BUSH DUCKING DEBATE

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BUSH DUCKING DEBATE
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Wed, 09-15-2004 - 10:45am

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The president has been offered a rare opportunity to discuss key issues and concerns with Americans and appears to be leaning toward declining it . President Bush seems to be concerned about the town-hall-meeting format of the second debate, in which undecided voters picked by the Gallup Organization would ask the candidates questions. The Post noted that the Bush campaign is concerned that "people could pose as undecided when they actually are partisans."


Can't the president answer citizens' questions, partisan or not?


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I am extremely unhappy about the prospect of the president skipping the most critical of the three debates. But I am not surprised, given that the 1992 town-hall-style debate is largely seen as the nail in the coffin of his father's reelection bid and given the great pains the White House has taken to insulate President Bush from criticism and the opinions of Americans who are not vocal supporters.


Rather than canceling the town-hall debate, the Commission on Presidential Debates should leave an empty stool on stage next to the candidate who does show up. That might make for the most interesting presidential debate in years.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21915-2004Sep14.html?referrer=email


 

Donna

Patriotism means to stand by the Country. It does not mean to stand by the President. -- Theodore Roosevelt.

Donna

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 8:33am
I agree liberalmama.
The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.  -
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Registered: 04-16-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:56am
Not particularly supporting Bush, but I do not like John Kerry.

I wish there were other viable choices.

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Registered: 04-16-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:57am
I heard the expression, and it refers to some people who blindly believe whatever Kerry or the DNC say, without checking the facts for themselves.
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Registered: 04-16-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:58am
If the war is a question, you know Bush is going to hammer him on what position Kerry may take that night.

Kerry may end up looking foolish depending on the questions, even though Bush speaks like he has a knot in his tongue.

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 10:30am
Well, there aren't any other viable choices....so you've got to decide. If it helps, don't think of it as a vote for Kerry - think of it as a vote against Paul Wolfowitz, Dougles Feith, and a decade or two of a far right, fundamentalist Supreme Court.
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Registered: 02-23-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:09pm


Just for the record, I didn't say you hated Bush, I said the bitter, angry rhetoric appeals to those who do, of whom there are many...



Ditto, LOL!!

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Registered: 02-23-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:14pm
< Actually, liveanew, being totally honest, I'm not wild about Kerry's speaking style either, it's just that his beliefs gell more with my family's and mine.>

As I've mentioned many times before here, I'm CERTAINLY not wild about W's speaking abilities-it's a big flaw, and not one I'm willing to say (like others are) just doesn't matter. But I do think he has a straightforward and sincere quality to him that appeals to a lot of people. I cna't even say I support all of his views-on gay marriage, on the death penalty, on his proposed immigration policy, I disagree. But on what's most important to me-national security, education, a free market economy, and not creating any more of the massive government entitlement programs that are the REAL cause of our huge debts, I support him.

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Registered: 09-06-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:14pm
Oops, I apologize then!
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Registered: 02-23-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:15pm


That Nyquil is good stuff ;)

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Registered: 02-23-2004
Fri, 09-17-2004 - 9:17pm


Touche! How about, a little more than half the nation?

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