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October 01, 2004
Kerry Wins! (Says Me & The Majority of A.M. Polls)
Yesterday, many commentators were saying that last night's debate was "do or die" for John Kerry. Kerry had to prove to voters why he could do a better job as commander-in-chief, while Bush merely had to respond. Kerry rose to the challenge and succeeded.
Kerry exuded confidence and intelligence, in speaking about Iraq, the war on terror, and the current foibles of the Bush administration. While Bush always countered with conviction, he never seemed to answer the questions directly. Take these few quotes:
"So what's the message going to be: 'Please join us in Iraq. We're a grand diversion. Join us for a war that is the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time?'"
"They're not going to follow somebody who says, 'This is the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time.'"
"I don't see how you can lead this country to succeed in Iraq if you say wrong war, wrong time, wrong place."
"...he [Kerry] voted to authorize the use of force and now says it's the wrong war at the wrong time at the wrong place."
"My opponent says help is on the way, but what kind of message does it say to our troops in harm's way, 'wrong war, wrong place, wrong time'?"
As you can see, Bush uses REPETITION as a tactic when he can't make a factual, valid argument. This is unacceptable!
Of course, Kerry wasn't perfect. He could've questioned Bush's reasons for going to war more (i.e. nuclear weapons in Iraq). But overall, he did enough, at the very least, to make undecided voters more curious.
For the full transcript of the debate, click here.
Posted by Michele at October 1, 2004 10:37 AM
