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Debate tonight
| Thu, 09-30-2004 - 10:54pm |
So, what did everybody think? This debate was my first (missed last yr's) and I enjoyed it. I liked how they were both respectful to each other and professional. No sighing, making facial expressions, slouching etc. I can't wait for the vp debates. :) XOXO.

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I think he did a good job moderating tonight's debate.
Kerry looked poised and calm.
He knows these issues inside out.
Bush appeared perturbed at times when Kerry spoke. (Especially when Kerry mentioned George HW Bush’s reasons why as president he didn’t invade Iraq in the First Gulf war)
It’s obviously a sensitive issue for Bush.
My favourite lines tonight:
(paraphrasing)
quoting Richard Clarke I think: 'Bush invading Iraq after 911 would have been like FDR invading Mexico after Pearl Harbour.'
'Usama bin Laden was holed up in Tora Bora and instead of sending the best-trained soldiers in the world to hunt him down Bush outsourced the job to Afghani warlords.'
How many times did Bush say "It's hard work" tonight?
I lost count.
Of interest as well.
I just looked at a couple of internet straw polls.
Who won the debate?
MSNBC
Kerry 71%
Bush 29%
CNN
Kerry 88%
Bush 29%
FOX
no poll
Did anyone else notice the different camera focuses on the candidates in the split screens?
Bush had a longer shot. You could see the 'traffic light' on his podium at all times.
Kerry's ‘traffic light’ was hidden by the graphics in the split screen shots.
Kerry is 5 inches taller so I suppose Bush's campaign had the cameras compensate for Bush’s shortcomings.
;)
<<Jim Lehrer posed some good questions to the candidates.
I think he did a good job moderating tonight's debate. >>
Oh, yeah. No liberal bias there, nope -- not a bit.
http://www.hughhewitt.com/#postid973
Renee ~~~
Renee ~~~
Or....perhaps we are seeing the emergence of an excuse for Bush's performance tonight?..."Liberal Media Bias"
LOL! I watched the split screen on Cspan too - that explains his twitchy uncomfortable demeanor, he was signaling for Dick to parachute in and rescue him! LOL!
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