It seems Kerry has almost been cured from his unique form of Tourette’s syndrome and only mentioned being in Vietnam once (and quite obliquely). I should have done a “I have a plan” count.
Also, I remember four years ago it seemed liked the undecideds were undecided between Gore and Nader, but they were much more balanced this year.
More of my reactions tomorrow on the radio. Catch you then.
First!!!
I have a plan where little white kids and little black kids will play together in the state run doctor’s office!
Looking forward to your opinions, Frank. Break a leg!
Bush soundly trounced Mr I-served-in-Viet Nam.
end of story.
I’m as giddy as a little schoolgirl!!
In the words of Inspector Clousseau: “That felt good!”
I wonder how Bush can possibly go that long without punching Kerry. Think that would make Kerry’s Secret Service guys fight Bush’s Secret Service guys?
Slick willy II, Like all sequels just wasn’t as good as the first showing. Good for GW.
Rumor has it, Kerry’s been avoiding the senate floor because he heard it was made with boards supplied by Bush’s timber company…
–I know you have all been waiting breathlessly for this… so here it is- my 12 year-old daughter’s spontaneous comments on the debate. She watched the whole thing with us and- all on her own- kept copious notes.
“Kerry is a robot. He does not move naturally. He cannot sit right or walk around like a normal human.
“Bush is a real person. Moves around a lot. Sits on his stool like he’s sitting at home.
“When told who will be asking the question, Bush searches the room until he finds the person, and then makes eye contact with them. He looks around at everybody in the room.
“Kerry looks down and glances around… looking skittish. He focuses on about four people in the room- all in roughly the same place.
“Kerry tries to joke around, making him look CREEPY. He does a fake laugh for like .5 seconds, and then goes back to his robot face.
“Bush will make a joke making fun of himself, and will laugh at his own joke like a human being.
“Kerry tells approximately 273 lies per question.
“Bush tells no lies, only the truth. He makes more sense with the truth than Kerry does with his lies that get everybody tongue tied and make everyone’s brains fry.
“Bush is working on not making scowls.
“Kerry has an eternal dorky robot expression on his face.
“Kerry has a really long face that scares people.
“Bush looks like a Keebler Elf.
“Kerry pronounces “Afghanistan”, “AfghanisTEEN”. He cannot drop his “G’s” off his “ing’s” without sounding like a robot. He talks in 150 word sentences.
“Bush corrects himself for any pronunciation mistakes he makes. He talks like a real person from Texas, which he is. He says “walkin'” instead of “walking”, “‘stead” instead of “instead”, “wadn’t” instead of “was not”.
“Kerry got a manicure, pedicure, facial, botox, orange tan, and speech lessons to prepare for debate. He still looks like a dorky robot.
“Bush didn’t do any of that, but still looks like a human. He preferred to train for the debate, rather than for the cameras (ed., yes, she really did come up with that one on her own!)
“Bush always has his Keebler Elf sideways smile on.
“Kerry always looks like a dorky robot.
“In spite of all that Kerry tried to do he still could not match Bush’s realism and honesty.”
The debate (kerry) went in circles. Y’all know where circular reasoning gets you, right?
(nowhere)
Kerry did get botox, didn’t he…
Frank J. on the Radio?
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That lumber company thing had me guffawing. Bush is like, “WTF?”
blargh It’s late and I’m tired.
That should be “timber company.”
Devil_Dog, your daughter is funny.
I counted 13 “I have a plan”s, but one may have been “we have a plan” and I may have missed a couple….
Garr! How dare you steal my idea about the “I Have A Plan” count, Frank J! I’ll get you! (And I beat you to it…take that!)
Oh, how I grow weary of hearing “I have a plan!” every 3 minutes! Bush won, hands down.. both foreign policy and domestic. Although, I did sneer a bit when he said “interNETS”. Bush, come on! You know better!
Other than that, Kerry killed himself, especially at the end with the nuanced abortion comment and the “not necessarily” comment when asked if Saddam would still be in power if he was in charge. Bush hit it, SMACK! outta the park last night! Hopefully we’ll see more of this in the 3rd debates. But dammit, I am so proud of Bush’s performance!
I counted 18 uses of the “PLAN” word — and one “proposal” . Of course, I zoned out during one of Kerry’s responses … couldn’t be helped. Disappointing showing for phrase “winning the Peace” … only said 3 times …
I counted last night during the debate and re-checking the transcripts to verify, Kerry used the phrese “have a plan” 13 times. 5 times it was used in the first debate. Its their campaign theme. I wrote about that in my blog yesterday.
Yea, and basically, it’s a plan to tax the dog crap out of us. Maybe he should just borrow the money from his Sugar Mamma.
I didn’t see the entire debate, but I counted at least 8 uses of the “tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.” Also, I noticed that sometimes J effin’ K said “the wealthiest 2 percent” and sometimes “the wealthiest 1 percent.”
So, my wonderful Senator, which is it? Please make up your mind already.
-The Real Conservative Carl
aka The Half-Elven Commie Slayer
Via the Curt Jester, Kerry said “I have a plan” 29 times. It looks like 13 of those times he used the exact phrase “I have a plan.”
YOU FORGOT POLAND ASSHOLE
I about lost it when he looked into the camera and said he will not raise taxes. Isn’t one of his favorite catch phrases is to repeal the Bush tax cuts? I have 3 or 4 Kerry commercials on MD saying that.
Umm.. Senator…. when you repeal tax cuts, you cause them to go UP, thereby you are RAISING taxes.
What a pugnacious malcontent.
BLARGG!!!!
But you see … taxes during WWII were around 65%, plus everyone worked supporting the war effort. So, when Kerry says he’s not going to raise taxes, it’s relative. Every income tax reduction since WWII helped the rich. He’s just going to put it back where it belongs.
Interesting… that’s good info to know.
Interesting… that’s good info to know.