Posted on 10/09/2004 8:02:36 AM PDT by crushkerry
Well, sort of...
Hugh Hewitt had "plan" as a trigger word for his recurring "debate drinking game".
So you'd be obliged to drink a shot each time the word was used.
Hope nobody playing had to drive afterword!
Loved reading this. Thank you. I think her observations are great.
I decided I wasn't going to watch the debates, just read the transcript. But I had to run an errand last night, and caught a touch of the debate on the radio.
Yes, it was the fabulous John Kerry. (As in full of fables) I turned him off in a hurry, after listening to one sentence.
Even if I hadn't known who he was, I wouldn't have liked him. He sounded SO condescending, as if talking down to the serfs. He remimded me of several elitist college professors I had had when in school, the kind everyone hated because they just knew everything and droned on and on and on.....
Someone has done a series of photos of Kerry sticking his tongue out here on FR. I had not noticed him doing this until I saw the series. Probably because I watch him as little as possible. LOL Now it is ALL I see when I watch him.
"I have a plan" - DRINK!!
I think the chief point of disagreement between your wife and me is that I don't think the government is best qualified to do charitable work and help people who need help. It's tremendously wasteful, bureaucratic, and riddled with corruption.
Some things do need to be done by the government. But we have resigned an awful lot of charitable work to the bureaucrats that would be far better done by someone else.
For instance, even Catholic hospitals have problems with bureaucracy and corruption, but on the whole they deliver care more efficiently and caringly than municipal hospitals. That's true right down the line. Catholic schools have been a pretty mixed bag for the past 40 years, but they still work better than public schools. Ask the inner-city black kids with vouchers.
If I didn't have to put so much money into federal taxes, most of it wasted, I could give more to charity. My charities would be mostly Catholic, but there are plenty of other good charities out there. For instance, the Salvation Army, which does a far better job than the Red Cross, not to mention FEMA.
There's nothing wrong with being compassionate, but we should give more thought whether the federal government is always the best person to do the job.
Intersting insight by your wife. John Kerry can't be who he is or he'll make the Mondale/Reagan 84 race look competitive. BTW a libertarian isn't a economic liberal(socialist) and a social conservative. They are the exact opposite. I'm more of a Neal Boortz type of libertarian myself.
But according to reports, Kerry won!!!
As a woman who has voted for both Republicans and for Democrats (definitely going for Bush this time though), what I see in John Kerry's relationships with women is that they are exploitative. His relationships with both of his wives demonstrate that he USES women. To a lot of women this man comes off as an extremely shallow, emotionally cold, human being. Also, last night Kerry said he was a Catholic. If so, why were he and Teresa married in a civil ceremony? He probably did that b/c at the time his annullment had not come through, but, still, it does not show him to be deeply and spiritually committed to this woman.
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The Kerry Tongue flick.... serpentine!
It seemed to me that "Catholic" was just a buzz word that Kerry had to insert. Just like "Hallibuton".
I think he's trying to not show the sheer disgust he feels toward Kerry.
I just lost my lunch.
I sort of agree with you. The forty-year war on poverty simply hasn't worked. We need to try something new. Then again ... I feel for (and have known many) people who suffer due to no fault of their own. Would happily help contribute to make their life a little more livable.
"I have a plan" or in Edwards case "We have a plan". A popular phrase for those two. Sooner or later they may even tell us what this plan is.
My wife is also really sick of Kerry saying
I have a plan for this
I have a plan for that
It seems that we should find a way to take advantage of this Kerryism and make it into a mantra for all of us anti-Kerry fans.
Note to Bush team....good line!
Excellent post. Great analysis. Thank you.
I particularly enjoyed your comparison of your thoughts ("talking points") and your wife's more intuitive, perhaps visceral reactions and I think that this is significant.
The immediate, post-debate public reaction may more likely be based on the talking points aspect. The reactions of people are not fully digested and thought out. Rhetoric and sophistry have an effect. Kerry doesn't do as badly.
However, the longer term effects are those you describe. Kerry does not wear well. He is irritating and condescending. You have described it well. These effects will take longer to manifest.
I believe that the effect of this debate will not be a "bump" for Bush, but rather an erosion of Kerry support. If he has already "worn thin", even with Democrats, then in the third debate he will be starting with a handicap.
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