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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Guardian 2000: [QB] Personally, I think Bush won it. My opinion of his debate 'strategery' was so very low that his actual performance seemed spectacular by comparison. Kerry, meanwhile, had been presented as a debating powerhouse of Lincolnian or Ingersollian proportions, but ended up looking like a tall, waffling douchebag. Don't get me wrong, though . . . Kerry, though not looking presidential at all, is more capable with language than Bush could ever hope to be . . . and call me crazy, but I value that in a president. However, Kerry talked much but said little . . . he was a master of the vague and contradictory. In the below, I go entirely by memory, like many Americans probably will . . . (but I'll check the transcript later). He wants to build alliances, but go it alone with NK at the table. He wants to leave Iraq quickly, sometime. He will talk to Europe about something. He will rebuild alliances with those who are bribed and coerced and who he seems to have little respect for by showing that he has respect for them, somewhere. He will put federal funds into state/city road projects. He complains about the lack of kevlar body armor that he shot down. And so on. Bush, meanwhile, scored a few points. He completely threw Kerry when the two discussed family, and if Bush had wanted to play nice guy all night he could've done so with maneuvers of that sort. Bush's overall tactics, however, while not as horrendous as I expected, were nonetheless quite terrible. There were times when I heard Kerry say things that left him open to devastating attack, but Bush almost never pressed the advantage. On those occasions when he did, he did it over and over and over and over and over. Yes, Kerry's position changes with the tide . . . yes, his voting record is like a spray-and-pray of positions. We all followed along the first three times it was said. While this repetition might've helped to hypnotize some watchers, it didn't really work. It was just hard work, another repeated phrase. That said, though, it was Bush, surprisingly, who was the debater who was on the ball with his details, though I haven't gone back to fact-check them. In short, Kerry was all promise, little substance, and weak tactics. Bush was substance, often weaker tactics, and lesser speaking ability. I don't think there really was a winner, to be honest, but by not getting gutter-stomped Bush won the battle. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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