C-SPAN's Coverage of Tonight's Debate

[Zoot]

Well, alot of it is because the popular perception of Vietnam was that the politicians screwed the military over. So we're concerned over how our politicians effect our militarys ability to do its job.

Yeah, fair enough.

Is this just the military section of the debate? Will there be talk later about, like, running the country?

 

[burrow_owl]

Is this just the military section of the debate?

Yup.

Will there be talk later about, like, running the country?

Yup. In a few weeks or something.

 

[Zoot]

Hmm, Kerry reserves the right to pre-empt. Interesting to those who are against the whole concept.

Be assured, I threw something at the television.

Hey, when are they going to address the problem of Israel's nuclear programme? Oh, that's right, we don't talk about that in polite circles.

 

[Law of Loud]

Well, alot of it is because the popular perception of Vietnam was that the politicians screwed the military over. So we're concerned over how our politicians effect our militarys ability to do its job.

Yeah, fair enough.

Is this just the military section of the debate? Will there be talk later about, like, running the country?

Tonight is foreign affairs and such things.

(To take a cheap political pot shot - don't take it too seriously)

President Bush's entire foreign affairs is "attack", so there isn't a whole lot more to talk about.

 

[burrow_owl]

Hey, when are they going to address the problem of Israel's nuclear programme? Oh, that's right, we don't talk about that in polite circles.

Neither wants to touch that with a ten-foot pole (well, probably especially Kerry).

 

[Law of Loud]

4-7 nuclear weapons (in North Korea)...

That happened on this President's watch

 

[Glaz]

Hey, when are they going to address the problem of Israel's nuclear programme? Oh, that's right, we don't talk about that in polite circles.

Honest truth is, anything that even sounds remotely anti-Israel is political suicide in America. Right or wrong, thats how it is.

 

[Law of Loud]

Hunt down terrorists
1. Bush: you gotta have a president who'll persue the terrorists

But:
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him."
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)

 

[praying]

Who's your Daddy? I think that's what Kerry is doing to Bush.

 

[Glaz]

LOL, how many Americans s just heard of ' the African Union' for the first time?

 

[burrow_owl]

"Character issues?"

Talk about a softball. Did they each get to pick a question or something. Bush's 'loaded question' bit was pretty funny, though.

 

[Zoot]

Honest truth is, anything that even sounds remotely anti-Israel is political suicide in America. Right or wrong, thats how it is.

Which is a testament to the public diplomacy work of previous governments.

 

[Zoot]

Aw, they love each other's families.

 

[Glaz]

Group Hug!!

 

[burrow_owl]

heh.

 

[Law of Loud]

 

[Glaz]

Did Kerry just plug his book?

 

[praying]

for umm for um ahh ... brain freeze

 

[Glaz]

Score one for Bush about Libya disarming.

 

[Amalthea]

I had a funny feeling Kerry was going to perform poorly even though his track record in debating is good. From what I'm seeing he is doing better than even he could have expected. The split screen on CSPAN is not friendly to Bush, he does have a penchance for puzzled looks which don't lend an air of composure.