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FR Live Thread: Bush Kerry - First Debate (Pre-Debate discussion)

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!


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; americangigolo; bushwon; cuticlesforkerry; debate; debates; electionpresident; fingernails; firstdebate; flushthejohn; jonsquerry; livethread; lurch; manicure; official; orangeman
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To: plushaye
You are quite right. Actually, I think President Bush did better in this debate than in his first one with Gore.

One advantage he has that people are forgetting: the American people have seen this President in speeches and interviews for the last three years. They don't need to get to know him. If he wasn't as articulate as Kerry on some issues, they will still remember "We hear you! And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us soon!"

Plus, I still think that Kerry's rudeness and arrogance is off-putting to many.

2,781 posted on 09/30/2004 8:28:12 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: markman46

Kerry in his post debate speech said the most important part of this election:"


THE SUPREME COURT!


(of course who else will impose Mass.'s homosexual marriage on the rest of the nation.)


2,782 posted on 09/30/2004 8:28:14 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! NOV 2, 2004 is VETERANS DAY! VOTE!)
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To: Camachee
maybe I could be President some day! You'd better hurry...

:P

2,783 posted on 09/30/2004 8:28:20 PM PDT by January24th
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To: Jorge

Bush had the best closing statement. HE did fine. You'll see it that way after the peoples opinon's filter down.


kerry bombed. Tell me his detailed plan for IRAQ? Tell me one damn detail? Uh huh, that's what I thought!

LLS


2,784 posted on 09/30/2004 8:28:43 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (kerry... a girlie-man who built his life on a bedrock of lies, and derives his strength from EVIL!)
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To: betty boop; xzins
I just finished watching the debate, and after scanning some of the comments on this thread, I'm wondering if I was watching the same one.

The President came across, well, presidential and friendly. He brushed aside the personal insults and spoke to statesman issues: strength, certainty, etc.

Kerry sounded informed but petty, making little snipes all night. The questions were very favorable for Kerry, but he couldn't cash them in.

I took particular note of Kerry's appeal to nuclear proliferation as the greatest threat facing America. Bush got it right when he said the greatest threat was weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists. The much cheaper and equally deadly biochems are weapons a terrorist could more easily obtain.

But the candidates weren't speaking to those of us with a lot of information and/or a political prejudice, they were speaking to the undecided voters who make their decision on broad strokes - personality, leadership traits, etc. Bush won that contest, IMHO.

If the Freepers here had a problem with Bush not tearing into Kerry, imagine how the anti-war Democrats will be upset with Kerry for not promising to cut-and-run from Iraq?

2,785 posted on 09/30/2004 8:28:59 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Miss Marple
I also thought that GWB looked very tired. Or do you think it was anger with Kerry for his lies which he managed to control but came over as irritation and tiredness.

I think that GWB was good on emphasizing that we needed to give respect for the coalition and the Iraqi government.

Overall I think Kerry will be perceived to have done better purely because of Bush's hesitation.

I sincerely hope that GWB is less hesitant in the other 2 debates also Cheney on Tuesday.
2,786 posted on 09/30/2004 8:29:22 PM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: lasereye
He also didn't challenge the point about our troops not having body armor He did challenge it by pointing out that Kerry voted against funding the troops.
2,787 posted on 09/30/2004 8:29:28 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: DonnerT

Kerry just stood there and told lies.

How in 90 seconds is the President supposed to rebut 5 or 6 lies that Kerry managed to tell in his 2 minute statement.

Here's where I think the President scored the most points.

He said to lead the nation you must be resolute and not give in to pressure.

Then Kerry says he's never wavered...and any American other than the koolaid drinking hardcore Dems know that he has.

That has been well publicized in soundbite after soundbite.

If people believe that the leader of this country and the WOT must be a man of values, they'll elect Bush...if the country wants to live in a pre 9/11 world with blinders on, they'll elect Kerry.

All in all, it comes down to the voters, they elected Clinton, they could elect Kerry. That's a scary thought.

But I have to believe that many Americans see the issues of the post 9/11 world and will in the end vote for Bush.

Bush didn't hit one out of the park, but I can't say I expected him to. I didn't expect him to be articulate, hasn't 4 years of him in office showed most Americans that he is not articulate much of the time.

