[WarrenC]

Hewitt has a matrix set up wherein he lists each question asked during the debate and summarizes the responses, adding his own comments. I couldn't reproduce it in understandable format here so I suggest you use the link and read it. It's quite good.

[tomnbeverly]

True no global test required. Kerry will want a global test after St. Marys elementary is taken hostage and our kids are being raped and burned and tortured. He will want coalitons and nation building before action and what if he doesn't get the nations to help... what if they all say too bad so sad you told us before we were meaningless... Will he have the guts to do whats right... NO..

Kerry came off as a typical politician full of promises and short on delivery. Empty suit.

The President was more human, more real, less scripted, resolved, confident and optimistic.

One man tells us what he thinks we want to hear and one man speaks from his heart.

[Republican Radio™]

Speaking of the "Global Test," let's look at how North Korea scores on the "Global Test" that Kerry mentioned in tonight's presidential debate:

·Kerry has criticized Bush on the campaign and during tonight's debate for not giving the U.N. and multilateral diplomacy a chance in Iraq before committing to military action

·Kerry said during the debate that "nuclear proliferation" is the biggest threat to America and pointed to North Korea as the major malefactor in that threat

·Since it was discovered North Korea was attempting to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons in October 2002, Bush has used a multilateral diplomatic coalition of at least five nations (USA, China, Japan, South Korea, and Russia) to contain the potential North Korean nuclear threat

·During tonight's debate, Kerry told America that to end North Korea's nuclear proliferation, he would hold bilateral talks rather than using the leverage that China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia would bring to the negotiations

In other words, Kerry said that America should take a unilateral approach (REMEMBER: Taking a "bilateral" approach i.e. having the USA deal directly with threats, has been called "unilateral" by Kerry earlier this month when he said in a campaign speech that Bush "has chosen to move in a unilateral way" in the War on Terror) in dealing with North Korea. Kerry himself described North Korea and "the spread of nuclear weapons was the biggest threat facing the United States" in Thursday night's debate—so why is Kerry willing to squander the international goodwill created by the Bush Administration's diplomats between China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia and "go it alone" with North Korea?

Does this mean that Kerry is doesn't think North Korea's nuclear weapons program passes the "Global Test" to have multilateral talks? We'll see if Hugh picks up on this for tomorrow's show. If not, you can hear more about it on Republican Radio this Saturday...

[no dems]

How large of an audience does Hugh Hewitt have? We don't get him in Southeast Texas. Is he national or local?

[christie]

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Bush needed to get across the message that Saddam was harboring terrorist and sponsoring terrorism and that he was more vital to the war on terror than Osama bin Laden.

He isn't doing it. So we need to do it.

Here is an easy to read chart of what the media was saying pre-911 (and after): Connect the Dots...Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Send it to your friends. Send it to the media.
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[Spotsy]

short and sweet summation of tonight's debate

[tkathy]

Please, Hugh. Don't play stunningly irritating clips over and over again until I change the station.

What are you doing while you play all this awful stuff?

I tune in to listen to your fabulous commentary, not to get irritated out of my mind.

[Mach9]

Worst Kerry mistake in my book: Something like "we must separate the war from the warrior." Obviously a new concept for Hanoi John.