Presidential Debate Tonight

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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Bush FTW!

    <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo--> Kerry
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    The results are in

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    A poll of 200 uncommitted voters conducted immediately after the debate by CBS News and Knowledge Networks gave the edge to John Kerry. Forty-four percent of those polled said Kerry won, 26 percent said the president won and 30 percent called the debate a tie. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    CBS... uhh..

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    Who do you think won the debate?
    George W. Bush  12% 4523 votes

    John Kerry  87% 33645 votes

    Neither, it was a draw  1% 577 votes

    Total: 38745 votes
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    CNN online poll.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Just finished watching The Sopranos, much more interesting than the debate.


    I will say, for both sides, this debate was a good one. There wasn't any dirty politics, and both sides came right out and said what their stances were. Its good that they didn't give the American people the usual runaround bs, that they felt how important the people felt this debate was. Both did very, very well.


    In my opinion (and the opinion of almost everyone who watched this that had an open mind when it started), Kerry really gained some strength by letting people finally know WTH he stands for. He was pretty clear and concise w/ his message, and he shut the hell up when the light turned red (which Bush has a problem doing a few times)

    There were a couple times when I felt Bush was actually about to punch Kerry though.


    I think one thing we can agree on is that the green/yellow/red light system is a good idea. We need that **** at the award ceremonies and graduations too. :P
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    edited October 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-DOOManiac+Oct 1 2004, 12:03 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Oct 1 2004, 12:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just finished watching The Sopranos, much more interesting than the debate.


    I will say, for both sides, this debate was a good one. There wasn't any dirty politics, and both sides came right out and said what their stances were. Its good that they didn't give the American people the usual runaround bs, that they felt how important the people felt this debate was. Both did very, very well.


    In my opinion (and the opinion of almost everyone who watched this that had an open mind when it started), Kerry really gained some strength by letting people finally know WTH he stands for. He was pretty clear and concise w/ his message, and he shut the hell up when the light turned red (which Bush has a problem doing a few times)

    There were a couple times when I felt Bush was actually about to punch Kerry though.


    I think one thing we can agree on is that the green/yellow/red light system is a good idea. We need that **** at the award ceremonies and graduations too. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Bush looked like he didn't know what to say quite a few times.


    Bush also seemed to be a bit to high on his "Freedom and Justice - kill the terrorists!" high horse. Kerry was pretty direct, at least less vague than Bush.

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->KERRY: The president just talked about Iraq as a center of the war on terror. Iraq was not even close to the center of the war on terror before the president invaded it.

    The president made the judgment to divert forces from under General Tommy Franks from Afghanistan before the Congress even approved it to begin to prepare to go to war in Iraq.

    And he rushed the war in Iraq without a plan to win the peace. Now, that is not the judgment that a president of the United States ought to make. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    "Ohh, below the belt!"...Solid enough for me.

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->BUSH: I don't think we want to get to how he's going to pay for all these promises. It's <b>like</b> a huge tax gap. Anyway, that's for another debate.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ....what?

    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->BUSH:My administration has tripled the amount of money we're spending on homeland security to $30 billion a year.

    My administration worked with the Congress to create the Department of Homeland Security so we could better coordinate our borders and ports. We've got 1,000 extra border patrol on the southern border; want 1,000 on the northern border. We're modernizing our borders.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ....way to increase funding in a department you created yourself...


    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->KERRY: I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I swear they said saying the word Vietnam instantly ended the debate...but that's a crap response either way[ <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/30/debate.transcript.6/index.html' target='_blank'>When should troops come home?</a> ].



    ...Yea, and then the next 3 questions are all on Iraq, and they **** me off. I care about my country first when electing an official, talk about the US for once...

