I think it is wrong to determine a voting position based on last night's watered down debate format. A 2 minute answer followed by a few second rebuttal does not lend enough time to give a good answer to anything. It gives Kerry enough time to waft on his vision for international policy since the time frame did not allow for specifics to be discussed.
The questions that Mr. Lehrer gave to Kerry and Bush were not very strong. It appeared they were geared to give Kerry an advantage. Next time, President Bush needs to be less kind and get Kerry on his senate record, his lack of experience in international matters. Bush also needs to go after Kerry regarding his promise to get "international" cooperation--who is Kerry talking about? Kerry must be specific so we can all know what he is up to.
Maybe we should have a B.S. list for Mr. Slick. I can recall the following, can anyone add to this list?
- Bush had independently santioned Iran.
- Over 45 countries have more advanced nuclear programs than Iraq (only appies to 3nd world/unstable or enemies).
- Bush did not have U.N approval.
- Bush did not wait and rushed to judgement (Saddam was given over 10 years to comply).