Third Presidential Debate blow by blow..

Reply #1 October 13, 2004 8:46 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I agree...to quote Admiral Stockdale from 1992 it's a "PING PONG MATCH."

Reply #2 October 13, 2004 8:46 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

This one is really dull so far. Bush seems to be more on point. Looks like a probable draw.

Reply #3 October 13, 2004 8:48 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Agreed.  Bush does look much more relaxed than the other two.

Reply #4 October 13, 2004 8:52 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

PING

Reply #5 October 13, 2004 8:52 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Right now I would say Bush is winning overall.  Kerry sounds much more like a politician and Bush seems relaxed, confident and normal.

Reply #6 October 13, 2004 8:54 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I like Bush's plan, I think Social Security will be dead, or worthless in a couple of decades. I'd rather get some of my money back into savings, than throw it down a hole with no return.

Reply #7 October 13, 2004 8:55 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Now Kerry is sighing and shaking his head. It's almost a reverse of the first debate.  Very weird.

Reply #8 October 13, 2004 8:57 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

I'm just listening to it on the radio...but even here, Bush is coming across stronger.

Reply #9 October 13, 2004 8:58 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Except for the really bad joke Bush started to say about the networks.....he seems to be on fire tonight.

Reply #10 October 13, 2004 8:58 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

wait just a minute...Bush doesn't support alien amnesty? A lot of the parents of my ESL students seem to think he does...

Reply #11 October 13, 2004 8:58 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Kerry seems tired or something. He just wants this to be over. I thought having 3 debates instead of 2 would favor Kerry. Looks like it might save Bush.

Reply #12 October 13, 2004 8:59 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

If Bush had been this way in the first debate, this election would be over.

Reply #13 October 13, 2004 9:01 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

What the hell does iris identification have to do with stopping illegal immigration?

Reply #14 October 13, 2004 9:02 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

"It's against the law to hire people illegally." Wow, what an insight Mr. Kerry. Any more informative remarks? Is selling illegal drugs also against the law? Is illegally taking items punishable by law? Are you sure he's the "intellectual" candidate?

Reply #15 October 13, 2004 9:03 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Many of the "illegals" that we have to deal with in the school district are "multiple offenders." That means they've made more than one crossing. Iris ID could curb this. I'm really divided on this issue, I love my kids that make it here -- but iris ID is something that they are scared of, from my conversations with students.

Reply #16 October 13, 2004 9:09 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Spc, judging by sentence structure alone, he IS the intellectual candidate.

I agree with the bad network joke, I think he realized 3/4 of the way through it that it sure wasn't going to make the moderator happy.

Reply #17 October 13, 2004 9:09 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Moderator seems a bit biased for Kerry.  two questions in a row that were perfect for Kerry.

Reply #18 October 13, 2004 9:11 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Kerry refuses to directly answer any question. His answer is: 1) agree with the question and its importance 2) blame the president for the horrible state the subject of the question is in 3) talk about some unrelated filler 4) say that his plan has it covered and he'll do it better

Reply #19 October 13, 2004 9:11 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Kerry seems to be getting the last word more often than the President.

Reply #20 October 13, 2004 9:12 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Kerry refuses to directly answer any question. His answer is: 1) agree with the question and its importance 2) blame the president for the horrible state the subject of the question is in 3) talk about some unrelated filler 4) say that his plan has it covered and he'll do it better

yes...he does that well

Reply #21 October 13, 2004 9:13 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Ooh, that 1990 vote just came back to haunt Kerry. That's going to be the sound bite of the night. Ouch to Kerry.

Reply #22 October 13, 2004 9:15 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

And I'm sure that drug dealer obtained that AK-47 through legal means, and the assault ban really stopped him good.

Reply #23 October 13, 2004 9:16 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

agreed, and as a liberal who thinks the first Gulf War was warranted, it ticks me off

Reply #24 October 13, 2004 9:17 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Was thinking the same thing.  The Assault Weapon ban just expired. So that guy who had the AK47 got it illegally.

And isn't SENATOR Kerry in congress? Why hasn't he submitted a new assault weapons ban?

Reply #25 October 13, 2004 9:18 PM from JoeUser Forums Top

Bush not meeting with the NAACP will haunt him. But Bush is still ahead IMHO.