    [I'm going to have to give this one to Kerry though.]
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Instead of the debates I ate taco bell and watched adult swim. Meh.
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Oct 1 2004, 12:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Oct 1 2004, 12:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Instead of the debates I ate taco bell and watched adult swim. Meh. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ...pretty sure it was over before Adult Swim started.
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Oct 1 2004, 12:35 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Oct 1 2004, 12:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Oct 1 2004, 12:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Oct 1 2004, 12:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Instead of the debates I ate taco bell and watched adult swim. Meh. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ...pretty sure it was over before Adult Swim started. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    My mom recorded it for me while I was out <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • panda_de_malheureuxpanda_de_malheureux Join Date: 2003-12-26 Member: 24775Members
    edited October 2004
    You live with your mom? Aren't you 30 something?

    edit: I watched adult swim too.
  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Heh. Personally, I feel that Bush looked like a whiny five year old out there, struggling for answers without his entourage to give the monkey another peanut. Bush was flattened, plain and simple. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    And as for the Kerry 'vietnam' thing... yes, they should have ended that debate as per the rulings. But I can understand where he's coming from. If you're going into a debate about war as a veteran of one of the most unpleasant incidents in even semi-recent history... and your opponent is a former member of the national guard (a post his father's connections placed him into, given that he scored 1% above FAILING on the aptitude tests, and bypassed more-qualified individuals), as well as a deserter (AWOL nine months == desertion) and a cokehead (George W. Bush: Proudly Drug-Free since 1974!)... I'd mention my service history often, too.

    Hopefully the debates will open a few republicans' eyes about the monkey they intend to vote for.

    Wait... that's right. Most fundies are great at believing something and ignoring all evidence to the contrary. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-version91x+Oct 1 2004, 01:30 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (version91x @ Oct 1 2004, 01:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You live with your mom? Aren't you 30 something?

    edit: I watched adult swim too. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No one that can work a computer in Wisconsin is over 27 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . It's like a rule around here.
  • camO_ocamO_o Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28028Members
    oh, and I almost forgot.

    DON'T FORGET POLAND, DON'T FORGET POLAND!!!
  • UZiUZi Eight inches of C4 between the legs. Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13767Members
    edited October 2004
    Bush had quite a few good points, one that being North Korea.


    But NK is a complex situation,

    In a nutshell, we couldn't invade them if we wanted too, for a long time now they have had chemical artiliery aimed at South Korea,

    So basically it's a hostage situation. A Texas standoff.

    Bush also pointed out there are alot of people involved in effort in Iraq. (including Poland)

    As for Kerry, well he's saying the exact same thing he has said all along...I think. I dunno. Anyone know if this is where he really stands?

    And what test is he fricken talking about, what theres an exam on if Saddam was mui loco?

    I'm not going into detail over how the UN is at this point and time. One thing im sure of, is we don't need their rubberstamp to go to war.
  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    That much is apparent. Also, that Bush doesn't need Congress' stamp to go to war.. after all, at the start of this, he'd started sending troops in before approval was given. Technically he's guilty of treason.
    The permission was given afterward thanks to the 'vote yes or you're unpatriotic!!!!11!!eleven' approach of fear and derision tactics that the administration took to, but meh.
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-version91x+Oct 1 2004, 01:30 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (version91x @ Oct 1 2004, 01:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You live with your mom? Aren't you 30 something?

    edit: I watched adult swim too. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Im 19 and going to a tech college for computers <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DefianceDefiance Join Date: 2003-12-01 Member: 23847Members
  • SizerSizer Join Date: 2003-10-08 Member: 21531Members
    edited October 2004
    Bush was served. Even the right wing bloggers admitted this. <!--emo&::hive::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/hive5.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='hive5.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    But he could come back... haven't you learned anything from watching saturday morning cartoons? Chant with me now.

    Mon-key mon-key mon-KEY mon-KEY MON-KEY!


    (Hee hee... yeah, right. No amount of clapping's gonna save that idiot without Cheney around to pull his string.)
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    edited October 2004
    I liked whenever Bush said something about "How Kerry is going to pay for" this stuff. I always imagined him just throwing up his arms and saying "Come on! We all know *I* spent all the money! Where's Kerry gonna get it?"

    And I also enjoyed how CSpan was the only network that showec BOTH of the candidates all the time. I swear I think I saw Kerry just scribbling on his paper angrily, and Bush drawing a Turkey Hand at one point.
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    edited October 2004
    hahaha.

    Everyone remember the episode of family guy where the salesman sells Peter volcano insurnace? (I believe it was called "Wish upon a weinstein) Anyway He meets a jewish accountant and he gets him his money back. Peter tries to talk to the salesman and the accountant ends up saying "Here, play with this" The accountant is cheney and peter was bush in my eyes. God that was great
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    edited October 2004
    The composure of Kerry was MUCH better. Bush didn't seem this bad in the 2000 election... now he seems... tired. He seems sorta weary, transformed by the job if you will.

