So who do you think won? — Page 3

Namo;
Read your tag at the bottom and for a second you scared the **** out of me.

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Dame, I borrowed the line from "Boondocks."

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I just can't stop thinking, if the situation actually occured that one of these men had to step in and be president of the United States, I would feel much safer in Cheney's hands.

Namo -
Thank you for piping up. It appears that I may have been unclear in my earlier post.

1. I claim to be an undecided because I am one. I have no idea which way I will be casting my vote in November. I don't like either of the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates. Namo, it is entirely possible that you yourself could run the government better than any of the four men debating this week. If you had asked me who I would be voting for a few months ago, before Edwards was named as the VP candidate, I probably would have said Kerry. The addition of Edwards to the ticket complicated my decision, and I have been paying a great deal of attention to the race since then, as I want to make the best decision possible.

2. Yes, I turned on the debate with preconceptions about Edwards. But do not forget that I also had preconceptions about Cheney. I have been convinced for the last 4 years (this includes the debates of the last election) that Cheney is a deceptive puppetmaster with ulterior motives behind every action. Before the debate, if I were given a shotgun and a chance, I can't say that I wouldn't have taken action against Dick Cheney. That's how strong my hatred for him truly was. All in all, I'd say that even though he might have had a slightly better stance in my mind at the beginning of the debate, he and Edwards both appeared to be satanic, and I would not have felt comfortable saying that I would prefer one over the other.

After watching the debate, I no longer hate Cheney with the same gusto that I did previously. My problems with Edwards increased. So although you feel that calling myself an undecided while having strong negative feelings about Edwards seems "disingenuous at best", I feel that I am justified in my stance.

3. I did not say that I do not still think Cheney is evil. Although I do like and respect his political ideas more now than I did pre-debate, I am not being "willfully ignorant" of the abomination known as Halliburton. I do, however, think that Cheney is by far more competent than his running mate. I also now have less problems with him than I have with Edwards. And he appears to have a definite sense of what should be done with this country - something that Kerry was not able to articulate in the last debate. Therefore, although Cheney has done things that I do not agree with, I would still rather hear him talk about these issues than the other three men involved in the race.


I hope this post is not one that "boggles the mind".

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Updated On: 10/6/04 at 08:11 PM

"If you're a Republican - Cheney won.
If you're a Democrat - Edwards won."

This could not hold more truth. That is exactly what it is. If a person wants Bush to win, they're going to go out of their way to prove that Cheney won. If one is sick of Bush and wants to see him go, they are going to go out of their way to prove that Edwards once.

Personally, I keep my position quiet.

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Isn't it too damn early for that, surely?

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Wow. Good to know.

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is it just me who's now got "hooray for tax loopholes" running through his head to the tune of "hooray for hollywood?"

nobody? just me? ok...nevermind.

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I'm too tired to read through all this so I'm just going to say that I thought they both came off looking like douchebags. I wasn't pleased at all.

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