Running comments on the 3rd Presidential Debate

Running comments on the 3rd Presidential Debate

2110
Bush is still back to his fear tactics and stretching truthes on the order of a lie. He claims that he never said that he doesn't care about Osama bin Laden, but he so did. This is exactly what he did when Kerry said that Bush owned a timber company, and Bush denied it (and was later confirmed, at least according to a friend over a phone conversation). I can't believe that he can do this and pull a straight face.


2112
Kerry keeps on saying 'I have a plan', 'I have a plan.' He needs specifics.

2113
Bush, as I've noticed, has been able to make complete sentences again, though not as well as the 2nd debate.

2114
Kerry.. needs to stop getting sidetracked so much. He keeps going on tangents

2118
Bush's assistance for second careers has barely been funded, from what I can recall. ~$100M
Kerry needs to jump on Bush's spending liberalism and the consequence of higher deficits...
Pell grants are only effective for state school education. Not in private schools.

2125
Bush. Just running numbers aimlessly.

2127
Bush put a hole in his foot on tolerance with gay marriage
If he wants to protect issues from activist judges, he should pass some sort of amendment to check the judges, NOT protect certain issues. This is a key flag that he's fighting on a religious side rather working for the government.

2131
Kerry stumbling on religion.. o.O

2136
Kerry is now talking to the camera. This is a huge improvement in his addressing to the audience. Bush, on the other hand, has gone the other way and is mainly addressing the arbitrator

2143
Kerry wins on healthcare, though I don't like what he's offering at the moment. Ultimately, I think that there'll have to be some sort of regulation in the health care system in hospitals, etc.

2150
'Most' means just over 50%. What BS.
Also, tax cuts work with those who DO pay taxes, not those in poverty, or are below the taxable level.
Fiscal sanity and low taxes? How the hell is this possible?

2156
It looks like Bush doesn't even read the news stories on the ease of people of getting into the US and the complaints of the border patrol.

2158
Kerry will enforce workplace discrimation laws. This is very good and at least boosts his claim to enforce the 11275 (?) EO on anti-discrimination laws in the workplace.

2205
WOW! Kerry actually laid out a plan on the US armed forces!

2230
Kerry won, but not as resoundingly as he did in the first debate. Kerry failed to lay out a lot of his financial policies on the table for every to look. However, he did hold his ground against Bush when he was attacked.

Bush mostly went after numbers to go after Kerry's record and picking and choosing to see how it see fit, where Kerry did less. Bush, however, did change his debate demeanor quite a bit since the first debate, and it should help him a lot there. Unfortunately, he still had some very immature moments during the debate.

One objection: There were tons of nods towards minorities, but only towards Hispanics and Blacks. None towards Asian Americans, though Kerry did drop a hint.

Sorry for such a short comment column. The debate was very engrossing, but I have med school apps so, I don't have much time to say much else.