Debate #3: Pres. Bush Shines!
The results of a CNN poll of who was the perceived winner of the 3rd debate; this sample was taken just a little less than 24hours after the debate. Pres. Bush is in red (58%) while Sen. Kerry is in orange (41%) -- as you can see, the President came away the clear winner!
The 2nd debate between the President and Sen. Kerry was a definite win for the President! While Kerry came through with more "facts" and "numbers", the President stood out as a true statesman... full of energy, full of commitment, filled with vision and a clear purpose... as a good friend of mine summed it up so eloquently: Sen. Kerry is obviously a politician, someone who decides what he believes based on polls... Pres. Bush on the other hand is obviously a statesman, someone who knows what he believes regardless of polls...
And here's my angle on this:
The American Public is wishy-washy; we are bigger flip-flops than Sen. Kerry is... the media can get on TV, present something with a strong slant on how THEY want it portrayed and voila, in short order the American Public begins to change their mind. If someone like Sen. Kerry were President then American Policy would CHANGE EVERY DAY right along with public opinion... obviously, that is no way to run a country.
Here's what is being said about the President's performace at this debate:
NBC’s Tom Brokaw: “Well, I Think That The President Stepped Up His Game Tonight, And I Think That He Came With A Game Plan In Mind, And Tried To Execute It On That Stage.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 10/8/04)
NBC's Andrea Mitchell: "Bush Came To Play Tonight." (MSNBC's "Hardball Special Debate Edition," 10/8/04)
ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "I Think President Bush Was Most Effective, Is When He Brought People Into The Oval Office, Talked About Meeting With The Iraqi Finance Minister, Talking About Going To The Situation Room And Talking To General Tommy Franks, And Then, Finally, Also, Bringing Up Senator Kerry's Senate Record. But You Did See, I Think, A Lot Of Skill Out There Tonight." (ABC's "Special Coverage," 10/8/04)
Charles Franklin, University Of Wisconsin: “Kerry Was Way Too Wordy And Bush Was Folksy, Feisty.” (Ron Fournier, “Bush Fights Against Emotion, Scowls In Testy, Personal Debate With Kerry,” The Associated Press, 10/8/04)
MSNBC's Chris Matthews: "The President Did Well" And Exuded An "Air Of Confidence." (MSNBC's "Hardball," 10/8/04)
Fox News' Chris Wallace Says "George W. Bush Came To Play." (Fox News' "Special Coverage," 10/8/04)
MSNBC Analyst Pat Buchanan: "The Guys In Western Pennsylvania, Working Class Guys In West Virginia, Ohio, These Guys Who Are Concerned About Their Lost Jobs, They Like A Tough Customer As President, And The President Came Off As Tough, Assertive, Confident, Even Defiant." (MSNBC's "Hardball Special Debate Edition," 10/8/04)
4 Comments:
HOW CAN ANYONE SAY BUSH WON THAT DEBATE? He was agitated, nervous, and didn't answer the questions. He also yelled at the moderator and also practically yelled at the audience the whole time. He also like to call the international community "those people". I'm sure they loved that.
Kerry is nobody to be proud of, BUT WHY CAN'T EVERYONE SEE WHAT A MESS BUSH HAS MADE THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT A NINCOMPOOP HE IS? Why can't you see it?
I think Bush is the only one who had the balls to go after the bastards who struck us first. I look back and think to myself...if we had elected Al Gore would he have done the same thing or would he have let them go like Clinton did. I also think that there is a lot more to it then we could ever know and it is easy to play monday morning quarter back. do you think you could make the kind of decisions for the Country that everyone likes....NO.... I think what is done is done and we need to stand behind our troops and give them all our support because while you sit back and are free to do what you want, they are out there risking there lives and so I say to Brandon......Thank you from the Bottom of my heart for being out there so my husband can be home with me and our baby! GO GET UM!
To Anonymous #1, from Los Angeles (the individual that posted at 4:35PM): I understand your feeling about "what a mess Bush has made this country"... I personally don't lay the blame entirely at his feet, I don't think it's reasonable or fair. And about the debate(s): I think you are getting your debates confused, perhaps... I agree (and posted as such) that Bush didn't do well in the first debate, yes he was agitated, yes he clearly was having a bad day at THE FIRST DEBATE... this article is, on the other hand, about the SECOND DEBATE... and he did a complete 180 on this one... he did indeed yell a fair amount, but it was clearly out of energy and excitement, not anger... and by and large, it was taken that way by the crowd there too because they were laughing a fair amount so obviously he didn't make them angry or feel threatened... just look at the sources in my article and THEIR takes on how Bush was at the second debate... they all agreed that he performed very well indeed...
To Anonymous #2 from Mesa, AZ (the individual that posted at 4:55PM): You make a very good point, I don't think Al-Gore could have handled 9-11 adequately at all! His response would have been weak and insufficient, I agree with you. Most likely we would have sent some missiles into Afghanistan and the Taliban would still be in power today... and, perhaps yet another attack on U.S. soil would have been followed up on...
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