I'm not watching it.
Why should I bother? I already know what's going to happen.
Bubba already knows that the press will say that Bush won, so it's a done deal already.
Except that Rush tells me the exact opposite, that the press will claim a Kerry victory, so it's a done deal already.
Funny how that works out, isn't it?
Actually, I'm not watching the debate because I already know everything I need to know about the candidates, and the structure of the debate insures that they will be just as relevant as the conventions.
Posted by Rich at September 30, 2004 9:46 PM | TrackBacki was really surprised. kerry actually addressed real issues, and bush's attempts to frame the issues fell flat. why? because he falls apart under the weight of his many failures. last night reiterated just how dangerously deluded that guy in the white house is, and how much safer he'll be contained at his solar powered ranch.
watch it, and tell me you feel comfortable with his being the leader of the free world. even HE doesn't seem comfortable with that mantle.
Posted by: howie on October 1, 2004 7:00 PMYes, judging from the transcripts, kerry did adress real issues like national security. He again stated that he will act in our defense only when he's sure that the rest of the world agrees.
Wrong answer.
The exact quote:
"No president, though all of American history, has ever ceded, and nor would I, the right to preempt in any way necessary to protect the United States of America.
But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons." [emphasis added]
That statement, although a greatly toned down version of earlier comments, is exactly why John Kerry is not qualified to be president. He is willing to supordinate American sovereignty to world opinion.
Posted by: rich on October 1, 2004 11:51 PM