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.
I agree. Although the pauses and slight fumbles by the president were discouraging, it was obvious he was speaking with conviction and from his heart. I felt like he was addressing the American people and not Lehrer or the debate punditry. And didnt come with anything canned. The media is spinning it as a Kerry win. But how are they defining win? Bush had the more convincing points and didnt lie and I think connected to voters better. Kerry seemed to be going through the motions of a president but just saying random stuff that he didnt really believe. I am wondering, all these people who say Kerry won what is their definition of winning? The polls arent showing Kerry winning in any way that matters.
Yes, IMO, he did.
I didn't see the live debate because of work, however I saw it via C-span when I got home.
I truly anticipate a slight increase in the polls for Dubya after the first debate for I didn't see a presidential resonance coming from Kerry.
Also, beside the way negative attacks on Dubya were conveyed showed once again the pettiness of the Kerry campaign. I'm sure the "pass the global test" statement didn't hit home with the undecideds either.
Or a summit to discuss it (without offending anyone). Well-- my kids are adults now, but if those freaks took over a school in MY neighborhood, I would be over there with my gun--ready to route them out of there. And I bet a lot of brave men would be helping me. And a manicured #$%%& like Kerry would be no help whatsoever.