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BUSH WATCH...The Debates, 2004


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Kerry Wins Third Debate

Kerry the Decisive Victor in Third Debate, sage
Insta-polls Call it for Kerry, Froomkin
Strike three!, Grieve
Kerry crushes Bush in the third debate, Saletan
Kerry Wins Third Debate in News Hour Poll, pbs
The media reaction: Ho-hum, just a Kerry sweep, Boehlert

Kerry Wins Second Debate

It wasn't pretty, but it was plain -- Kerry won, Sweet
Kerry wins second straight debate, keeping Bush on the defensive, marlantes
Kerry wins on points, but misses the knockout, Grieve
Kerry Wins Second Debate by Thin Margin, cory
Bush improves - but the challenger still edges verdict, usborne
An angry Dubya evokes Nixon's disastrous screen performances as his confident opponent closes the gap, davidson
Kerry uses debates and anger at Iraq to eat into Bush's lead in polls , harris

SPECIAL REPORT: Twelve Big Cheney Debate Lies (...and counting)

The Kerry-Bush Foreign Policy Debate in Miami

"The candidates' mutual praise for each others' daughters was perhaps the most unscripted and revealing moment of the debate. Like his unwavering policy on Iraq, Bush revealed his inclinations to keep his daughters on a tight "leash." Kerry replied that he had learned "not to" rein them in, suggesting that a more flexible and understanding approach had brought about better results as a father. It was a microcosm of Bush's "Let's stay the course" vs. Kerry's "Let's learn what experience teaches us" approaches to leading the free world.

"Let's hope that America noticed the differences." --Jan Frel

Bush: Kerry sends mixed messages and the president has to be consistent. Oh, and Kerry sends mixed messages and the president has to be consistent. Could I have a 30 second rebuttal to what I've said? Kerry sends mixed messages and the president has to be consistent.

Kerry: Any president who has made and continues to make mistakes about Iraq doesn't deserve another term. This president has destroyed our credibility around the globe. I have a four-point plan to fix this mess.

Result: Most see the debate as a Kerry win.

Our Take: Both Lehrer and Fox loosened up the candidates' rules to create more of a debate setting, and Bush took advantage of that more than Kerry. He tends to ignore his own rules in all of his debates, which I've watched since 1998. Kerry had more information than Bush, who kept repeating the same 3 or 4 points over and over and over and over. And over. Kerry's big content breakthrough was to present and discuss the biggest issue in the war on terror: muclear proliferation. --jerry politex

SPECIAL REPORT: Twenty Big Bush Debate Lies

Garlic interviews average debate viewers

Letter: What you could do after the second Kerry-Bush debate in Miami

Read 30+ stories on the debate.


Ten Reasons Not To Vote For Bush (administrative)
1.Bush, 2. Cheney, 3. Ashcroft, 4. Rumsfeld, 5. Rice, 6. Rove, 7. Wolfowitz, 8. Norton, 9. Goss, 10. DeLay (e-mail)


Fifteen Reasons Not To Vote For Bush (policy)
1. Corporate State, 2. Wars, 3. Massive Debt, 4. Payoffs To Wealthy, 5. Civil Repression, 6. Conservative Judges, 7. Pro-Theocracy, 8. Anti-Environmental Protections, 9. Anti-Social Services, 10. Cultural Desert 11. Anti-Minorities/Poor, 12. Anti-Workers/Unions, 13. Anti-Health Patients, 14. Anti-Energy Consumers 15. Governing Through Fear And Lies (e-mail)


Ten Bush Flip-Flops
1.WMDs, 2. Nation Building, 3. Al Qaeda-Saddam, 4. 9/11 Commission, 5. Free Trade, 6. Homeland Security, 7. Same-Sex Intervention, 8. Winning War On Terror, 9. Campaign Finance Reform, 10. Gas Prices (e-mail)


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