I only got to see 15 minutes of the debate. Is it true that the questions were framed to keep Bush on the defensive and ignore Kerry's many positions?
1 posted on
10/01/2004 6:59:01 AM PDT by
kddid
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To: kddid
PBS's Jim Lehrer? What would you expect?
2 posted on
10/01/2004 7:00:59 AM PDT by
sarasota
To: kddid
I watched it all, and it seemed to be the case, at least to me.
3 posted on
10/01/2004 7:01:37 AM PDT by
MizSterious
(First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
To: kddid
That Lehrer failed to ask Kerry about his 20 years of cutting weapons systems and US intelligence was inexcusable. Bush's agreeing to him as moderator was a big mistake.
4 posted on
10/01/2004 7:01:52 AM PDT by
pabianice
To: kddid
He most certainly did "wink" at Kerry as he shook his hand.
5 posted on
10/01/2004 7:02:08 AM PDT by
The G Man
(Have pajamas. Will FReep.)
To: kddid
to me it appeared KErry was aware of what the questions were going to be, halfway through almost all of the questions, he was ready to answer. It was so scripted even his answers were exactly 2 mintues or less.
6 posted on
10/01/2004 7:02:54 AM PDT by
kendu
To: kddid
They were both asked tough questions and since Iraq was the big question of the night, it made sense that Bush was going to see tougher ones. Kerry was asked what SPECIFICALLY he would do differently about Iraq, which was a hard question in itself cuz their ain't no answer for that.
Lehrer also gave each guy chances for extra rebuttal time, which Bush could have used more effectively if he was sharper.
Bush wasn't the best I'd seen him before.
9 posted on
10/01/2004 7:03:36 AM PDT by
misterrob
To: kddid
Yes, it is true. As one Freeper put it, the questions were basically in this format:
President Bush, why do you suck?
Senator Kerry, why do you think President Bush sucks?
Pardon my unladylike language, but this is exactly how it was. I also think that Kerry had the questions before hand, since his answers seemed to seque quite nicely into the next question.
Theere is a thread which lists all the questions, and without the responses you can see exactly how anti-Bush they were. I recommend reading the threads about the suspicioins that Kerry had knowledge of the questions, as well.
To: kddid
"I don't know what in the world you're talking about," Lehrer told radio host Don Imus, in his only post-debate interview.
This is because liberals are some of the most imperceptive people on the face of the planet. Their assumptions and biases are, to them, merely reality itself.
12 posted on
10/01/2004 7:04:54 AM PDT by
aruanan
To: kddid
The questions were definitely biased against President Bush. He should have had at least a couple of questions that would have challenged Kerry's long record of opposing national security.
14 posted on
10/01/2004 7:05:37 AM PDT by
B Knotts
("John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.")
To: kddid
Is it true that the questions were framed to keep Bush on the defensive and ignore Kerry's many positions?It was obvious how Lehrer was going to handle debate with the very first question directed at Kerry - "what 'collosal mistakes' has Bush made in the War on Terror?"
15 posted on
10/01/2004 7:05:47 AM PDT by
skeeter
To: kddid
Let's go after him... take him out like Rather.
16 posted on
10/01/2004 7:05:55 AM PDT by
Porterville
(Men have learned to shoot without missing ...and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig)
To: kddid
Bush and Rove agreed to the format and the moderators. I thought that maybe Rove had a double-secret jujitsu strategery to manipulate these obviously biased moderators to advantage. I don't think so anymore.
17 posted on
10/01/2004 7:06:33 AM PDT by
guitfiddlist
(The Left is smart enough to know the truth, but low enough not to care.)
To: kddid
Yes, the questions were awful. I was on the phone with my sister when Bush was asked if he thought all the American lives lost in Iraq were worth it. We both gasped. What a horrible way to ask the question. If I remember correctly, Bush said something about how honorable the soldiers were, etc...but the question was almost phrased in a "Do you still beat your wife?" way. He couldn't really say yes or no.
Some of the questions were directly from Kerry. No, Kerry didn't get to ask them, but he might as well have.
20 posted on
10/01/2004 7:07:18 AM PDT by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
To: kddid
Mr Bush - What did you do wrong?
Mr Kerry - What did Bush do wrong?
To: kddid
"I don't know what in the world you're talking about," Lehrer told radio host Don Imus...Headline: Lehrer Admits to Being Clueless
25 posted on
10/01/2004 7:08:04 AM PDT by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: kddid; sauropod
"I don't know what in the world you're talking about," Lehrer told radio host Don Imus, in his only post-debate interview.As Bernard Goldberg put it the other day, "'Fish don't know he's wet'".
To: kddid
There's absolutely no question that the questions were skewed in Kerry's favor, Bush's detriment.
What I don't understand is why when they make these debates the GOP doesn't insist on different moderators! It IS that simple!!!
Who are the next two, Dan Rather and James Carville.
31 posted on
10/01/2004 7:09:39 AM PDT by
Fruitbat
To: kddid
32 posted on
10/01/2004 7:09:46 AM PDT by
snooker
(French Fried Flip Flopper still Flouncing, be careful out there.)
To: kddid
Lehrer on Defensive Over Biased QuestioningLehrer responds, "Bias? We're the media.....it's what we do!"
35 posted on
10/01/2004 7:10:08 AM PDT by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: kddid
I guarantee you that Jim Lehrer doesn't give a rip whether the whole world thinks he's biased if that is what it takes to swing the election for Kerry.
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