Newsview: Four More Years, or Change?

Sen. John Kerry summed up President Bush's plan for Iraq in four words -- ``More of the same'' -- and thus neatly laid out the choice facing voters Nov. 2: Stick with the incumbent or take a leap of faith with a newcomer.In the first of three presidential debates, Kerry talked tough on terror. But was he strong enough? He curbed his long-winded ways. But was he clear enough? He said the commander in chief ``is not getting the job done.'' But could Kerry do any better?

No, answered Bush, who reminded voters at every turn that he is already president -- ``I understand what it means to be commander in chief'' -- and cast Kerry as a dangerous alternative. ``As the politics change, his positions changed,'' Bush said of Kerry's position on Iraq, ``And that's not how a commander in chief acts.''

Millions of voters watched how the current commander in chief acted under constant drumbeat from Kerry for 90 minutes. Bush fought back, often repeating poll-tested lines, and did little to disguise his irritation -- pinching his lips in a tight scowl or biting on the insides of his cheek.``I'm disappointed in the president's performance,'' said Allan Ramsey, a 67-year-old retiree who told The Associated Press before the debate that he was leaning toward Bush. ``I didn't make much sense of the president's answers.''

Angered by the situation in Iraq and the state of the U.S. economy, the Hedgesville, W.Va., man said last week he was open to change in the White House but found Kerry unappealing. That changed Thursday night. ``I was looking for reasons to maybe vote for Kerry, and I think I found them -- the point he made about us going to Iraq for the wrong reason, and we don't really have a solution.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Debate-Analysis.html

``I didn't make much sense of the president's answers.'' Sums it up nicely...

"Did he come across as likable? Did he effectively attack the president? And can he do both at once?"

I think Kerry did do both at once. I think he looked presidential.

I think the media will spin this debate in Bush's favor, but for those who actually saw the debate, Kerry won.

Kerry isn't saying anything different than he has always said.

It it just that most Americans are hearing Kerry for the first time. All they have heard up to know is what other people say Kerry says and stands for - those other people being pundits and Bush.

that piece of human garbage also known as commander in chimpanzee.

There were so many bullshit reasons these assclowns came up with I lost count.

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