I still believe, if your record is attacked with falsehoods, half-truths and outright lies, you should defend your record. The President attempted to defend his record several times. He succeeded on several attempts, but some of his answers were weak and incoherent. Frankly, I was not pleased with the outcome of most answers the President gave tonight.
That's what I started thinking too. But as the debate went on something started to happen. Kerry began to look more and more like a robot. He promised everything. He had all the answers. It got kind of irritating. Meanwhile Bush was...real. There's no other way to describe it except that here was a person who wasn't phony, who wasn't trying to show off to get votes. His answer about his wife and kids really clinched it. Bush expressed great love...actually said that he loved his wife and daughters immensely. Meanwhile Kerry tells a story about his dying mother waving a finger at him and saying "Integrity, Integrity, integrity". That was so stupid and sad if true. Not once did Kerry mention that he loved his wife or kids. Sad.