    Content wise, if you get rid of all the stutters, verbal errors, etc. they seemed about equal. Kerry made some pretty silly remarks ("I will also kill a lot of terrorists") and I thought Bush held his own pretty well.

    Kerry really seemed to be trying to appeal to people's emotions (with his "i talked to this soldier, this person, saw these files, and other specific examples) rather than talk of the situation as a whole.

    Also, his "wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time" mantra doesn't fit too well with his "I have always seen Saddam as a threat. This has never changed" line... I almost fell off my chair when he said that.

    Furthermore, saying that it's the "wrong war, etc" while also saying that the troops didn't die for a mistake is really stretching it. He seemed to be trying to appeal to EVERYONE, but in the end it just seemed like a mess of logic.


    I also really liked Bush's rebuttal to Kerry's "we didn't concentrate on Afghanistan" remark. People really somehow overlook this. We CAN do both at the same time. The US isn't starved for troops, but even if we were, just throwing men into an area of the globe doesn't always make a difference. Many people think that "more presence = more results" but it's probably more along the lines of a diminishing return.
  • eggmaceggmac Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14246Members
    Why wasn't Nader invited?
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-eggmac+Oct 1 2004, 02:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eggmac @ Oct 1 2004, 02:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why wasn't Nader invited? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    They were afraid an actual debate may have broken out if they let him in.
  • camO_ocamO_o Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28028Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-eggmac+Oct 1 2004, 02:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eggmac @ Oct 1 2004, 02:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why wasn't Nader invited? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You need a technical chance of winning the election to enter the debate. (not sarcasm)
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-camO.o+Oct 1 2004, 06:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (camO.o @ Oct 1 2004, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-eggmac+Oct 1 2004, 02:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eggmac @ Oct 1 2004, 02:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why wasn't Nader invited? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You need a technical chance of winning the election to enter the debate. (not sarcasm) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ...He's on like half of the state ballots. That's almost half the country that can vote for him without writing him in!

    ...maybe if he weren't an independent he'd have gotten in <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
  • camO_ocamO_o Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28028Members
    I can't believe how many of you are neglecting the one most important thing in this debate. I am shocked at the ignorance of my fellow forumites.

    <a href='http://www.youforgotpoland.com' target='_blank'>HOW COULD YOU FORGET POLAND?</a>
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-camO.o+Oct 1 2004, 11:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (camO.o @ Oct 1 2004, 11:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I can't believe how many of you are neglecting the one most important thing in this debate. I am shocked at the ignorance of my fellow forumites.

    <a href='http://www.youforgotpoland.com' target='_blank'>HOW COULD YOU FORGET POLAND?</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Buh? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-camO.o+Oct 2 2004, 12:18 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (camO.o @ Oct 2 2004, 12:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I can't believe how many of you are neglecting the one most important thing in this debate. I am shocked at the ignorance of my fellow forumites.

    <a href='http://www.youforgotpoland.com' target='_blank'>HOW COULD YOU FORGET POLAND?</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The internet officially moves too fast...


    ...but a catchphrase is born.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
  • eggmaceggmac Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14246Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-camO.o+Oct 2 2004, 07:18 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (camO.o @ Oct 2 2004, 07:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I can't believe how many of you are neglecting the one most important thing in this debate. I am shocked at the ignorance of my fellow forumites.

    <a href='http://www.youforgotpoland.com' target='_blank'>HOW COULD YOU FORGET POLAND?</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Someone enlighten me. Did Kerry point out in the debate that the USA does unilateral actions and bush replied "you forgot poland"?
  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Oct 1 2004, 01:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Oct 1 2004, 01:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> hahaha.

    Everyone remember the episode of family guy where the salesman sells Peter volcano insurnace? (I believe it was called "Wish upon a weinstein) Anyway He meets a jewish accountant and he gets him his money back. Peter tries to talk to the salesman and the accountant ends up saying "Here, play with this" The accountant is cheney and peter was bush in my eyes. God that was great <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I was thinking about the one with the nuclear holocaust and when Peter laughs at Lois and says "heheheh you said Nucelar it's said Nuclear the S is silent"


    and: Bush said how Poland was an essential force in Iraq, while basically Kerry insisted they weren't really that important for the instoration of a coalition.
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