I was wondering if anyone watched the Presidential Debate yesterday, or if you're going to watch the following ones? I watched it and I thought it was a good debate, however I wish they would've talked about the draft. Anyways what did you guys think about it?

I think Kerry owned Bush. Bush barely got any good answers and halfway through the whole debate, I'm listening more to Kerry's side on issue than Bush's.

Yeah, i watched the debate. it was rather annoying for me, haha. I think Kerry did well on answering the questions, but kept on changing his mind. And Bush didn't do a great job...he kept on stuttering and stuff o_0 but i think he stayed strong on his opinions and such.

i saw a little bit of it but i wasn't really paying attention...
GEORGE W. BUSH `04!
Steph

I saw a bit.. not much, but a bit.
It bored me.

Actually if you paid attention to what Kerry was saying, he didn't change his mind. He stated that in fact he did agree that Saddam was a threat, but that the President did the wrong thing by waging war. Not hard to understand.

yeah i watched it..it was pretty good

Kerry did do a good job of the way he answered the questions....Unless of course you wanted him to do a bad job, then he did a bad job of answering the questions...And if you didn't want him to do a good or bad job, you'll be happy to know that none of his answers we're really his but rather a 3rd parties answers that Mr. Kerry decided to give in response to the questions. If you are offended by 3rd parties......



-Basically what Kerry does on everything, but he did do a pretty good job of answering his questions. Bush I think is very respectable in how he brought forward a personal side of both the canidates by thanking Kerry's daughters for being so kind to his own. I'm a Bush dude all the way because I don't like how Kerry flip-flops on every issue (or the majority of them). Bush stands firm on his resolutions and decisions, where as Kerry wavers to what he thinks the voters wants to here...and in some cases, thats how the political system goes...but don't try to appeal to EVERYONE by switching your opinions more than your suits and ties.

I also don't apperciate the way Kerry has attempted to use his service in Vietnam as leverage into his election as president. I, for one, don't believe Vietnam is so far in the past that Americans are ready to talk about it and see it the way Kerry is trying to use it. Yea, movies and TV Shows are great, they're entertainment; but it's just that. We're not ready to come in full contact with the horrors of Vietnam, and unfortunatley a lot of people lost respect for Kerry because of how he is going about his campaigning.


Just my opinion.

kerry didnt even say his plan and he lied about the subways being closed. CuTeSEXYnHOT u rock!

Not going against Bush here, because I'm sure he's a great man. But I do know that I wouldn't want him to lead my country for another 4 years. Just my beliefs too. The war is a key factor in why I chose Kerry and hope he wins. We totally could've done better and now I think the right person for the job would be him.

u also rock

yeah, i listened to some of it. it sounded like Kerry did a good job. and yeah, Bush kept on stuttering and stuff.

ima probably sound nerdy seying this, but i think both candidates sucked during that debate. bush's stoopid blank face expressions when he didn't have anything to say, then repeating things 239842374 times, didn't help his image, but then again, even tho kerry spoke really well, he was really vague. lyk "i have a plan, bush doesn't". he constantly says that in different ways so it doesn't sound as repetetive, but he never even describes a little bit of his plan. all he babbles about is "i have a plan i have a plan". for now, i hate both candidates.

... exile i respect your opinion but in a debate you must repeat yourself to get it into their brains.. and i found yesterdays debate very very interesting and i will watch the other 2 =P

i couldnt watch it but its true that they wernt allowed to talk to one another right? isnt that what a debate is..?

That is one of the rules I believe, but both talked to each other. I enjoyed the fact they did, it lightend the mood and made both seem more human.

They weren't allowed to move or speak directly to eachother.

I watched a bit, wasn't really interesting to me.
Bush kept stuttering, Kerry kept on being vague.
I might watch the other 2, but it's not a given.

If you didn't see the 2000 debate was on a week ago and bush totally owned Gore's ass. Was he just scared that Kerry was so direct? Or is Bush losing his "edge" I think Kerry did a wonderful job.

BTW: why weren't they aloud to talk to each other?

Thats true. He didn't change his mind and admitted to his flip flops. After a while i actually understood it. And i saw bush's reaction to everything they had to say

Rules that Bush wanted. Makes you wonder doesn't it?

