Kerry is the winner- Page 2

[Plum]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:28pm

Okay, let's split hairs then. Narrow-minded liberals will never see anything good about Bush. It is an important hair to split, I think. :)

Once upon a time I saw one good thing about Bush. That was a long long time ago.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:29pm

Yous got a mind as thin as a wire, Plum!

[morosco]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:41pm

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:43pm

Bush proved once again that too much booze and coke have destroyed whatever there once was of his brain.

It's really pathetic that we have someone so inarticulate and wrongheaded as our president. He has destroyed our economy, our reputation among nations, our very safety and the safety of the world.

Let's get him out of there on November 2 and elect an honest, intelligent and brave man: John F. Kerry.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:45pm

John Kerry does not even deserve to share the initials of John F. Kennedy. To me, it'll always be "John Kerry," never "John F. Kerry."

[Poppy]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:46pm

Kerry hands down! Bush was definitely on the defensive. And he didn't look too happy...the frown lines in the forehead got deeper and deeper as the debate went on.

[morosco]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:47pm

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 9/30/04 at 11:59pm

Kerry won quite easily.

Oh, and Lady G. the gay republican journalist Andrew Sullivan said about George W. Bush:
"[President Bush] made it clear that discriminating against
gay people, keeping them from full civic dignity and
equality, is now a core value for him and his party. The
opposite is a core value for me. Some things you can trade
away. Some things you can compromise on. Some things you can
give any politician a pass on. But there are other values --
of basic human dignity and equality -- that cannot be
sacrificed without losing your integrity itself. That's why,
despite my deep admiration for some of what this president
has done to defeat terror, and my affection for him as a
human being, I cannot support his candidacy. ... I would be
betraying the people I love."

Any comment? As a lesbian, how do you feel about betraying the people you love?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:02am

Lady G said: "John Kerry does not even deserve to share the initials of John F. Kennedy."

George Bush doesn't deserve to share the name George with the Father of this Country.

He doesn't even deserve to share that name with his OWN father.

He barely deserves to share that name with George Costanza!

Updated On: 10/1/04 at 12:02 AM

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:09am

Oh boy, wait, is it going around the board that I'm a lesbian?

Where did THAT come from?

[TGIF]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:09am

Did it bother anyone else that all Bush referred to Kerry as is "my opponent." Even though I won't vote for Bush, this has nothing to do with it at the moment. It just got redundant and annoying. That is, unless I am naive and thatgs what canidates always refer to each other as.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:13am

Ooops my mistake, Sorry Lady G. You're just a bigot.

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:39am

KERRY KICKED SOME TEXAN ASS TONIGHT!

[Plum]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:46am

The guy's a wannabe cowboy from Connecticut. Just goes to show you even people from the Northeast can be corrupted.

[shesings]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 12:55am

Both candidates repeated themselves. There is no point debating who did it more. The fact is they both had a few key points that they were driven to press into us time and time again. That is how polictics works. While I feel that Kerry was better in the "debate" I think both men were very redundant. I hope in the future debates we can branch out a bit. I also think it was hysterical how Bush kept making faces while Kerry was speaking. I felt as if I were watching a little kid. I kept waiting for him to burst out with "nuh uh". I also though those notes he kept taking probably said" Kerry is a stupidhead" or consisted of doodles of hearts and flowers! But that was probably just what I had to imagine to keep myself entertained by this incredibly boring debate. I also thought it was funny that during the split screen they lowered Kerry's podium shot so that the men appeared to be equal height. I think we can all agree that no one learned anything new about either candidate here.
Hopefully the next debate - which is in my home town of st. louis by the way - will be more enlightening. Doubtful though.

[JoMarch]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 1:23am

Bush was an embarrassment tonight, even for him. There's no doubt Kerry won the debate tonight. Poll results:

CBS
John Kerry:
91.35%
President Bush:
7.91%
Neither man. It was a draw :
0.74%
https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/08/politics/main641817.shtml

NBC News
Did Bush or Kerry score the most points with you?
Updated: 10:26 p.m. ET Sept. 30, 2004
Pres. Bush 30%
Sen. Kerry 70%

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6123733

and the normally ultra- conservative AOL users:
Who won the debate?
John Kerry 54%
George Bush 46%

I couldn't find a poll on Fox's site.

Updated On: 10/1/04 at 01:23 AM

[Plum]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 1:32am

Think of the repetitiveness as themes in a musical. You know the ones that the composer wants to get stuck in your head? I'll call Kerry Richard Rodgers and Bush ALW. :)

Posted: 10/1/04 at 1:37am

I think my favorite part of the evening was when Kerry used the word 'nuclear' about 25 times in one of his two minute answers, and Bush used the word once in his rebuttal - using every ounce of concentration he has to try and avoid it.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 2:01am

Was anyone else shocked by Kerry's use of the word "genocide"?

Posted: 10/1/04 at 2:31am

"The Sudanese minister said the expanded force would have a stronger mandate than the current observers, but gave few details. His comments came on a day when the Secretary General's [of the UN] top adviser on the prevention of genocide told the Security Council war crimes have probably taken place on a large and systematic scale in Darfur." - Voice of America News

~FF~ Given that this is the current state of affairs being reported - in these words - I'm not sure why it would be surprising that Kerry referred to Darfur in that manner.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 3:53am

The candidates have to repeat things for two reasons:

1. to drive the message home

2. because only short clips will be shown later that night and the next day.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 4:23am

DGrant - I'm not saying that his usage of it was incorrect. I'm surprised by it because politicians have been avoiding that word for so many years due to the possible connotation.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 11:00am

FF: Powell has already called the situation in Dafur genocide

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 11:19am

political views aside, Kerry walked away with the debate. he was poised, well spoken, well mannered, completely prepared, and handled the situation VERY well. Bush slouched, looked annoyed, bored, was giving idiotic reactions while Kerry spoke, he had NOTHINga t all to say, he stuttered and stumbled at every turn, BUSH went over the time limit.. Kerry never did.. and Bush would ask for more time and then say nothing.

[secret-soul]

Posted: 10/1/04 at 11:20am

"I uh....<6 seconds of silence>" -George W. Bush