Posted on 09/30/2004 3:50:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
Edited on 09/30/2004 6:27:02 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
There have been several "live threads" posted today regarding the debate starting early this morning. Let's make this the official thread.
FR Live Thread: Bush Kerry - First Debate - Thread 2 - Here we go!
Kerry has been given the opening by the structure of the questions. Have faith. Kerry got the opening, but President Bush gets the closing statement.
Kerry sure has memorized MM film. It's a sight to see when a serious candidate will stand there and just outright lie and make things up. All I can say is WOW.
"I have never changed my core values." - Kerry
I have read both books by Robert Graves on the reign of Claudius.
The PBS series based on the books were pretty good viewing as well.
There he said it....you can't change your core values under pressure.
Now either the American people believe that or they don't.
It's up to them.
They can believe the liar or they can believe the President who they've seen in action for the past 4 years.
Overall, I think President Bush is doing fine. Anybody with a brain in their head should realize that skerry is the ultimate flipper flopper!!! lol
Kerry is not constrained by facts nor ethics. Bush is fixed on a specific strategy that leaves Kerry free to criticize from any angle, the truth not being a factor.
A stable democracy is dependent on a discerning electorate that should throw a prevaricating fraud like Kerry out on his ear. And it is unnerving to see the smooth spillage of lies out of Kerry's mouth - and I wonder about the effect on the barely cognizant swing voter.
I think that Kerry is slaughtering Bush on Iraq.
"I NEVER WAIVERED"?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I'm surprised Bush hasn't brought out his six gun and watch the smoke go up in the air.
"W may be ahead on substance but sKerry is winning on command presence, and given the superficiality of the general voting public....."
I think the general voting public knows a slick lawyer when they see one.
President Bush comes off as honest, sincere. Kerry comes off as a politician. People trust honesty, not politicians.
KERRY = WILT TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
Neither side has kicked the others' butts. Both have basically punched their way to a draw, so far. Kerry looks slightly the more commanding, according to some online debate scoring sites, but again, Bush only needs to not lose badly to basically win it.
nuclear proliferation and it's all Bush's fault.
How the heck do you know who Eddie Haskell is?!
BINGO!
I just hit abuse on barlowmaker, second time in my FRlife.
Yes, being willing to lie about anything and everything might be an advantage at the time. But it won't hold up.
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