Posted on 07/30/2004 12:10:28 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
Its Official. Nearly four years after the fact, the NY Slimes has finally admitted what we have known all along -- President Bush "demolished" Al Gore in the 2000 presidential debates.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
No need to register with them or any other paper any more. Go to this site.
http://www.bugmenot.com/
I'm absolutely no supporter of the 'rats; but, you have got to be kidding.
As George Bush will do to Kerry in a few months! I can't wait...bring him on.
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Frankly, I disagree. Gore demolished himself.
What the heck are you talking about? The words "Gore" or "debate" are nowhere to be found in this article.
Didn't see that anywhere in the article at all. Are you sure you linked the right article?
Speakers at the Democratic convention were told to stay positive, but when John Kerry delivered his acceptance speech last night, his best moments came on the attack. His depiction of a Bush administration that misled the public into war did a fine job of rousing the faithful.
Am I missing something? I must say however that they effectively say he's lying about a positive campaign.
I don't see the word "demolished" anywhere in that piece.
Gore showed obvious signs during the debates of his well-polished, often hidden, flaming psychosis.
Were those the debates where Bush promised to not be a nation-builder, to decrease the size of gov't, and to reform Socialist Security?
Still waiting for any of these three platforms to be acted upon...
The media have been saying for weeks what an excellent debater Kerry was in college. I remember them saying that about Gore. The problem is that debaters usually look like robots. Whether the paper said it or not, Gore demolished himself in those debates and looked foolish doing it. Remember when he crowded Bush's personal space and the look Bush gave him-it was priceless.
Sounds kinda September 10th, don't ya think?
At least with the first two of your listed promises, 9/11 made them awfully hard to keep.
I did find this sentence particularly interesting though, especially for the Slimes.
The Kerry-Edwards team has a lot of interesting, detailed plans for a domestic agenda, particularly on health care. The promise to cut middle-class taxes, however, is pure pandering, given his new spending proposals and commitment to balanced budgets.
MKM
Click on the article itself, which brings you to the registration page, which I refuse to fill out. Here's the word for word quote from the hard copy of the paper:
"Modern presidential campaigns are all about expectations. George W. Bush benefited enormously from the assumption that he was not nearly as quick on his feet as A Gore, and as a result was able to demolish Mr. Gore in the debates... "
The internet version doesn't have that text.
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