Words are cheap, lies are cheaper...Kerry told some whoppers, made some campaign promises that were worthless, and in the end, I don't think the debate will matter at election time. The voters core beliefs will matter and you don't change those during a debate.


2,788 posted on 09/30/2004 8:29:30 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: Vinnie

I think he could have done better as well. I wish he had pointed out that Kerry's constant demand for bilateral talks with the illmatic in North Korea would be the opposite of what he is demanding in Iraq - a coalition! I hope that comes out in the reviews.


2,789 posted on 09/30/2004 8:29:44 PM PDT by secret garden (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Miss Marple

Bush was out there tonite for us to see him, his vision, his heart, his determination that Iraq and the rest of the world can be free and peaceful. It was about a higher plane. His spirit.

What an inspiration and a president I can truly believe say I am proud of.


2,790 posted on 09/30/2004 8:30:12 PM PDT by marajade
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Thanks for not sending me hate filled, Nazi like messages, for stating an honest opinion. LOL.

Next time I'll put honesty into the back seat, and I'll say he looked great, and drove the debate right into the winning circle of victory. Avoid all those holding knifes, looking to kill honest opinion.

LOL, yes I have to wonder if I was watching a different debate.

2,791 posted on 09/30/2004 8:30:13 PM PDT by WRhine
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To: Joe Hadenuf; WRhine

A couple of migdets logrolling. Badly.


2,792 posted on 09/30/2004 8:30:26 PM PDT by Barlowmaker
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To: UncleSamUSA
But tomorrow, when all the fact-checkers start to tally up all the distortions and outright factual lies in Kerry's barrage of verbiage...

We may not have to wait until tomorrow. :=)

FNC has Tommy Franks coming up soon and, IIRC, Kerry misrepresented Tommy's position on Iraq tonight. I hope the good general calls Kerry on it -- big time.

2,793 posted on 09/30/2004 8:30:46 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Miss Marple
Why don't you just drop that R out of your name?

Sorry to upset you.

2,794 posted on 09/30/2004 8:31:10 PM PDT by WRhine
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To: DoughtyOne

Yes he did! He stated that it was the Enriched Uranium that led to the outing of the Inspectors, and that NK had started that program before he took office.

LLS


2,795 posted on 09/30/2004 8:31:29 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (kerry... a girlie-man who built his life on a bedrock of lies, and derives his strength from EVIL!)
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To: hispanarepublicana

And he kind of b$ch slapped Kerry on NK also. A lot of what Kerry said made no sense or just would not work . The rest Kerry mentioned is already being done.


2,796 posted on 09/30/2004 8:31:47 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: WRhine
Are you a woman? That's who the target audience was. The men already know that Dubya is the leader, most women know that too, but tonight they watched as Kerry hit Dubya time after time after time, and Dubya just stood there and stuck to his guns.

By mid-day tomorrow, those women will also know that Dubya spent the day hugging and comforting storm victems and that Kerry spent the day in the spa getting a manicure.

No, you only THINK Kerry won.

2,797 posted on 09/30/2004 8:31:50 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: UncleSamUSA
Kerry is a sophist. That term needs to stick to him.

Read the definition and I think you'll agree it fits him to a "T":

soph·ist Pronunciation Listen: [ sfst ]
n.
  1. a. One skilled in elaborate and devious argumentation. b. A scholar or thinker.
  2. Sophist Any of a group of professional fifth-century B.C. Greek philosophers and teachers who speculated on theology, metaphysics, and the sciences, and who were later characterized by Plato as superficial manipulators of rhetoric and dialectic.


[Middle English sophiste, from Latin sophista, from Greek sophists, from sophizesthai, to become wise, from sophos, clever.]

The Plato work referenced is Georgias.

2,798 posted on 09/30/2004 8:32:16 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: onyx


Hear the Donkey Bray
(RealPlayer)



[Expletive deleted] !!!


2,799 posted on 09/30/2004 8:32:39 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: CindyDawg

I heard sKerry say something very frightening that no one has mentioned. He said he would give nuclear fuel to Iran to "see if they want to use it for peaceful purposes". WTF?????


2,800 posted on 09/30/2004 8:32:44 PM PDT by Americanchild
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