I watched the debate last night and came away feeling better about Kerry. He seemed presidential; stately, knowledgeable of the facts, relaxed and even-tempered even when attacked.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Bush squirm, roll his eyes, smirk, scowl, and get angry while looking to the audience for some back-up because he couldn't think of anything else to say. He repeated the same lines over and over again which got old quickly, but also gave me the impression of 'How dare you question what I am doing.' He was on the defensive and he didn't like having to answer for his actions. Then Bush actually said that the enemy attacked us when talking about Iraq. And I'm glad that Kerry repeated what he said and showed how he moved away from the one who did attack us and transferred resources to one that had not. Then, in the end he said he's a laid-back guy. Right, you've been laid-back all night as you look like you're close to crossing the 10 feet to Kerry to punch him.
But all this is from the view of a Democrat for Kerry, who was about to go ahead and cast my absentee vote yesterday since I was downtown for jury duty orientation. (I'll be vacationing in South Carolina election week). But, I figured I'd be downtown a decent amount over the next month, and decided to do it a bit closer to the election.
I look forward to the next debates, especially on domestic affairs. I just can't see how Bush is going to come out of that one with a perceived draw.
2 comments:
Jumpin' Jiminy, that was a shellacking.
How anyone can watch that and say Bush won (some are saying a draw - I don't even see that, but hey) is beyond me.
I'm smiling extra-big this morning.
WF
You know, I almost called him "Chimpy McStagger" this morning since I'm so used to seeing that name on your blog. It just flows.
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