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Well the debate went well, but sadly as I see it, it went well for both parties.
I think President Bush performed very well, and I commend his efforts. There was a point, however, at which President Bush could have given a knockout counter-punch to Senator Kerry, but he may have missed his shot. Senator Kerry throughout the campaign and in the debate has made it known that he faults President Bush for not getting enough UN assistance in Iraq. He further faulted the president repeatedly for not getting a large enough coalition of allies to join us in Iraq and the war on terror. He did both of these over and over again in during the debate.
Then Senator Kerry readily pointed out that North Korea with its nuclear weapons program is one of our worst problems, and he blamed this on President Bush. Whereas President Bush favors a multinational set of talks with North Korea, Senator Kerry would have the United States enter into bilateral talks with Korea thereby counting out any help we would get from other nations. Senator Kerry did not mention the UN in this regard, he did not mention our allies in this regard and he did not mention working with any of the other world powers in this regard. President Bush on the other hand has worked with the UN and with a coalition of our allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, the war on terror. President Bush is also willing to work with multiple nations (most world powers) in North Korea, including China. Too bad that he did not point out, during his rebuttal, that Senator Kerry had actually flip flopped on the importance of our allies and the UN: this by his insisting on having them for the war on terror - but yet insisting on bilateral talks with North Korea thereby snubbing his nose at any countries which would help.
Had the president seized this opportunity, I believe he would have defeated Kerry by an overwhelming margin from which the Kerry campaign could not recover.
All the best,
Glenn B
I think President Bush performed very well, and I commend his efforts. There was a point, however, at which President Bush could have given a knockout counter-punch to Senator Kerry, but he may have missed his shot. Senator Kerry throughout the campaign and in the debate has made it known that he faults President Bush for not getting enough UN assistance in Iraq. He further faulted the president repeatedly for not getting a large enough coalition of allies to join us in Iraq and the war on terror. He did both of these over and over again in during the debate.
Then Senator Kerry readily pointed out that North Korea with its nuclear weapons program is one of our worst problems, and he blamed this on President Bush. Whereas President Bush favors a multinational set of talks with North Korea, Senator Kerry would have the United States enter into bilateral talks with Korea thereby counting out any help we would get from other nations. Senator Kerry did not mention the UN in this regard, he did not mention our allies in this regard and he did not mention working with any of the other world powers in this regard. President Bush on the other hand has worked with the UN and with a coalition of our allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, the war on terror. President Bush is also willing to work with multiple nations (most world powers) in North Korea, including China. Too bad that he did not point out, during his rebuttal, that Senator Kerry had actually flip flopped on the importance of our allies and the UN: this by his insisting on having them for the war on terror - but yet insisting on bilateral talks with North Korea thereby snubbing his nose at any countries which would help.
Had the president seized this opportunity, I believe he would have defeated Kerry by an overwhelming margin from which the Kerry campaign could not recover.
All the best,
Glenn B