of America!
How's that for a contrast!?? These two young ladies have much more decorum and class than John Kerry. Who, today, spouts such vile trash and lies that it makes me want to puke! And what about Kerry's wife? A nutcase! Don't get me started on her.
You want another example? Another contrast of presidents "children"? OK! Glad you said yes! Take a look at that little weasle boogerhead Ron Reagan. Not a kid, mind you. A greown man! But I'd put those two young ladies up against him any days of the week.
Those girls did just fine. I'd prefer they would have let me write their speech but it's not big deal. I expect that the male voters under 25 liked what they saw and didn't hear a damn thing anyway.
The twins were a disaster. I missed Laura's speech because I had to turn the TV off....I couldn't take it.
As bad as it was, I don't think they did any lasting damage, at least not with what I heard. No Licorice the Hamster moment. Or was there?
Could have done without the "Sex in the City" line. Really created an awkward moment for the entire hall.
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Wow. Newsflash. They're normal.
Good interview.