I don't think it was that they COULDN'T talk to each other ..... I'm pretty sure that the rules stated that they weren't allowed to ask each other questions.

lol....i think kerry totally owned bush lol VOTE KERRY

yes vote kerry and USA will be a better place =P

Yes, I'm sorry I meant to write ask each other direct questions.

I didn't watch it since I had other things to do but from what I heard, Kerry was good.

i totally love you inlonelinessidie. I love your topics they rock! Yes, Kerry promises a lot of stuff and I hope that he can fufill them but we CANNOT have another four yrs. with Bush in office. I think Bush has done a lot of things to handicap Kerry, how "unexpecting".

yes yes yes. lol KERRY OWNED BUSHHH, BABY!!!

cmon you gotta say that Bush rocks way more!!

Aw thanks, lol.


It's not about who rocks way more or who has more facial expressions when they talk. If that's the case why don't we just give the election to any ol' Joe who can act? No, I care about the issues, and by far Bush and I differ on the issues.

LOL-Could always be like my friends who don't like either side and are going to make T-shirts that say:


Kerry's shirt:
"Oh yea?! Well you're retarded! Who's president now?!"

Bush's shirt:
"Oh yea?! Well you're ugly! Who's president now?!"

hehe, i hadda watch it for hw. but anyway, i dink kerry is WAAAAAAAAAYY better then bush. bush makes me sleepy, lolz. n he doesnt have good answers to anything, he just goes like ummmmm....... *7 second pause* umm... blah blah balh

Ah the kids of today . . . the future of tomorrow. LOL

Watch it slick...I'm one of those kids of today

Wow, it's hard to think some of the people who have posted actually are the future of america. How can we entrust freedom to people who's only arguement to anything is "he just rocks way better." Come on people, that's disgusting. Further more how can your opinion be taken seriously if you refuse to even spell simple words correctly? I'm sorry does anyone else find this disturbing?

* is glad he decided to make an intelligent post * It was nice to have a serious discussion while it lasted

kerry did like.. so much better den bush haha it was funny

serious?

I had it for homework too. & i agree with eveything els you said.

i posted this already, but i wanna write a letter to bush asking "you need some ice for that burn?" he totally got surrvd, man.

oh my god, you people stop posting!! My respect for any of you has just completely been dropped to zero. How low and ignorant is it to make fun of the way someone looks? Especially when the person may be our future president. Honestly stop wasting everyones time with that garbage. It sounds like a bunch of ten year olds "like oh my god... he look sooo bad in that color!" get to the real issues.

Simple words like disgusting?

Anyways, I say Kerry won the debate, but Bush isn't a strong debator anyways. Let's wait until they have direct questioning.

Haha. Bush kept making me laugh ... I mean. His staring into air and blinking cluelessly .. ahahah .. okay im sorry. well i think they both made pretty good points. kerry was being too vague. bush was being ... er .. how should i say it ... well. they both did .. okay. i'd vote for kerry though

i agree with you. ugh. if i felt like typing a million paragraphs... i would. but i don't have time.

i just thought it was funny that bush asked to extend the question for a rebuttal but instead stood there and said um, only to come up with a completely inane statement. and yes they need to repeat things to enforce their views, but bush didn't even bother to mix up his words. it was (paraphrasing) "'wrong war wrong time wrong place', how can you follow this guy?" 4 or 5 times over with little variation. kerry won.

Strice: I completely agree with you.

Yep. Kerry's been called inconsistent before, and he needed to change that in this debate. He was totally strong on his points and didn't change his mind. Bush, on the other hand...><

But we can never tell who will, in the end, become president. The interesting thing is, for the past 5 presidential campagins, the politicians who "won" the first debate never became president.

A sign? A bad omen? You decide.

Kerry got a manicure before the debate, while Bush went around visiting the hurricane victims.

And once again another pointless statement. I don't care who got a manicure or not. Bush most likely went to visit the victims because of PUBLICITY. I care about their views on how to make our country better, but most of you on this forum could careless. All you care about is making fun of how our President or Senator Kerry look, act, and/or stutter. Come on people.

yes, but does that help John Kerry?

I care about policies, that's why i think Bush should be re elected.