Damn politics.

[kellinator]

So I specifically planned to be out of the house last night because I just knew that if I watched the debate, the evening would end with my foot in the television. But after hearing y'all's comments on it, I'm kinda wondering if I should have checked it out anyway. My desire not to have an aneurysm isn't really a valid reason to opt out of the political process.

...On the other hand, I just read some more post-debate analysis and now I want to go soak my head, so maybe I did make the right decision after all. Fair warning: I expect to be damn near insufferable for the next month.

Comments

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Well, with the exception of dwivian, who is living in Bizzaro World, everyone I've spoken to agrees with me that Kerry basically had Bush for lunch. Kerry was coherent, well spoken, specific in his responses, poised, and actually answered the questions instead of dodging around.

He also got in a few good zingers. "Senator Kerry, what do you feel were some of President Bush's 'errors in judgement' that you cited earlier?" "Well...where to begin?"

Basically, he cleaned the guy's clock. Bush repeatedly looked like a deer caught in oncoming headlights, or else he was grimacing and squirming, and several times he was silent for at least ten seconds, stumbling for words. Apparently in some circles this is "speaking from the heart", but one's heart is useless without a working head.

[crackerbob.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't go so far as to say he cleaned Bush's clock, but I think Kerry got the better end of the debate, partially because he had lower expectations to exceed - which he did admirably - and partially because he was clear, concise, and did very little of the "overexplaining" that his detractors have spun into flip-flopping.


That said, there were no knockout punches or clock-cleaning.