Oh, poor George... a deer in the headlights, if not already impacting the front grill. :laugh:
It was embarassing to watch him speak so brokenly: the stuttering desperation, the awkward(...um...uh...) silent pauses, the slouching posture, standing on one leg with ankles crossed, elbows resting on the podium, breaking in (despite the rules) for unscheduled rebuttals only to flounder with uninspired filler, frustrated sighs, and clumsy endings.
"Iraq.... It's hard work!", George reminded us. "I know that... You think I don't know that? .....I know that."
"... It dinut. My opponent says it was a mistake? It wudn't a mistake." [sic]
"... in the long worm -- uh, long term work..."
Bush kept boasting that Iraq's army is now numbered at 100,000.
The actual number of trained Iraqis is closer to 25,000, with another 25,000 of questionable quality.
He went on to compliment the efforts of "the brave leader of Iraq." --That's high praise coming from the puppetmaster.
And closing his staggering embarassment with some metaphor baiting for the evangelist vote:
"[Yea, though] We climbed the mountain, and walk through the valley... [we shall overcome, halleluleah!]" :???:
For his part, Kerry repeated once too often his plan about securing Russia's nuclear material "in 4 years versus 13 years at this President's current pace" and a few other policy items. -- Feel free to make your point by repetition, but at least acknowledge it with "as I said earlier", otherwise it bores the audience.
Equal footing:
Q: "How would you deal with teh terrorists?"
Kerry: "Hunt them down and kill 'em all!"
Bush: "Kill 'em all !"
Kerry: "Kill 'em all !!"
Bush: "Kill 'em all !!!" >:]
Kerry easily outperformed the jittery incumbent and spoke with resolute straightforwardness, projecting the strongly voiced confidence of a natural leader. His references to JFK and Reagan were stellar.
Between criticizing Bush's misguided terror focus and directly attacking the pigheaded "certainty" that Bush is so proud of tooting, I think the best mindscrew was when Kerry quoted Bush Sr.'s reasoning for not invading Iraq after Desert Storm, "because it had no exit strategy, as Bush Sr. wrote in his book", whereupon Bush Jr. visibly wilted with the shamefully averted gaze of a disappointing son...
Poor George. :lol:
Regime Change starts at home. :thumb:
It was embarassing to watch him speak so brokenly: the stuttering desperation, the awkward(...um...uh...) silent pauses, the slouching posture, standing on one leg with ankles crossed, elbows resting on the podium, breaking in (despite the rules) for unscheduled rebuttals only to flounder with uninspired filler, frustrated sighs, and clumsy endings.
"Iraq.... It's hard work!", George reminded us. "I know that... You think I don't know that? .....I know that."
"... It dinut. My opponent says it was a mistake? It wudn't a mistake." [sic]
"... in the long worm -- uh, long term work..."
Bush kept boasting that Iraq's army is now numbered at 100,000.
The actual number of trained Iraqis is closer to 25,000, with another 25,000 of questionable quality.
He went on to compliment the efforts of "the brave leader of Iraq." --That's high praise coming from the puppetmaster.
And closing his staggering embarassment with some metaphor baiting for the evangelist vote:
"[Yea, though] We climbed the mountain, and walk through the valley... [we shall overcome, halleluleah!]" :???:
For his part, Kerry repeated once too often his plan about securing Russia's nuclear material "in 4 years versus 13 years at this President's current pace" and a few other policy items. -- Feel free to make your point by repetition, but at least acknowledge it with "as I said earlier", otherwise it bores the audience.
Equal footing:
Q: "How would you deal with teh terrorists?"
Kerry: "Hunt them down and kill 'em all!"
Bush: "Kill 'em all !"
Kerry: "Kill 'em all !!"
Bush: "Kill 'em all !!!" >:]
Kerry easily outperformed the jittery incumbent and spoke with resolute straightforwardness, projecting the strongly voiced confidence of a natural leader. His references to JFK and Reagan were stellar.
Between criticizing Bush's misguided terror focus and directly attacking the pigheaded "certainty" that Bush is so proud of tooting, I think the best mindscrew was when Kerry quoted Bush Sr.'s reasoning for not invading Iraq after Desert Storm, "because it had no exit strategy, as Bush Sr. wrote in his book", whereupon Bush Jr. visibly wilted with the shamefully averted gaze of a disappointing son...
Poor George. :lol:

Regime Change starts at home. :thumb: