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October 14, 2004
Debatable
We watched the final debate last night and thought it was intensely....boring. I'd call it a draw if I cared. It basically boiled down to this:
Kerry will use cloned embryos' stem cells to power a time machine to transport us all back to the pre-9/11 days where life was beautiful all the time and we all lived in happy homes with trees and flowers and chirping birds. But he won't raise taxes to pay for it. Really. Honest. Oh, and he has A Plan. Several of them in fact. And they all remarkably sound like this
Bush, God love him, has to be one of the worst debaters I've ever seen. Example: Kerry answered the flu vaccine shortage question with a mini-rant about health insurance. Bush's rebuttal was about health insurance.
No. No. No.
I doubt if even a 1L would fall for that old debater's trick. You know the one. You don't want to answer the question asked, so you morph it into an answer about a topic on which you're stronger. The correct response is to call them on their non-answer....something like "I'm not sure how health insurance is responsible for the flu vacccine shortage, but..." And regain control of the discussion by demonstrating that the shortage is the type of thing that happens when the gov't controls health care. Slam dunk. D-freaking-'oh.
I found myself repeatedly wishing that Bush did have a wireless receiver....and I had control of it. Sheesh.
The only other thing that stands out is Kerry saying that he wants to help me. Anytime a liberal says they want to help me, I run in the opposite direction, and keep a firm grip on my wallet. The only thing they want to 'help' with is help getting their hands on more of my money.
Can you tell I'm getting really sick of the election? Seriously people. When you're reduced to arguing over whether Kerry took a freaking pen or piece of paper out of his pocket, or whether Bush was wearing a wireless receiver or a bulletproof vest....you need to step back, take a deep breath and regain a little perspective.
And a better grip on reality.
Posted by Rita at October 14, 2004 08:12 AM
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I've stopped listening to, or about, either candidate. I'll still vote for Mr. Bush but I'm absolutely disgusted with him, not only for his failure to secure the U.S./Mexico border, but also for his refusal to even admit that our express lane for illegal immigration from Central and South America is a problem.
He should remember two things - 1) The primary goal of poor and oppressed people is to become wealthy oppressors, and, 2) It is much easier to overlook or forgive the ignorance and violence of poorly integrated foreigners when they aren't running stop signs and doing drive-by's in your neighborhood (and I doubt that many of them get out to the ranch in Crawford. Lucky him.)
Posted by: kenneth at October 14, 2004 08:49 PM
I'm just glad I can go vote Monday and get this all over. This has been one of the most dirty, petty elections I've ever seen...on both sides. I'm pretty much disgusted with the whole lot of them.
Posted by: rita at October 15, 2004 08:01 AM