Kerry tough; Bush rolls eyes

[BRussell]

That's my headline. :D

[Cake]

Bush is getting frustrated.

[curiousuburb]

Pretty good questions so far.

Jim Lehrer is the best one up there. Can't you guys make him PoTUS ?

[Northgate]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PRESIDENT? SERIOUSLY.

His face is swolen. His eyes are puffy. His tongue is thick. It sounds like he's been medicated, especially at the beginning. Is anybody else noticing?

:wow:

[curiousuburb]

To be fair, both candidates are going OT at times, so the actual questions get dodged.

Bush does seem more OT than Kerry.

[madmax559]

Originally posted by Northgate
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PRESIDENT? SERIOUSLY.

His face is swolen. His eyes are puffy. His tongue is thick. It sounds like he's been medicated, especially at the beginning. Is anybody else noticing?

:wow:

coke withdrawl

[giant]

Originally uttered by W
I know Osama Bin Laden attacked us! I know!
Well good for you, Bushie. You get a cookie. :lol:

I half expected him to say "I know Osama Bin Laden attacked us! I know! Mr Cheney told me so."

[Outsider]

He already swapped SH for OBL.

[Northgate]

KERRY IS CLEANING HIS CLOCK!

Now it's down to the post-debate spin. I have a gut feeling the next few news cycles will be "Where'd the orange go? Makeup?"

[trumptman]

Actually Kerry dodged the key question asked him. What is your comprehensive strategy to deal with Iraq now that you have done nothing but criticize the current President.

Absolutely ignored and dodged.

Nick

[faust9]

Originally posted by trumptman
Actually Kerry dodged the key question asked him. What is your comprehensive strategy to deal with Iraq now that you have done nothing but criticize the current President.

Absolutely ignored and dodged.

Nick

You must be watching tiny toons or something because I saw Kerry give a four point plan.

[bunge]

Originally posted by trumptman
Actually Kerry dodged the key question asked him. What is your comprehensive strategy to deal with Iraq now that you have done nothing but criticize the current President.

Absolutely ignored and dodged.

Didn't he say it was a 4 point plan readily available at www.johnkerry.com?

[Northgate]

Originally posted by bunge
Didn't he say it was a 4 point plan readily available at www.johnkerry.com?

That's what I heard too. Interesting.

Maybe some twelve story tall radio transmitter was errected through trap doors in the Arizona desert and emitted pulse waves designed to disrupt television sets across the south west during "inconvenient" parts of Kerry's answers. But not here in Studio City. We have super stealth, invisible, hydro-magnet, domed, force field that repels the enemie's disruptor rays.
:lol:

[groverat]

I thought early on that Kerry was beaten but he roared back and George hung himself with those rebuttal time allotments. He got hot-headed and flustered and Kerry rarely did. He got that Dana-Carvey-As-The-Church-Lady look and Kerry rarely strayed from his professional and mature demeanor.

I just gained a lot of respect for John Kerry, a lot. I might actually vote for this guy and not want to vomit.

They contradicted each other a lot on matters of factual substance, I would like to see a candid assessment of who was spinning on each of those topics (when it comes to matters of numbers and such, verifiable, not whether or not CandidateX is a douchebag.)

[Gilsch]

Bush looked like he had just walked in on both twins in an orgy. Just look at the post debate pics whne they're shaking hands. Kerry had a huge confident look, and Bush looked like a cadaver.

[Towel]

Originally posted by bunge
Didn't he say it was a 4 point plan readily available at www.johnkerry.com? Let's make that link easier for the point-and-click-challenged:

John Kerry's Four Point Plan for Winning the Peace in Iraq (http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/national_security/iraq.html)

[SDW2001]

Hmmm

I think that it was interesting. Kerry did better than I expected, and he kept himself alive. I did think Bush had some very good rebuttals, particularly with regards to North Korea. I think he slayed Kerry on being multilateral as opposed to bilateral. He also used Kerry's words against him well. On the other hand, Bush did look tired at times. I also think the way he was shot on camera made his head look small. Finally, Bush played with his pen and slouched a bit...which I think was a mistake.

The polls show Kerry won. On the flip side, polls that reference undecided voters give the advantage to Bush by a point or two.

There was nothing particularly memorable. I think that we'll forget about this one quickly due to that fact.

Oh, and also: I think that Bush did, at times, present an attitude of "who is this guy? He's not ready for prime time" kind of attitude. This worked to his advantage.

[groverat]

I also think the way he was shot on camera made his head look small.

LIBERAL CAMERA TRICKS!

:rolleyes:

[msantti]

They are both liars, they both attack each other without giving a plan of their own and both dodge the issues.

NOTHING at all comes from these debates.

You either like one or the other or maybe you are just getting tired of the same old Washington BS.

Its a lose lose deal people. Why even bother talking about it.

[madmax559]

Originally posted by SDW2001
Hmmm
Oh, and also: I think that Bush did, at times, present an attitude of "who is this guy? He's not ready for prime time" kind of attitude. This worked to his advantage.

i think that attitude made him look very arrogant
which would put a lot of people off

[Towel]

Originally posted by madmax559
i think that attitude made him look very arrogant
which would put a lot of people off Had there been more substance to his responses, I think that attitude would have been more effective. As it was, I agree with you. It made him look arrogant and petulant. "Don't you idiots get it? Why do I even need to be here?" was the impression it left on me.

[kelib]

Kerry didn't win by a margin but by a mile!! Not that I care, was just watching the debate on telly during night shift. But I found it kinda sad that these 2 were the best the most powerfull nation on earth could come up with!!! But judging from yesterdays debate, I really hope Kerry will be the next president of the USA