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Originally posted by RawAlex@Oct 3 2004, 10:36 AM
Colin, I think Bush's strongest point was re-using the single phrase "wrong war, wrong time"etc over and over during the debate. He was strong at redirecting questions to the subjects or themes he wanted to talk about. His prepared answers on subjects, when they hit exactly on what he had prepared were clear, using short words that the average voter could understand.
Do you remember the "who is going to win the debate" thread? I posted (before the debate):
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Mike, actually, Bush's weakest spot is "non scripted" situations. Bush is a VERY poor orator without a script (rumor had it that his early scripts when running for govenor in texas included prompts when to smile). If Kerry can lead him even a little off of his scripted answers, I think you will see Bush go down hard.
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Kerry did as I expected, and Bush reacted EXACTLY as expected. Bush will be remembered in this debate as the stuttering, confused, and often SILENT adversary... a man that truly did not look to be in charge of the facts.
Alex
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I thought Bush overused that phrase. I thought he only had one strong moment in the whole debate and that was when he quoted Kerry and showed that he flip flopped on Iraq. Bush really didn't look like he wanted to be there. I guess he has something better to do than try to convince the American people that he knows what he's doing -- too bad for him, because only 39% of people think he has a clear strategy on Iraq as opposed to 52% for Kerry. That was Bush's strong issue.
He better get his shit together if he wants to win -- this election, like Colin says, is up for grabs.