Saturday, October 09, 2004
The town hall debate.
I really hate the format of the town hall debates. I think it's dumb that they just stand and read their questions. And even though they apparently wrote them their selves, they often read them incorrectly and what not. Also the candidates are forced to look kindof stupid when they finish talking and walk back to their chairs. Then they get the next question so they spin around real quick to take the question. You'd think they would remember after a question or two, but they didn't.
Kerry was good at saying people's names back to them and referring to them throughout the debate. I thought that was pretty interesting. I was hoping he'd outline his policies more, especially when Charles Gibson asked him specifically what he'd do to cut the deficit in half. It seemed like he didn't have an answer at hand because he never answered directly.
Bush seemed really confrontational at some points. He didn't trip over his words as much this time as he did last time, but I felt like he was too combative. Also he never really talked about any of this policies, just about how Kerry was lame.
I think Kerry's whole "more of the same" thing is pretty effective and when Bush just tries to stand firm on his lame policies, he just plays into Kerry's hands.
Anyway, we'll see what happens.
Kerry was good at saying people's names back to them and referring to them throughout the debate. I thought that was pretty interesting. I was hoping he'd outline his policies more, especially when Charles Gibson asked him specifically what he'd do to cut the deficit in half. It seemed like he didn't have an answer at hand because he never answered directly.
Bush seemed really confrontational at some points. He didn't trip over his words as much this time as he did last time, but I felt like he was too combative. Also he never really talked about any of this policies, just about how Kerry was lame.
I think Kerry's whole "more of the same" thing is pretty effective and when Bush just tries to stand firm on his lame policies, he just plays into Kerry's hands.
Anyway, we'll see what happens.
# posted by ChuckJerry : 10/09/2004 04:26:00 PM
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There's no doubt that Kerry seemed unwilling to answer Charlie Gibson's question about how, specifically, he would cut the deficit in half. I assumed (like everyone else), therefore, that he didn't really have a legitimate idea of how he was going to do it. If you look at his website, though, he actually does have a pretty decent explanation. http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/budget.pdf (It's a PDF file, so you have to have Acrobat to open it).
Things like limiting reliance on contractors, freezing travel expenses, and cutting utilities are all common-sense ideas that can save a shitload of money. Whether he can cut the deficit in half remains to be seen, but it's really unfortunate that he didn't talk about some of these things when Gibson put him on the spot. I think a lot of people would have been impressed at the nature of some of his ideas, especially in contrast to Bush, who offered nothing in the way of plans for defecit reduction.
Things like limiting reliance on contractors, freezing travel expenses, and cutting utilities are all common-sense ideas that can save a shitload of money. Whether he can cut the deficit in half remains to be seen, but it's really unfortunate that he didn't talk about some of these things when Gibson put him on the spot. I think a lot of people would have been impressed at the nature of some of his ideas, especially in contrast to Bush, who offered nothing in the way of plans for defecit reduction.
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