Presidential Debate, Take Two

[P-Sleazy]

Originally Posted by FunnyLooking

Seriously, these debates are completely nuts.

thats what makes some of these debates so fun to watch/listen too. especially their facial expressions.

[Robot Jesus]

When answered a difficult question they both talk about something different. Kerry changes the topic, and bush changes the topic but takes the defensive. This gives people the impression that he’s answering the question posted.

[TheZeroMan]

MAybe I am just biased but I don't think it was my politically biased mind that saw Bush stammer and say "ummmm ahhh ummmm" for a at least five seconds on several occasions in the first debate? He got his head kicked in.

The Second debate not so much. BUt the 1st he was anihilated.

Anyway what about the vice presidents? That was the a free for all.... they intelligence wise were about the same and that debate was pretty even

up until Cheney tried to blast Edwards on his senate voting and attendance and Edwards bitch slapped him.

the following is a poltical bitch slap:

This vice president, when he was secretary of defense, cut over 80 weapons systems, including the very ones he's criticizing John Kerry for voting against. These are weapons systems, a big chunk of which, the vice president himself suggested we get rid of after the Cold War.

-John Edwards

But this is the best part:

The reason they keep trying to attack Halliburton is because they want to obscure their own record.


And Senator, frankly, you have a record in the Senate that's not very distinguished. You've missed 33 out of 36 meetings in the Judiciary Committee, almost 70 percent of the meetings of the Intelligence Committee.

You've missed a lot of key votes: on tax policy, on energy, on Medicare reform.

Your hometown newspaper has taken to calling you "Senator Gone." You've got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate.

Now, in my capacity as vice president, I am the president of Senate, the presiding officer. I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session. The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.

Those are pretty nice shots by the vp though the last part is a blanatant lie or forgetful ness since there are pictures of them together at senate functions...

EDWARDS: That was a complete distortion of my record. I know that won't come as a shock.

The vice president, I'm surprised to hear him talk about records. When he was one of 435 members of the United States House, he was one of 10 to vote against Head Start, one of four to vote against banning plastic weapons that can pass through metal detectors.
He voted against the Department of Education. He voted against funding for Meals on Wheels for seniors. He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King. He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.

Admit it, that was pretty nice back hand slapp to the VP.

CHENEY: Oh, I think his record speaks for itself. And frankly, it's not very distinguished.

Nice comeback dick you just got burned.... OOOHHHHHH...

[DragonDaimyo]

Originally Posted by TheZeroMan

MAybe I am just biased but I don't think it was my politically biased mind that saw Bush stammer and say "ummmm ahhh ummmm" for a at least five seconds on several occasions in the first debate? He got his head kicked in.

It wasn't just you. I'm a huge Bush fan, yet even I have to admit that Kerry ran circles around Bush in the first debate.

It was said earlier that if you thought someone won the second debate, you had a partisan mind. I'll admit that. My mind is partisan. I thought Bush did win the second debate. But no matter how you look at it, Bush did a LOT better than in the first debate. (Loved his jokes - "Need any wood?" - priceless )

He did a lot less of the 5-second pauses that bugged me the first time around. I think one explaination of what happened is that his mind works better when his body is in motion. I know I do all of my best thinking whenever I'm pacing. If I'm standing still, I just can't concentrate.