PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE III (live thread)

10.13.04 | Joe, and the rest of FR.

[hershey]

I missed that comment of Rush's about not being able to hide who you are when you talk for ninety minutes, but he was SO RIGHT. Not only did we get a clear idea of exactly what Kerry is, GW was also unmistakeable. The interesting thing is that Ann Richards, former Texas gov. and lickspittle extraordinaire, said almost the same thing about GW. That she underestimated him, that he spoke in short sentences, seemed so beatable, yet he ate her lunch. Everyone he's debated, he's ended up wiping the floor with...because he stands there and shows you who he is. Substance, honesty, a good heart, firmness, and kindness. You can't fake the real thing. GW is the real thing.

[Another Thought]

Bush always asks for the vote. I've seen him in person 3 times and he does it every single time.

[bitt]

'I don't get the deal with Tuhrayzah. She could do better, she doesn't have to be so frumpy - big time campaign like that ougta have had a style consultant for here, ala Hitlery (and here I'm talking about 12 years ago, not today).
Really, she is totally unappealing, and also seems a bit troubled, like she really doesn't want to be out like this. Anybody else see that?'


I think she is bipolar, and uncertain of herself. Talk about a "Stranger in a Strange Land".....! She is truly a classic pysch study...for another day - let's get this election out of the way....

[dj_animal_2000]

...about everything a such a dumbass can lose...!!!

Callin' Bush a cheerleader while pointing out Kerry's Vietnam...

ohhh...yeah..and btw...

WESLEY CLARK WAR CRIMINAL AND SUPPORTER OF TERRORISTS

[bootless]

Oh, and what was THAT about comparing Tony Soprano to the President?

What a low-class, no-count poodle. Not statesmanlike, eh?

[tapatio]

Thank You, our Blessed Lord, for knitting Your children's hearts together in prayer for our President!

Amen!

[Mudboy Slim]

"I have to review the transcript to see clearly the candidates positions on the issues."

Agreed...however, take the issue of Social Security, does anybody in America really believe the program will survive without major, structural reform?! And Kerry came out 100% against privatization. How ridiculous, and how insulting it is to the Seniors to whom he was pandering.

If I was 30 or younger, I'd have major concerns about Kerry's judgement on that issue!!

Good to see you, my FRiend...MUD

[HereInTheHeartland]

Local NBC television affiliate here in Des Moines had Cheney on the news tonight after the debate. They asked Cheney about the comment about his daughter. Cheney said it was inappropriate to bring his daughter in to it. He really looked ticked off about it.

[silent_jonny]

I think that alot of Republicans are backing the Yankess for the first time. Like me.

Well I've been a Yankees fan since Joe Torre came aboard in 1996 or 1997--that guy is just a class act. Nothing rattles him. I have nothing against the Red Sox really, but any team of Matt Damon's and Ben Asslick's is no team of mine. Plus, you have stupid awkward Kerry wanting all the peasants to believe he's a Red Sox fan--please. Yankees all the way.

(BTW: When Hillary was running for Senate in 2000, she started wearing a Mets cap. Four years later, she hasn't wore a Mets cap since.)

[traviskicks]

"Thank God we're out of the debate cycle."


Yes! I think it was a mistake to agree to three debates. All and all I think the president suffered serious losses from these debates. The Pres and his advisors generally do so well in other things, I don't know where they went wrong. I think if the pres had listed to some of what people say here on freerepublic he would have burried Kerry. He needed to get partisan and get personal.
He needed to say,

"look, Senator, this is the 3rd time I've had to correct someting you've said tonite. Now are you going to be strait with the American people or not?"

[hershey]

Me, too. Rubber Band Man is terrific!

[pharmamom]

So to speak.

[traderrob6]

It was up to almost 61.....now down to 55 can't figure it

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

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[A Jovial Cad]

Oh, I understand them VERY well. They're part of a very small crew of naysayers that you'll always find posting doom and gloom about the GOP's future in general and the President's reelection chances in particular in any number of threads all over FR. They often swarm to the attack in unison against any dissenters from their pessimistic creed in a curiously synchronous tag-team manner (think FReepmail), and it's always the same old song over and over and over: *the GOP is doomed; our guy got creamed; when-oh-when are we going to have a "perfect" conservative candidate as opposed to the merely "good" ones we have now*; and so on.
I agree with you completely, BTW: it was a clear win for the President tonight, IMO. He did exactly what he had to do, and Kerry barely held his own. Can't wait until Nov. 2nd! It's going to be a momentous night for the future of our country--and the world. Cheers.

[luvie]

Weasel Clark is such a non-person who cares what he says or thinks!

[Fledermaus]

hmmm

[Howlin]

Wes says Kerry has every right to bring it up because she is a public figure

Well, you know what: there are some rumors going around NC about Kate Edwards; I think I will forward them to the press.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Glass parking lot in MECCA ?
lol

[wvromania]

I think the biggest misque "W" had was letting Kerry slide on the OVERTIME matter. He needed to tell everyone KERRY was the deciding VOTE, and he did not make it.