| Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| The Bush Kerry US presidential debate analysis |
I woke up early this morning to watch the US presidential debate. It was at 6:30 AM in the morning in India - thats 9 PM in the US.
For both the candidates, much was riding on this debate. By evening today, I hope to fill up this page I have already created about the debate with proper material http://www.dancewithshadows.com/bush_kerry_debate_analysis.asp
Right now this is not a live article, but check it anyway because I am gathering the data right now.
Pre-presidential debate 2004, the accusations against both the candiate were thus:
About George W Bush:
The man hs been less than candid about his true reasons for invading Iraq. People suspect an anti-muslim agenda, prejudices.. And they suspect he has not been telling them the truth about the war in Iraq and the war on terrror. The presidential debate was supposed to be his chance to come clean and convince his people.
About John Kerry:
Waffler. May have apoint, but flip flops, trying to be on the good side of everyone. The debate was his chance to prove that he was consistent, and Bush was not leadership material.
What I think after watching the debate about the presidential debate of a country which I am neither a citizen of, not live in is this. Both Bush and Kerry came across as confident people who knew what they were taking about. However, very often, Bush had to revert back to his talking points such as Kerry's mixed messages (repeated 20 times?), my beliefs (lots many times) consistency... Kerry did a good job of not appearing a waffler. It was like, Bush was letting the charges against Bush loose, but they weren't flying! At least during the debate, Kerry hardly appeared inconsistent. He definitely had a grip on the details.
Bush occasionally looked bewildered, only to repeat what he had said earlier.
Sorry Bush, at least during this first debate, Kerry came across as the smarter, to tthe point, stronger character. Bush was there right behind him, but not enough to show Kerry in a bad light. My analysis of the debate - the more debates there are, the better for Kerry.
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