Town Hall Debate Thread
 

I know....I know, I said I would refrain from coming into this forum.

Oh well....this could be the defining moment in this election. I would ask, before the debate starts, what our members consider to be the likely result. It would be interesting to see who calls it.

My guess: Bush comes out strong and attempts to make Kerry look the fool on his record. We hear the flip flop thing more than economic policy.
Kerry attempts to reveal his economic plan(if there is one) but is instead, kept on the defensive for the first half of the debate.
Towards the end of the 1 1/2 hours, Bush begins to lose the ability to form cohesive thought and Kerry goes into stump speech mode.

End result: Kerry takes the second debate.

Just my Guess, as I think they both Suck.

I want Bush to get so frustated that he takes a bite out of Kerry's ear....

My guess: Kerry says a bunch of things that are popular but wrong, while Bush says the same thing as often as possible.

If the questions the candidates get are more off-the-wall, I think Bush has the better chance b/c he doesn't have a soundbite to recite. Think back to the N. Korea portion of the last debate--he had details, and spoke in an educated manner. It makes no sense to me why he didn't do that throughout the debate, especially considering his interview with Bill O'Reilly. There was certainly stump-speech stuff in that interview, but he also offered some new insight about some issues. We'll see how it goes this time.

Ever notice how they both duck the question when it suits them? They both will blabber on with their "stump speech rhetoric" to keep hammering their points. The so-called debates are a farce. Also note how the folks who pick the "winner" are always leaning left or right no matter what is said by anyone.
There has to be a better way.

Watch for a communication device on bush ;)

LOL, There goes Bush with his annoying chimp face.

bah... first question is a lame one. i hope they cover more ground and not just retread the stuff from the first debate.

The questions are much more loaded in this debate

He HAS to be wearing a ear piece...he pauses between every 5 words.

They should search them after the debate

Great comeback on Kerry's part. Very defiant.

No more flip-flopping discussion, please, I beg you.. What's bizarre is how much better Bush was at debating 4 yrs. ago. Guess ducking the press has left him unused to answering questions.

Bush was just laughing at Kerry

I think he was laughing at the doodle he just created.

Maybe he is starting to get senile. This hasn't been the first time this has been mentioned.

Take a look at Kerry....he is laughing as well :).

I have heard it seriously discussed but find it hard to believe, although every alcoholic I have known was wrecked by age forty.

Ohh finnaly a forgien opinnion question

The first time I heard Bush express an opinion on Israel is when he said he "wasn't going to get involved" in the mideast peace process, "that was the previous administrations thing." Good move.

bush got nailed on his sanctions misstatement. oops. he was doing decent until then.

kerry keeps pimping his magic solutions, dropping catch phrases.

this desk setup is odd. i want my split screen.

neither of them have updated any of their incorrect figures from last time
(1.6 million jobs, 75% of al Qaeda)

Can't admit they are wrong. It is a sign of weakness in America. The news would be all over it.

75% of al qaeda may have been captured yet al qaeda has grown much larger..... If your actions removed 10 al qaeda members but also created 20 more you have a serious problem.

*scowl* why does it make you want to scowl? Because you know he is right?

This nuclear material business is serious, why hasn't Bush quickly adopted it into his platform?

seems like bush is shouting at the audience.

rumors on the internets! all 15 of them!

Pay our troops well? This may be the funniest line of the night

LOL Rekna, the internets are dangerous.

He shouldn't have said "axis of evil" again.

does it bother anyone else that kerry answers the person's question while staring directly at the president?

omg "rumors on the internets" the ones gore created?

OHH MY angry bush

Yelling at the moderator is not good

I like that Kerry stares at the president, makes the debate more intense.

i think they should just get two pairs of boxing gloves, headgear be damned :)

Bush looks like a dear in headlights on some of those comments

I'm actualy feeling sorry for him.

Oohh the patriot act was brought up I hope Kerry counters on that

Bush once again is repeating word for word what he said in the last debate.

scowl comment = hilarious

wrong war, wrong place, wrong time = let's not hear it again

yeah, gibson seems to have his own ideas about rebuttals

Bush seems as if he's thinking, "Why don't any of you dumbasses applaud me? I'm right, dammit! Jesus Christ, why are you questioning me??"