Official Presidential Debate Reaction Thread

Talon Karrde · Post by **Talon Karrde** » 2004-09-30 10:03pm

Badme wrote:Bush is stumbling waaaaay more than he was at the beginning. And 'making no sense'

Is he stumbling more? Yes... making sense, yes, just not very clear. Quite honestly, he's trying to much to talk in that "common American" tone he is given credit for.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2004-09-30 10:03pm

Badme wrote:Bush is stumbling waaaaay more than he was at the beginning. And 'making no sense'

Who didn't expect Bush to look poor in this debate? You would be hard-pressed to find even those on the Right who thought Bush would do very well in this or any debate against Kerry. I certainly expected him to trip over his words. He's always done so in the past, so what's the surprise?

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-09-30 10:03pm

Yeah, Bushie is stumbling pretty bad now. He was on game (perhaps not a debate but the game) earlier, but now he looks rattled.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-09-30 10:03pm

At this point, I think they shouldn't have carted Bush out at all.

What the RNC needed to do was build a Republicant, a conservative robot that is programmed to detect keywords in Kerry's and the debate master's sentences and spit out preprogrammed responses from it's database. It would be exactly the same as what Bush is doing but be more articulate.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-09-30 10:04pm

And Bush just blanked on the Kim Jong Il one. This is getting worse and worse. I predict major gains for Kerry after the debate is over.

...How long does it last, anyway?

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-09-30 10:04pm

He sounds PunchDrunk. I wasn't hot on the International Crimnal Court either though.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-09-30 10:04pm

Badme wrote:And Bush just blanked on the Kim Jong Il one. This is getting worse and worse. I predict major gains for Kerry after the debate is over.

...How long does it last, anyway?

Supposedly about another half hour

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-09-30 10:04pm

jegs2 wrote:An accomplished verbal debater, President Bush is not. Wasn't Bush the captain of the debate ... and Yale?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-09-30 10:05pm

I ASSURE you Foxnews will say this was the president's shining hour.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-09-30 10:05pm

Bush is just rambling at this point.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-09-30 10:05pm

jegs2 wrote:
Badme wrote:Bush is stumbling waaaaay more than he was at the beginning. And 'making no sense'
Who didn't expect Bush to look poor in this debate? You would be hard-pressed to find even those on the Right who thought Bush would do very well in this or any debate against Kerry. I certainly expected him to trip over his words. He's always done so in the past, so what's the surprise?

I've never viewed Bush as a horrid public speaker. True, he stumbles sometimes, but the way he's simply plumetting everytime Kerry comes back with another riposte is telling.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2004-09-30 10:05pm

frigidmagi wrote:He sounds PunchDrunk. I wasn't hot on the International Crimnal Court either though.

On the news, I heard that Bush tends to go down hill after too late an hour -- seems all too obvious now...

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-09-30 10:05pm

Hey, every country should have it's own Al' Jeezha.

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-09-30 10:06pm

Sorry for the quoting mistakes above, would someone mind fixing it please? I'd be much oliged. Thanks in advance.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-09-30 10:06pm

'It was the Uranium, not the Plutonium!'

Um...this changes anything because...?

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-09-30 10:07pm

Badme wrote:'It was the Uranium, not the Plutonium!'

Um...this changes anything because...?

He missed an opening there, but as already noted, he's tripping all over himself at the moment.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2004-09-30 10:08pm

Well, if this debate yanks Bush's lead, Hillary will be crying in her herbal tea -- you just know she's pulling for a Bush victory...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-09-30 10:08pm

No, I think Kerry was the debate team captain at wherever it was he went to school.

Gustav32Vasa · Post by **Gustav32Vasa** » 2004-09-30 10:08pm

So far almost everything has been about the outside wotld, shouldnt something be about the US

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-09-30 10:08pm

I am nearly hopping up and down thinking we may be looking at Kerry bump.

Ohhhh....backdoor draft.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-09-30 10:09pm

Gustav32Vasa wrote:So far almost everything has been about the outside wotld, shouldnt something be about the US

Foreign policy is the focus this debate. There will be a domestic policy debate later.

Talon Karrde · Post by **Talon Karrde** » 2004-09-30 10:09pm

Stravo wrote:I ASSURE you Foxnews will say this was the president's shining hour.

I highly doubt it. I predict they will say he was not very eloquent.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-09-30 10:09pm

Ooo, backdoor draft, and not using troops just money in Sudan.

Two good openings, lets see if Bush can come back................

Not really expecting him to, but.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-09-30 10:09pm

Kerry pounded Bush nicely about Sudan with the overextended forces, that was good.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-09-30 10:09pm

Gustav32Vasa wrote:So far almost everything has been about the outside wotld, shouldnt something be about the US

This debate is all foreign-policy. A later one will be about domestic.