Your Reactions to the First Debate

[MrFun]

My positive viewpoint of Kerry is now more strongly reinforced after having watched and listened to the entire debate.


Shall we discuss?

[loinburger]

I made the mistake of trying to follow the debate drinking contest, and so the repeated references to Kennedy ("a dead one") put me right over the top. I'm toasted.

[Dis]

I didn't watch it. So I have no reaction. I'm not voting for either candidate. So should I have watched it?

[loinburger]

If you're not voting for either candidate, then why bother? Unless you're using it as an excuse to get drunk, that is.

[Al B. Sure!]

Kerry came off alot stronger, together, determined, and comfortable than i expected. Bush was repetitive (not necessarily a bad thing) but didn't pounce on Kerry as much as he could have (i guess he didnt want to attack him).

[DanS]

I thought Bush stayed on message and was forceful. He was a little too antsy at times.

Kerry got his shots in. He strayed into irrelevancies at times.

[Elok]

It looked to me like Bush got completely arse-raped. He said the exact same stupid thing over and over again, in response to each and every question. I especially loved his continual reiteration that it's hard work. And his justification: "I know the war in Iraq is hard-I sit and sign the orders!" Even the immediate polls said Kerry won by a substantial margin. My opinion was probably influenced by the proximity of my niece's "Curious George" book throughout the debate (look at the illustration of George in the jail cell; Bush got the EXACT SAME expression on his face every time Kerry spoke), but Bush didn't seem to fight so much as spit platitudes with no discernable basis in reality. It was freaking great.

And you should have posted a poll, MrFun.

[Wittlich]

I concur... In my mind, Kerry won this first debate.

[loinburger]

I thought that Kerry won, but I was also planning on voting for him prior to watching the debate, so I figured, why bother even trying to pretend that I've got anything approaching an objective opinion? Might as well drink instead.

[The Mad Monk]

I think this thread will be folded into the other one.

[loinburger]

Then I'll be left with the shame of having posted in the other thread.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Elok
It looked to me like Bush got completely arse-raped. He said the exact same stupid thing over and over again, in response to each and every question. I especially loved his continual reiteration that it's hard work. And his justification: "I know the war in Iraq is hard-I sit and sign the orders!" Even the immediate polls said Kerry won by a substantial margin. My opinion was probably influenced by the proximity of my niece's "Curious George" book throughout the debate (look at the illustration of George in the jail cell; Bush got the EXACT SAME expression on his face every time Kerry spoke), but Bush didn't seem to fight so much as spit platitudes with no discernable basis in reality. It was freaking great.

And you should have posted a poll, MrFun.

Yeah -- I got so expaserated at one point, that I was thinking, "Is Bush's two favorite words tonight, 'hard work'?"


Oh -- and please forgive me for not creating a poll. What will be my penance?

[Whaleboy]

Kerry won, ultimately Bush will win the election because the ability to reason, form an argument, be intelligent, intellectual, informed and dynamic means nothing to a population who wants to keep the death penalty, can't get it up without a gun under their pillow and orders their children to worship the flag every morning in school. People are inevitably attracted to people on their level. And people are stupid.

[Al B. Sure!]

damn are you an ignorant jackass, whaleboy

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Wittlich
I concur... In my mind, Kerry won this first debate.